The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is proposing heavy restrictions on traditional Medicare enrollees’ use of remote monitoring devices. Where the HHS inspector general suggested a scalpel, CMS would use a hammer. Already, a bipartisan group of House members…
California is the test. The fight over the California billionaire wealth tax ballot initiative has been covered largely as a state tax and budget issue, but that is too narrow a lens. At its core, this fight over the health…
With the U.S. midterm elections just a week away, the affordability crisis — intensified by President Trump’s tariffs and war on Iran — has emerged as a major campaign issue. Across the country, families are struggling to make ends meet, while oil and…
President Donald Trump’s promise of $1,000 for newborns is getting an embarrassing response, as some parents would rather turn down the money than put his name on their children’s savings. A Michigan veteran, Eloise, told The Atlantic that Trump's failed business…
The midterms will shape our future. HuffPost holds power accountable. Become a member to keep independent journalism strong. The deal allows Zuckerberg to pay a potentially huge billionaire tax that is on the ballot in California without losing his ownership…
On November 3, 2026, California voters will vote on Proposition 40, a one-time 5 percent levy on the net worth of billionaires who were California residents on January 1, 2026. Ninety percent of the revenue would fund health care programs, with the remainder set aside for…
Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy State Rundown 10/22: Despite Obstacles, Progressive Taxes Define 2026 As more states move to raise revenue and tax the rich, anti-tax lobbyists and lawmakers are hard at work to undo that progress. In the latest iteration:…
Medicaid advocates speak and really on Capitol Hill on May 21, 2025 in Washington, D.C. "It’s plain wrong for these companies to boost their profits by kicking people off their healthcare." As KFF Health News reported earlier this year, state governments rely on…
A Medicaid patient from Bakersfield, California, is blasting Republican Rep. David Valadao over the Medicaid cuts in the GOP’s tax law, KFF Health News reported in a story carried by NPR. Ulises Hernandez, 41, who has been on Medicaid his whole…
"Republicans across the country are desperately trying to pull the wool over voters’ eyes." "These investments," the group said of the $50 billion rural health fund, "will do nothing to stop the gushing wound Republicans hacked in the American healthcare system.
Inequality, oligarchy and who pays taxes: billionaires' wealth and power, wealth taxes and Trump's tax law.
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