How Medicaid Contractors Stand To Gain From Trump’s Policy

States are paying contractors such as Deloitte, Accenture, and Optum millions of dollars to help them comply with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act — a law that will strip safety-net health and food benefits from millions. State governments rely on such companies to design and operate computer systems that assess whether low-income people qualify…

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Listen: What the Vaccine Schedule Whiplash Means for Your Kids

LISTEN: After a federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to pare down childhood vaccine recommendations, plenty of questions remain — like how annual vaccines for the flu will get approved. KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner spoke with WAMU about how the decision is rippling through the public health system. Big swings…

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Dyslexia Comes Back To Bite President Trump

By MIKE MAGEE This past week, Donald Trump decided to get into a war of words with a person with dyslexia. His target was the Governor of California, Gavin Newsom, who has struggled with the learning disability since the age of 5. The President’s action was premeditated and intended to take the potential Democratic 2028…

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Life expectancy in Panama is better than in the US

I am traveling to Panamá this Friday. Here are some interesting facts about the country’s health care system. Life expectancy is better than the U.S. Life expectancy in Panamá is 79.59 compared to 79.30 in the U.S.Mix of public and private health insurance. Panama’s healthcare architecture rests on two distinct public pillars. The Caja de Seguro…

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