Reversing course, teachers union president Mike Mulgrew opposes changes to Medicare
In a surprising about-face, Michael Mulgrew, president of the United Teachers Union, withdrew his support for controversial changes to health care for thousands of city retirees following a crushing defeat for his allied candidate in last week’s union elections. Sunday’s policy reversal came on the heels of stiff opposition from city union leaders representing Mulgrew […]
NYC teacher retirees toss out union crew over Medicare coverage
The city’s retired educators, infuriated by proposed changes to the health care system, defeated a union candidate allied with powerful United Teachers Union President Michael Mulgrew. The United Caucus retirees chapter, which Mulgrew is associated with, sent a notice to supporters on Saturday saying that unofficial results showed he was defeated in a recent election […]
Corporations selling Medicare Advantage are swindling the American taxpayers – Daily Kos
It is time to declare Medicare Advantage a failed experiment that is not only defrauding Americans, but also killing them. Medicare Advantage is a scam Watch Politics Done Right TV here. Let’s talk about The $600 billion scamRecent research makes a compelling case for abolishing Medicare Advantage. How much would it cost to vote out […]
Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act Screws Seniors with the Biggest Medicare Premium Increase Ever
The following content is Americans want limited government. One typical strategy often found in the Obama/Biden playbook sounds good in the short term, but the long term impact is rear Elections. That way, even if the Democrats win, they won’t be held accountable by voters. but If they lose, they can blame Republicans when things […]
James Biden associate Keaton Langston pleads guilty to $51M Medicare fraud
WASHINGTON — A former business partner of James Biden has agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to defraud Medicare of $51 million through a testing company with ties to Biden’s brother. Keaton Langston, 39, admitted to using pharmacies, durable medical equipment companies and financially-interested laboratories to bill for unnecessary tests and orders. Department of Justice […]
U.S. Spending On Interest Tops National Defense, Medicare
Congress has spent more money on interest so far this year than it has spent on both national defense and Medicare. Spending on net interest hit $514 billion in the first seven months of fiscal year 2024. That’s more than spending on both national defense ($498 billion) and Medicare ($465 billion). Medicare is the federal […]
Joe Biden’s ‘Made in China’ Inflation Reduction Act Gives Billions to China, Cuts Medicare, Kills American Jobs
The following content is Americans want limited government. When Donald Trump released a video in which he said, “Biden’s pro-China economic plan is putting America last and destroying our country,” mainstream media enlisted establishment apologists to fact-check Trump. He insisted that Biden’s statements were not true. Surrender the store to Chinese dictator Xi Jinping. We […]
Interest costs on the national debt just surpassed spending on defense, Medicare
Brenda O’Connor Juanas, SVP of UBS Wealth Management, and John Wronski, Founder of Wronski Group, discuss earnings season and provide market outlook for 2024 on Morning with Maria. interest payments Rising national debt It just exceeds spending on defense and Medicare, worrying policy experts who warn that this could undermine the stability of the U.S. […]
California Legislature Rejects ‘Medicare for All’ — Again — Over Costs, Deficit
California’s Democratic-controlled Legislature has proposed creating a single-payer health care system, or socialized medicine, called “Medicare for All,” citing high costs amid a budget deficit. was rejected again. The idea of a government-run, publicly funded health care system has seduced left-wing Democrats for decades. In 2016 and 2020, it became a focal point of socialist […]
Drugmakers in Medicare negotiations spent more on shareholder payments and marketing than R&D last year: Report
A new report from the center-left watchdog group Accountable US found that most major drug companies spend more on marketing and shareholder payments than on research and development (R&D). of Report investigating 8 companies — Johnson & Johnson, Amgen, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly, Merck, Novartis, and Novo Nordisk — are among the 10 drugs […]