By Stephen Kemble, M.D.
Counter Punch, May 22, 2025
Privatization of publicly funded Medicare and Medicaid, managed care, and “value-based payment” (1) have failed to reduce cost
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By Chloe Crawford
Spero ~ Hope for the Future, May 13, 2025
The US healthcare system lives in two realities.
It is a system home to innovative treatments,
Medicare Enrollment Proposals Would Speed Shift to Private Care
By Tony Pugh
Bloomberg Law, April 29, 2025
Proposals would likely hike Medicare Advantage enrollment
They also could increase costs without other changes
Medicare’s shift toward privatization
Trump’s CMS dramatically raises payments to Medicare Advantage plans
By Rebecca Pifer
Healthcare Dive, April 8, 2025
Dive Brief:
The Trump administration handed Medicare Advantage plans a massive gift on Monday, finalizing payment rates for 2026 significantly
Medicaid cuts? Work requirements? They’d make health care worse for all.
By Zach Grissom and Arya Zandvakili, M.D., Ph.D.
Des Moines Register, March 25, 2025
As budget negotiations heat up, the U.S. Congress has proposed severe cuts to
Dr. Oz and the Plot Against Medicare
By Alexander Zaitchik
Drop Site News, March 24, 2025
Presently tied up in Senate confirmation hearings, Mehmet Cengiz Oz, the Oprah-certified wellness advocate known as “Dr. Oz,” might
Medicine Demands Trust—Dr. Oz Has Spent His Career Undermining It
By Dr. Sanjeev K. Sriram, M.D., M.P.H. and Chiamaka Okonwo
Common Dreams, March 13, 2025
Medicine is about trust. As a medical student, I’ve been taught that
Republican cuts to Medicaid would be a waste
By Henry L. Abrons, M.D., M.P.H.
San Francisco Chronicle, Letters, March 9, 2025
Why are Republicans even talking about cutting Medicaid? Don’t they realize that Medicaid is
Seniors, Trump pick Dr. Oz wants to take you out of Medicare. Call your senator
By Carol Paris, M.D.
The Knoxville News-Sentinel, March 5, 2025
Seniors: Who do you trust with your health care? If you’re like me, you place a great
Mehmet Oz’s dangerous prescription for health care puts profits over patients
By Sneha Kapil, Mitchell Stoddard, Manasvi Khullar, and Erin Everett
South Florida Sun-Sentinel, March 4, 2025
“I don’t believe in antibiotics!” My patient told me, frustrated that
Dr. Mehmet Oz holds millions from companies that he’d wield power over if confirmed, report shows
By Amanda Seitz and Brian Slodysko
AP News, Feb. 20, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — The wealth of Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity heart surgeon nominated by President Donald
To Attack Waste, Go After the Source, Not the Patient
By Jay Brock, M.D.
FXBG Advance, Feb. 19, 2025
It looks like President Donald Trump has given the world’s richest man, Elon Musk—who some are already calling
