Tell Your Representative to Vote YES to Keep Field Offices Open
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Tell Congress to Stop Medicare Cuts
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KFF Health News: Republican Megabill Will Mean Higher Health Costs for Many Americans
President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” cuts federal spending on Medicaid and Affordable Care Act marketplaces by about $1 trillion over a decade, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, threatening the physical and financial health of tens of mi... Read more
Social Security Phone Service Changes Will Create Unnecessary Burdens
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)’s Social Security phone service restrictions will make it harder for seniors to access customer service support, according to new data from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. The Social Security Administration (SSA) estim... Read more
Drug Industry Quietly Funds “Patient Advocacy” Groups to Fight Medicare Drug Price Negotiations
A new investigation by Patients for Affordable Drugs (P4AD) has uncovered a troubling tactic used by the pharmaceutical industry to protect profits and keep drug prices high: secretly funding so-called “patient advocacy” groups. The report profiles six such groups all of w... Read more
CBO Warns: New House Budget Proposal Could Slash Medicare by $490 Billion
A new report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has sounded the alarm: the budget recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives could result in nearly $500 billion in automatic Medicare cuts over the next ten years. The bill would add $2 trillion to ... Read more
House Passes One Big, Brutal Budget Bill — Seniors’ Health and Security at Risk
In the early hours of Thursday morning, House Republicans narrowly passed their budget proposal, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (H.R. 1), by a vote of 215-214. The legislation now moves to the Senate for consideration. The vote was deeply divided. Only two Republicans ... Read more
Tell the Senate to Vote NO on House Budget Plan
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KFF Health News: How Trump Aims To Slash Federal Support for Research, Public Health, and Medicaid
Health care has proved a vulnerable target for the firehose of cuts and policy changes President Donald Trump ordered in the name of reducing waste and improving efficiency. But most of the impact isn’t as tangible as, say, higher egg prices at the grocery store. One thing e... Read more