Opinion | Dr. Oz's new plan to root out Medicare 'waste' is actually a recipe for disaster A pilot program in six states will require prior approval for procedures under traditional Medicare plans.

Dr. Oz's new plan to root out so-called Medicare 'waste' is actually a recipe for disaster.

A pilot program in six states will require prior approval for procedures under traditional Medicare plans.

RFK Jr: It's gonna be the biggest infusion of federal dollar into rural healthcare in American history

BERNIE SANDERS: Yeah. You know why? Because you're cutting $150b for rural hospitals, you're putting $50b back. That's not an infusion. That's a loss of $100b.

Throwing a sandwich at a cop: felony.

Beating a cop unconscious with a flag pole: tourist behavior.

Doesn’t deploy federal troops to stop a Capitol invasion or save children from a Texas flood or clean up debris from a StL tornado.

Deployed federal troops to disperse people in sleeping bags.

Got it.

Clearly this is not about making DC, or any of us, safer.

Neguse: Only in Washington, D.C. could politicians come to the floor and brag about cutting $9 billion from rural radio stations while two weeks ago they voted to increase the deficit by $4 trillion. Spare us these lectures.

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One of the Most Important Conversations I’ve Had Rich Logis, founder of Leaving MAGA

He was deep in MAGA—and then he walked away.

Rich Logis now runs a nonprofit helping others leave the movement. What he says in this video is among the more honest things I’ve heard

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If you’re zip-tying grandmas protesting losing health care maybe you’re not the good guys in the story?

People in wheelchairs are getting arrested right now in the Russell Senate Office Building in DC. They showed up to tell Congress not to cut their Medicaid, because they cant afford health care without it. If you look closely you can see the zip ties on their hands. #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid

Hey, Mike. As someone whose wife barely survived an assassination attempt, let me tell you: Your joke isn't funny and you have an entire state to apologize to.

The Senator Who Failed America on Vaccines Bill Cassidy blew it.

Senator Bill Cassidy cast a pivotal vote to confirm RFK Jr. while vowing to constrain him. Cassidy has clearly failed to do so, writes Nicholas Florko.

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We’ve truly lost our way in this country.

An 80-year-old vet who fought for this country just got arrested protesting Trump‘s parade. He deserves respect, not handcuffs.

entire block of crowd control barricades arranged to accommodate a long line of people at security, empty

One block over from the White House: the aspirational security line setup

From @theathletic.bsky.social: The Pacers came in as the returning Eastern Conference finalist most had forgotten about. After ousting the Knicks and booking their first Finals ticket in 25 years, all of New York, and the basketball world, remembers them now. nyti.ms/4dED7MY

The shift to clean energy has been a big boost for Arizona’s economy, but Trump’s plan could undo all of that — and thousands of Arizonans could lose their jobs because of it. I’m going to keep fighting to stop this bill in the Senate.

Scott Pelley—American author and reporter for CBS News for more than 31 years, did not hold back

All of NIH funding to Northwestern University is frozen. This pause includes noncompeting approved funding, new and competing grants with fundable scores. No reimbursements for money already spent have been received since March. This situation is rarely reported so please Please get the word out!

Hundreds of rural hospitals are at risk of closing, threatening critical care Hospital officials told CBS News the closure was driven by the same factors that have closed other rural hospitals: low reimbursement rates.

We should be investing in rural communities and making them better places to build a life & raise a family - not shutting down rural hospitals by choking off their funding.

Saving rural hospitals is one more reason to call your Representative and speak out against this GOP attempt to cut Medicaid.

Most Americans don't earn enough to afford basic costs of living, analysis finds The bottom 60% of U.S. households don't make enough money to afford a "minimal quality of life," according to a new analysis.

There is a reason why working families are falling further and further behind.

The cost of housing, health care and other basic necessities are rising much faster than wages.

Learn about an excellent study from the Ludwig Institute.

WATCH: @aoc.bsky.social explains how the Republican bill will:

- Gut Medicaid
- Increase premiums for private health insurance
- Force rural hospitals to close

All to give a giant tax handout to billionaires.

Yes, I'm pissed about the jumbo jet too. But this is actually the most important story today.

AOC: The math is not adding up. Their claim is that one million undocumented people are on Medicaid. So why are they trying to cut 13.7 million Americans off their healthcare?

To be effective, our opposition to today's abuses must run alongside a clear picture of what we are actually for - and how everyday life could be better with different leadership.

Weather and climate research funds are being “chainsawed” from NOAA's budget. Last I checked, Louisiana & Florida, which are maximally susceptible to Hurricanes, voted Red in the last General Election.

Wondering if residents there knew in advance this would happen.