Health
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These 10 High-Priced Drugs Are Set To Become Cheaper for Seniors
Starting in 2026, the prices for these drugs will decrease for up to nine million seniors, thanks to a provision in President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act that allows Medicare to negotiate the prices for these drugs directly with the manufacturers.
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One Year In, Here’s How the Inflation Reduction Act Has Helped Wisconsin
The law ensured that 43,000 Wisconsinites were able to keep their health insurance, reduced the cost of insulin for nearly 32,000 seniors, and incentivized several manufacturers to invest in the state and create more clean energy jobs.
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Biden Cracks Down on ‘Junk’ Health Insurance Plans That ‘Exploit’ Americans
Short-term plans offer limited coverage, can deny coverage based on pre-existing conditions, and trick consumers into buying products that provide “little or no coverage when they need it most.”
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Post-Roe Abortion Bans Have Led to Devastating Outcomes for Women, Study Finds
Women have suffered through ectopic pregnancies, miscarriages, fetal anomalies, and other complications, but have found it difficult to get the care they need due to restrictive abortion bans.
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Biden’s Budget Would Tax Billionaires, Corporations to Strengthen Medicare, Expand Child Care, and Help Families
Republicans immediately rejected Biden’s plan, but have yet to release their own budget. They have made it clear, however, that they want to apply deep spending cuts to everything from health insurance to food assistance benefits.
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Biden Proposes Taxes on the Rich to Strengthen Medicare Funding
Biden’s plan would increase the Medicare tax rate on Americans earning above $400,000 from 3.8% to 5% to help keep Medicare solvent into the 2050s. No one earning under $400,000 a year would pay a dime more in taxes, under Biden’s plan.
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GOP Plans Could Include Deep Cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act
House Republicans want to apply deep cuts to everything from health insurance to food assistance benefits, an effort that would plunge millions more Americans into extreme poverty.
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Millions of Americans Could Lose Medicaid Coverage Later This Year When the COVID-19 Emergency Ends. Here’s What You Need to Know.
The Biden administration announced recently that the U.S. will no longer be in a COVID-19 emergency as of May 11, which means that an estimated five to 14 million Americans could lose access to health insurance via Medicaid.
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Opinion: Healthcare Workers Are Dealing With Burnout and Trauma, We Need To Do More to Help Them
It is essential that patients, communities, and health systems advocate for policy solutions that will grow the health care workforce and expand innovative telehealth and home-based care programs, says medical director of public health for the UW Health Board of Directors.
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David Crowley: Communities Need Help to Achieve Healthcare Goals
Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley writes that President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda is critical to helping communities like Milwaukee expand health care to the most needy.
