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Court Filings Reveal Medicaid Patient Data Was Improperly Shared with ICE, Then Forwarded to Palantir's Deportation App

Court filings revealed July 17 that Medicaid data on millions of Americans was improperly shared with ICE, then sent to Palantir's ELITE deportation app. Here's what enrollees need to know.

Medical Daily · Jul 21

Voters are split as GOP focuses on fraud

Republicans in Congress have spent the past year sounding an alarm over waste, fraud and abuse in government health care programs with a midterm-focused message that cutting fraud will help lower consumers’ costs.  While many voters say that soaring health care costs are a top issue for the approaching elections,…

Roll Call · Jul 21

MAGA Rep Tells Vulnerable Republicans to 'Quit Being Scared' and Cut Health Care for War Funding

A vulnerable MAGA Congressman is urging fellow Republicans to 'quit being scared' and back fresh health care cuts to bankroll Trump's $70 billion Pentagon package and SAVE America voting bill.

International Business Times UK · Jul 15

Indian-origin gynecologist Sanjeev Kumar sentenced to 20 years in prison in Tennessee for performing 15,000 biopsies with adulterated devices, attorney says no punishment is enough

Dr Sanjeev Kumar, a gynecologist, was handed a two-decade prison sentence after he was found guilty of tampering with medical devices and perpetrating health fraud. Dr Kumar reused single-use hysteroscopes on multiple female patients, generating fraudulent charges exceeding forty-one million dollars.

The Times of India · Jul 10

Michigan Cyclospora Outbreak Tops 992 Cases in Two Weeks, Nearly 20 Times the State Average

Michigan reports 992 Cyclospora cases since June 22 — 20x the annual average. Outbreak spans 8 counties and multiple states with no food source found yet.

Medical Daily · Jul 10

How an outage like Telstra’s affects Australians’ health care, beyond emergency calls

The fallout from Telstra’s national network outage on Wednesday was widespread, stalling trains and electronic payments, and preventing emergency calls to Triple Zero connecting. The company conducted more than 600 welfare checks on people unable to contact the emergency hotline, with seven people needing assistance.

The Conversation · Jul 9

Chris Murphy Slams Trump Letting Insurers Lend Money to Patients at 'Sky High Interest Rates' as 'Total Scam'

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) criticized the President Donald Trump administration’s health care approach, arguing that a proposal allowing insurers to offer loans to patients would increase financial burdens instead of making coverage more affordable.

Benzinga · Jul 9

Cultural safety isn’t a buzzword. It’s a vital part of First Nations health care and healing

First Nations people in Australia have worse health and a lower life expectancy than other Australians.

The Conversation · Jul 6

AOC's Case Against Ending TPS: It'll Cost You Financially, Not Just Them

AOC warns ending TPS will raise home-repair and health care costs — as a House-passed fix stalls in the Senate before the July 10 deadline.

Latin Times · Jul 2

Religious Exemption from Reproductive Health Care Insurance Mandate Can't Be Limited to Groups "Whose Purpose is the Inculcation of Religious Values"

From Oregon Right to Life v. O'Day, decided yesterday by Judge Mustafa Kasubhai (D. Ore.): Oregon Right to Life …… The post Religious Exemption from Reproductive Health Care Insurance Mandate Can't Be Limited to Groups "Whose Purpose is the Inculcation of Religious Values" appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Jul 2