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• Kaiser Health News: Numbers Don’t Lie. Biden Kept His Promise on Improving Obamacare.

  January 18, 2023: Promise: “I’ll not only restore Obamacare; I’ll build on it.” In a speech on Nov. 2, 2020, then-presidential candidate Joe Biden promised, “I’ll not only restore Obamacare; I’ll build on it.” Two years and Read More >

• HHS Announces Key Dates for Implementation of Medicare Drug Price Negotiation

  January 17, 2023: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced key 2023 dates for the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program which lowers drug costs for millions of Americans. For the first time in history, because of th Read More >

• House GOP’s Plans to Cut Social Security and Medicare Advance

  January 17, 2023: Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) said last Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that Republicans don’t plan to alter benefits for current Social Security and Medicare recipients. However, at least 127 members of the House Republica Read More >

• Ohio Alliance Files Voting Rights Lawsuit Over New Photo ID Requirement

  January 17, 2023: The Ohio Alliance, Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless, Ohio Federation of Teachers and Union Veterans Council have filed a lawsuit over an Ohio law requiring voters to show photo ID at the polls. Previously, voters had been Read More >

• Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. – And His Statements Concerning Health Care

  January 13, 2023: Martin Luther King Jr. Day is Monday, January 16, and many of Dr. King’s words remain as relevant today as they were during his lifetime. On March 25, 1966 in Chicago, at a press conference before his speech at the second con Read More >

• House Investigation into Alzheimer’s Drug Places Blame on FDA, Biogen

  January 09, 2023: The Food and Drug Administration’s process for approving the Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm, despite great uncertainty about whether it worked, was “rife with irregularities,” according to a congressional investigation. The repo Read More >

• Pension Spending During Covid Pandemic Provided $1.3 Trillion to the Economy

  January 09, 2023: Retirees who spent their public and private sector pension benefits in 2020 generated $1.3 trillion in total economic output, supporting nearly 6.8 million jobs across the nation, according to a report released last Wednesday by t Read More >

• Far-right House Members Seek Commitment that New Speaker Will Use Debt Limit to Force Spending Cuts

  January 09, 2023: Conservative rebels in the House are demanding that the next Speaker of the House commit to opposing a “clean” debt limit increase later in 2023. Their goal is to tie any vote to increase the nation’s debt ceiling to deep cu Read More >

• Kaiser Health News: Weighing Risks of a Major Surgery: 7 Questions Older Americans Should Ask Their Surgeon

  January 05, 2023: Larry McMahon, who turned 80 in December, is weighing whether to undergo a major surgery. Over the past five years, his back pain has intensified. Physical therapy, muscle relaxants, and injections aren’t offering relief. “ Read More >