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• Poll: Most Americans Oppose Social Security, Medicare Cuts

  April 18, 2023: According to a new AP-NORC poll, a majority of adults support increasing taxes on high income households to pay for Medicare, a plan proposed by President Biden last month. In addition, few are in favor of changes to Medicare or Social Security, such...Read more >

• Kaiser Health News: No-Cost Preventive Services Are Now in Jeopardy. Here’s What You Need to Know.

  April 13, 2023: When a federal judge in Texas declared unconstitutional a popular part of the Affordable Care Act that ensures no-cost preventive care for certain services, such as screening exams for conditions such as diabetes, hepatitis, and certain cancers, it...Read more >

• Need for Escorts Following Relatively Minor Medical Procedures Questioned

  April 12, 2023: Following even basic screenings and operations, patients often must arrange for someone to help deliver them home — and liability fears have led many health care providers to say that a taxi or rideshare driver taking you to your sidewalk is not su...Read more >

• National bus tour demands Congress protect benefits for workers, veterans

  April 12, 2023: ST. LOUIS — A “Back Off Our Benefits” national bus tour is demanding congressional protection of hard-earned benefits for workers and veterans. The cross-country tour stopped last week for a press conference at Kiener Plaza Park in downtown ...Read more >

• AFSCME Commemorates Anniversary of 1968 Sanitation Strike with New Podcast

  April 10, 2023: April 4 was the 55th anniversary of the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He was assassinated while in Memphis to support sanitation workers who were represented by the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 1...Read more >

• Americans Could Lose $20,000 in Retirement Savings if GOP Refuses to Raise the Debt Ceiling

  April 10, 2023: The Joint Economic Committee (JEC), a congressional group that reviews economic policy, recently released a report analyzing the consequences of failing to raise the debt ceiling. Based on a study of the 2011 debt limit negotiations, the analysis fin...Read more >

• Kaiser Health News: Fatigue Is Common Among Older Adults, and It Has Many Possible Causes

  April 06, 2023: Nothing prepared Linda C. Johnson of Indianapolis for the fatigue that descended on her after a diagnosis of stage 4 lung cancer in early 2020. Initially, Johnson, now 77, thought she was depressed. She could barely summon the energy to get dresse...Read more >

• Biden’s Budget Would Raise Taxes On Top .1%, Cut Them For Many Others

  April 03, 2023: According to a new analysis by the Tax Policy Center, President Biden’s fiscal year 2024 budget would raise average after-tax incomes for low-income households — those who earn about $31,000 or less — by nearly $600, or 3.2%, next year. The bud...Read more >

• Senators Draw Attention to the Sky-High Salaries of Medicare Advantage CEOs

  April 03, 2023: Sens. Elizabeth Warren (MA) and Jeff Merkley (OR) are calling attention to the massive profits and "exorbitant" executive salaries of top Medicare Advantage insurers such as UnitedHealthcare and Humana, which are leading a lobbying campaign against e...Read more >

• Kaiser Health News: Congressman Seeks to Plug ‘Shocking Loophole’ Exposed by KHN Investigation

  March 31, 2023: A U.S. lawmaker is taking action after a KHN investigation exposed weaknesses in the federal system meant to stop repeat Medicare and Medicaid fraud and abuse. Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) said he decided to introduce a bill in the House late la...Read more >