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Medicare Advantage sector’s hopes dashed as Trump keeps up pressure Health insurance stocks soared when President Donald Trump won last year. The Medicare Advantage world is less bullish now.

On Nov. 6, share prices for $UNH, $HUM and $CVS, the Medicare Advantage market share leaders, jumped a collective 10.9%. Seven months later, their value is down 38.1%, largely driven by $UNH's downfall.

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The Federal Aviation Administration has barred its employees from participating in a host of advisory committees intended to help come up with solutions to issues facing the aviation industry.

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Polio vaccine isn't going anywhere, Trump says "You're not going to lose the polio vaccine," Trump said during a press conference Monday. "That's not gonna happen."

Trump called himself a "big believer" in the polio vaccine today but said he's not a fan of mandates.

"You're not going to lose the polio vaccine."

UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing unleashes rage against insurers UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's killing could prompt health insurers to change how they communicate with members about claims denials, experts say.

Online hate against insurers continues to mount following the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Its prompted several large insurers to remove staff pages or photos of executives from their websites.

Important read from Nona Tepper!

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BREAKING: UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot in New York City Wednesday morning, the NYPD said bloom.bg/4f5Ieou

The Mystery of Food Deserts They didn’t materialize around the country for no reason. Something happened.

1. The conventional explanation for food deserts—that these places are too poor or too rural to generate enough spending on groceries, or too Black to overcome racist corporate redlining — fail to grapple with a key fact: food deserts didn’t used to exist. My new piece in The Atlantic.

CMS pick Dr. Oz touts Medicare Advantage, invests in healthcare Mehmet Oz, Trump's pick for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, owns healthcare stocks, promotes Medicare Advantage and criticizes the ACA.

Belatedly, here's today's look at Dr. Oz's penchant for promoting Medicare Advantage and healthcare businesses he's invested in to give folks clues to his possible priorities running CMS. BTW, no response from Team Trump on possible conflicts of interest. $$ www.modernhealthcare.com/politics-pol...

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RFK Jr. is exploring a plan to upend Medicare’s physician payments system The idea would reduce the role played by the American Medical Association in determining how much doctors get paid

RFK Jr. wants to reduce the American Medical Association's role in determining what Medicare pays for medical services. For those who follow billing codes and the RUC, big scoop from @rachelcohrs.bsky.social: www.statnews.com/2024/11/20/r...

The MA and Part D rule has cleared OMB, folks. Good morning!

That's what I'm talking about, DC

Trump has nominated Dr. Mehmet Oz for CMS administrator:

Washington healthcare world steels itself for RFK Jr.’s HHS Robert F. Kennedy Jr., best known for public health conspiracy theories and misinformation, doesn't have much of a record on the rest of healthcare.

RFK has been outspoken about his priorities for agencies such as NIH, CDC and FDA, but his goals for CMS are a black box, and that’s making the healthcare world uneasy. Here’s the latest from my colleague @mcauliff.bsky.social and I: www.modernhealthcare.com/politics-pol...

Senate Democrats Are Running Out of Time to Pass a Shield Law to Protect Journalism The PRESS Act, which would protect journalists from government spying, enjoys broad bipartisan support and has passed the House—but it’s unclear whether the Senate will take it up.

NEW: Legislation that would bar the United States government from spying on journalists—except under rare, specific circumstances—is currently stalled in Congress.

Now, with only weeks left to legislate, press advocates are urging Senate Democrats to pass the bill, known as the PRESS Act.

What RFK Jr. wants from Washington Food additives, pesticides and vaccines are on his “Make America Healthy Again” hit list.

New: What RFK Jr. wants from Washington
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Trump picks RFK Jr. for health role Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — a former presidential candidate who has a history of spreading conspiracy theories, including about vaccines — is poised to have a key health role in the Trump administration.

JUST IN: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — a former presidential candidate who has a history of spreading conspiracy theories, including about vaccines — is poised to have a key health role in the Trump administration.

You can guess Arrington is talking about Medicaid, and probably ACA subsidies. For Medicare, he's really big on site-neutral payments, which could save something like $140 billion, depending on particulars. Gotta subscribe, but here's today's story on that: www.modernhealthcare.com/politics-pol...

Homicide found to be top cause of maternal death Pregnant women or those who've given birth in the past year are likelier to be murdered than die from medical causes.

Pregnant or recently pregnant women are likelier to be murdered than die from medical causes. www.axios.com/2024/11/13/h...

The ultimate cosmic question: How fast is the universe expanding? New observations of distant galaxies have intensified a debate that scientists call the Hubble Tension.

The universe is expanding.

But how fast? Why is this happening? And what will be the universe’s ultimate fate?

New observations of distant galaxies have intensified a debate that scientists call the Hubble Tension.

reconnecting with my Twitter mutuals

rate limit drove me back to check on bsky how’s everyone doin over here

Boat captain twice ambushed by pod of orcas says "they knew exactly what they are doing" Video of the captain's latest encounters shows orcas "biting off both rudders" of his yacht, with one of the whales seen swimming around with a piece of the rudder in its mouth.

Boat captain twice ambushed by pod of orcas says "they knew exactly what they are doing" https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/boating-captain-ambushed-orcas-they-knew-exactly-what-they-are-doing/

Iconic singer Tina Turner has died https://news.sky.com/story/tina-turner-dies-aged-83-12888593

been thinking about it a lot and we should go back to being primordial soup

Petitioning Spotify to remove the option to hide what youre listening to, show me your tunes you cowards

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