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Alaska Residents Face Thousands In Medical Costs — Here’s How Some Cut Bills

A medical bill reaching tens of thousands lands like a loud, deafening crash in the middle of a calm day. Numbers that large demand attention, and in Alaska, those numbers show up more often than many people expect. Healthcare in the Last Frontier carries some of the highest costs in…

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ICE Officers Confirm Under Oath That Palantir's ELITE App Identified Arrest Targets While Daily Quotas Drove Oregon Raids

In a landmark case, ICE officers have admitted using Palantir's ELITE app to target arrests, raising constitutional concerns in Oregon.

International Business Times UK

Texas Families Face 10-Year Wait for Medicaid Waivers

A decade stretches long enough to raise a child, build a career, or move across the country twice. Yet thousands of families across Texas spend that entire span waiting for something far simpler: help. Medicaid waiver programs promise vital services for people with disabilities, but enormous waiting lists keep many…

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Kansas Is Replacing Its KanCare Providers — What Families Need to Know About 3.0

If you rely on KanCare for your family’s health coverage, you are already navigating the significant changes of the 3.0 era. Kansas officially launched this major overhaul on January 1, 2025, to improve the quality of its Medicaid managed-care system. This update impacts coverage, provider networks, and care coordination for…

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Federal benefits cuts are looming – here’s how Colorado is trying to protect families with children

Childhood poverty in the U.S. fell to its lowest level in history in 2021. The fall was largely due to the expanded child tax credit and other COVID-19 pandemic supports that put cash directly in the hands of parents and lifted millions of children out of poverty.

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Obamacare’s Slow Death Is Debilitating Centene Stock

Centene is reeling from the expiration of enhanced Obamacare subsidies that have triggered massive enrollment losses and a steep selloff in its shares.

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Indian-origin brothers who bragged about meeting Kash Patel convicted of H-1B visa fraud, healthcare scam in Pennsylvania; facing 400 years in prison

Two brothers from Pennsylvania, Bhaskar Savani and Arun Savani, have been found guilty in a multi-state racketeering conspiracy that included different types of fraud. The Savani brothers built the Savani Group that amassed millions of dollars through these fraud schemes. Bhaskar Savani is a dentist and their group committed medical…

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Managing the Financial Dominoes of Special Needs Planning: A Practical Guide for Long-Term Security

When you have a child with special needs, financial planning must not only cover their long-term care but also the financial future of the entire family.

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US spent $5 billion worth of munitions in the first two days of attacks on Iran, docs show

‘$5.6 billion could have paid for over 356,000 Medicare or 568,00 Medicaid enrollees,’ one social media user commented

The Independent UK

Higher buprenorphine doses help patients stay in opioid use disorder treatment, new study finds

Patients who are prescribed higher daily doses of the medication buprenorphine for opioid use disorder are significantly more likely to stay in treatment. Those on 17 to 24 milligrams averaged 190 days in care compared to 90 days for those on 8 milligrams or less. Yet Black patients are less…

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Washington Long-Term Care Tax (WA Cares): What Workers Are Paying and Who Can Opt Out

Washington’s long‑term care program — known as the WA Cares Fund — is one of the most talked‑about payroll deductions in the state, and for...

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Mobile clinics offer a practical way to improve health care access in maternity care deserts

Only three of the 14 counties in north-central Florida provide full access to obstetric care. Six have low access to care – meaning there are fewer than two hospitals offering obstetric care or birth centers per 10,000 births and fewer than 60 obstetric providers. The remaining five counties are maternity…

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7 Medicaid Myths That Can Disrupt Long-Term Care Planning

Planning for long-term care is stressful enough, but widespread Medicaid myths make it even harder for families to make smart, timely decisions. Many seniors delay...

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When Washington and the states are in conflict, the ultimate winner is not always certain

The Trump administration’s aggressive policies on immigration are receiving pushback not just on Capitol Hill but across the country. Democratic leaders in multiple states are refusing to cooperate with immigration arrests.

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Niagara to NYC: The Seniors Most Likely to Benefit From New Homecare and Aging Services Funding in New York

Like many other states, New York’s aging population is growing fast. And lawmakers are responding with investments in home care, transportation, nutrition programs, and caregiver...

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Before You Break Down: 7 Respite Care Myths That Stop Caregivers From Getting Help

AARP reports that nearly 1 in 4 Americans have become family caregivers. Most of them are unpaid and are constantly pushing themselves past their limits...

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Federal Cuts Revive a California Lawmaker’s Push for Single-Payer Health Care

Assemblymember Ash Kalra says attacks on the Affordable Care Act underscore the urgency of creating state-run health insurance.

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When Parents Have No Retirement Savings: 4 Ways to Protect Your Finances

Retirement does not magically sort itself out. When parents reach their later years with little or no savings, the financial reality can hit like a freight train. Adult children often feel a rush of responsibility, love, guilt, and fear all at once. Helping feels natural. Sacrificing your own stability does…

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Workers at top 20 US low-wage firms rely on public assistance, report says

Exclusive: study finds workers at 20 S&P 500 firms rely on Medicaid and Snap as CEO pay and buybacks soar

The Independent UK

Roy Cooper and Michael Whatley win North Carolina primaries

Both politicians emerged triumphant from crowded primary fields, vying for the seat being vacated by Thom Tillis

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Minnesota sues Trump administration over Medicaid freeze

Minnesota sued the Trump administration for withholding $243 million in Medicaid payments over allegations of fraud within the state’s program.

The Independent UK

Minnesota sues to block Trump administration from withholding Medicaid funds

Vance said last week the administration would ‘temporarily halt’ some Medicaid funding to Minnesota

The Texas Tribune

Texas law bans state-licensed mental health providers from giving gender-transitioning care to minors, AG Ken Paxton says

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued an opinion that says that a 2023 law that bans gender-transitioning medical care to minors also applies to mental health care.

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Nursing Home Costs are Skyrocketing in New York: How the 5-Year Medicaid Look-Back Rule Affects Your Assets

Nursing home costs in New York are rising faster than almost anywhere else in the country, and families are feeling the pressure. With private‑pay prices...

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Interest on the $38.8 trillion national debt has tripled since 2020, and it already costs taxpayers more than defense and Medicaid

Here’s when Medicare falls below interest costs, according to CBO projections.

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