Elon Musk is looking for ways to cut fraud and waste from Social Security and Medicare | Here’s a big one: Biden Signed H.R. 7691 Qualifying Refugees From Ukraine TO CLAIM SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS
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X.com ^
| 7:25 PM · Feb 23, 2025 | Wall Street Apes✓@WallStreetApes
- H.R. 7691 was signed into law on May 21, 2022 - H.R. 7691 also opened pathways for Ukrainian parolees to access mainstream federal benefits typically reserved for refugees, like Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and Refugee Medical Assistance (RMA) - In October 2024, the Department of
Homeland Security extended parole and work authorization for Ukrainians under the Uniting for Ukraine program, keeping them eligible for such benefits through 2025 and beyond if they reapply successfully I’ve shared mainstream media reports confirming hundreds of thousands of Ukraine citizens are claiming American Social Security Benefits and...
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Joe Biden Proposes to Underfund Medicare Advantage in Twilight Hours of His Administration
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Breitbart ^
| 01/13/2025 | Sean Moran
President Joe Biden proposed underfunding Medicare Advantage during the last few weeks of his administration, which could have disastrous effects for American seniors. Last
Friday, Biden’s Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a 2.23 percent increase for the increasingly popular Medicare option. The proposed rate increases are lower than the consumer price index’s (CPI) year-over-year trend for inflation, or 2.7 percent.
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UnitedHealthcare accused of relying on AI algorithms to deny Medicare Advantage claims
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Fox Business News via MSN ^
| 12/13/2024 | Daniela Genovese
Democrats on a Senate subcommittee are accusing UnitedHealthcare Group of denying claims to a growing number of patients as it tried to leverage artificial intelligence to automate the process. In
an October report, "How Medicare Advantage Insurers Have Denied Patients Access to Post-Acute Care," Democrats on the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) released a report claiming UnitedHealthcare’s prior authorization denial rate for post-acute care jumped from 10.9% in 2020 to 22.7% in 2022. Denial rates for skilled nursing centers, in particular, "experienced particularly dramatic growth." The number of denied claims in 2022 was nine times higher compared to...
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SERIOUSLY?! Biden grants clemency to doc who defrauded Medicare by withholding chemo from cancer patients (DrMeera Sachdeva)
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Twitchy.com ^
| 12/14/2024 | Amy Curtis
Search... SERIOUSLY?! Biden Grants Clemency to Doc Who Defrauded Medicare by Withholding Chemo From Cancer Patients Amy Curtis Amy Curtis 9:45 PM on December 14, 2024 AP Photo/Matt Rourke There have been some very interesting, if not downright infuriating, names on Joe Biden's historic clemency list. We
told you about the kids-for-cash judge who took bribes to send children to private, for-profit prisons. One of the people President Biden granted clemency to was an Indian-American doctor who defrauded cancer patients by not providing them with their fully prescribed chemotherapy drugs while billing Medicaid for millions. Read: https://t.co/jwddKdayez — Andy Ngo...
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New Biden proposal would have Medicare and Medicaid pay for popular weight loss drugs
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Not The Bee ^
| November 26, 2024 | Staff
Stuff like this is why the American people have absolutely no faith in their institutions. I
can see why Make America Healthy Again was such a popular movement. The U.S. health plan before RFK: Step 1: Feed Americans unhealthy food with questionable ingredients. Step 2: Encourage sloth and gluttony on a popular level. Step 3: Big Pharma creates a "cure" for obesity. Step 4: Taxpayers money goes to pay for this miracle cure. Step 5: Big pharma profits. Do I have that right? Am I overreacting to this? The same folks in the Biden administration who are calling RFK Jr....
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Biden spent billions to delay Medicare premiums spike, protect Harris campaign before election
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Just the News ^
| 11/3/24 | Steven Richards
Democrats were confronted earlier this year with a terrifying reality: a cap on out-of-pocket costs for patients to limit Medicare drug spending passed as part of Biden’s signature Inflation Reduction Act was set to spike premiums for millions of senior citizens just weeks before the 2024 presidential election. To
avoid the political catastrophe of presiding over major premium increases in the middle of a closely contested election, the Biden-Harris administration used its authority to reroute appropriated funding to subsidize the premiums for seniors until after the election. The administration’s $5 billion budget gimmick kicked the proverbial can down the road,...
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Biden/Kamala Campaign Email Ad Disguised As Medicare Open Enrollment Information
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Email On Medicare Stationery | 26 September 2024
"These historic reforms are a result of the Inflation Reduction Act that I signed into law and that Vice President Harris cast the tie-breaking vote to secure." "These
are just some of the ways my Administration has worked to help you save money on your health care costs and to provide a little more breathing room for you and your families." "Vice President Harris and I believe that health care should be a right, not a privilege."
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Biden-Harris administration using taxpayer money to mask Medicare premium hikes before election: critics
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Fox News ^
| August 14, 2024 | Jamie Joseph
'The program is in a death spiral,' former domestic policy adviser to former President Trump says In a move critics say is designed to shield the Biden-Harris administration from election fallout, the administration has leveraged taxpayer funds to mask upcoming increases in Medicare premiums. Under
the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which was intended to cap out-of-pocket drug costs for Medicare beneficiaries, insurers are poised to significantly hike monthly premiums, with average bids for Part D plans expected to triple by 2025. In response to potential voter backlash, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) rolled out a three-year "demonstration...
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Trump puts Biden on defense for Medicare Advantage cuts
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foxnews ^
| June 30, 2024 | Emma Cotton
Seniors are expected to face $33 in out-of-pocket expenses each month after Medicare Advantage cuts. "Joe
Biden has cut Medicare Advantage for the last two years. Did you know that? He’s cut your Medicare Advantage, which is a total betrayal of seniors. And just check, you’ll see it. He has cut you down for two years straight."
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Trump Reacts To Biden's 'We Finally Beat Medicare' Gaffe At First Presidential Debate
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Forbes Breaking News channel at YouTube ^
| June 28, 2024
Trump Reacts To Biden's 'We Finally Beat Medicare' Gaffe At First Presidential Debate
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James Biden associate Keaton Langston pleads guilty to $51M Medicare fraud
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NY Post ^
| 5/27/24 | Steven Nelson
WASHINGTON — A former business associate of James Biden has agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to defraud Medicare of $51 million through a lab-testing company linked to the first brother. Keaton
Langston, 39, admitted to using pharmacies, durable medical equipment companies and a laboratory in which he had a financial interest to bill for unnecessary tests and orders, the Justice Department disclosed last week in court filings. James Biden, 75, has not been accused of criminal wrongdoing and has sought to distance himself from Langston, whose father Joey Langston also was associated with the first brother. Keaton Langston founded...
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Joe Biden is coming for your Medicare Advantage
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American Thinker ^
| 04/11/24 | Monica Showalter
Joe Biden's re-election campaign is repeating the naked lie, over and over again, that President Trump wants to cut elderly people's Social Security and Medicare. Some of those elderly voters believe him, as recent polling has shown. But
he's already played Mr. Slasher on Medicare Advantage, the immensely popular supplemental health insurance program favored by more than half of seniors, and he plans to cut it more. Democrats hate this program because it allows its buyers choice in what kind of coverage they would like to have on their policies. According to an important op-ed on RedState from the Heartland...
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Trump vs. Biden: Where 2024 presidential candidates stand on Social Security, Medicare
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CNBC ^
| March 11, 2024 | Lorie Komish
Former President Donald Trump and current President Joe Biden issued opposing views on the future of Social Security on Monday. While Trump suggested the possibility of cutting “entitlements” on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Biden issued a 2025 budget proposal that states, “No benefit cuts.”
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Fact Check: President Joe Biden Claims He Will Stop ‘Anyone’ Who Tries to Cut Medicare
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Breitbart ^
| 03/08/2024 | SEAN MORAN
Claim: President Joe Biden during Thursday’s State of the Union address claimed that he would stop “anyone” who tries to cut Medicare. Verdict: False. Biden is actively moving to cut Medicare Advantage, an increasingly popular Medicare option for American seniors. Biden
trotted out the tired rhetorical line that Republicans seek to slash Medicare and Social Security, two popular entitlement programs: Imagine a future with home care and elder care so seniors and people living with disabilities can stay in their homes and family caregivers get paid what they deserve! Tonight, let’s all agree once again to stand up for seniors!
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Jim Biden used his brother's name and White House connections as he backed for rural health care provider - and landed jobs for three Biden family members - now accused in $100million Medicare fraud case, insiders reveal
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DAILY MAIL ^
| 19 February 2024 | EMMA RICHTER
Jim Biden used Joe Biden's name in his efforts to back Americore.. least three .. relatives were employed by the medical company .. Americore, a healthcare company that has been accused in $100million Medicare fraud case, revealed that Jim used his brother's clout as vice president to advance the company. Jim
worked as a consultant for Americore in 2017 after his brother served eight years as vice president. Former executives from Americore .. that Jim had also planned for Joe to serve on the board and suggested his brother could promote the company during a future presidential run ... Jim...
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Biden Admin May Be Setting Stage for Medicare Cuts
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Red State ^
| 01/16/2024 | Ward Clark
Healthcare, as much as the left hates to admit it, is a market item, like any other good or service. Until
the mid-20th century, the provision of healthcare was like any other business; you went to the doctor, you paid him, and that was that. Granted, now modern, high-tech medicine is more expensive, and there is therefore a market for health insurance to spread that cost out. That, too, is a market item. When the government meddles in markets, they almost always screw it up. The Biden administration has never and will never learn this lesson; now, in the latest...
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10 drugs targeted for Medicare price negotiations as Biden pitches cost reductions
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AOL ^
| August 29, 2023 at 2:26 PM | CHRIS MEGERIAN, TOM MURPHY AND AMANDA SEITZ
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden, struggling to convince Americans that he's improved their lives as he runs for reelection, hailed his administration's Tuesday announcement that several drugs would be targeted for Medicare's first-ever price negotiations. The
drugs include the blood thinner Eliquis, diabetes treatment Jardiance and eight other medications. The negotiation process was authorized under the Inflation Reduction Act, which Biden signed last year, capping decades of debate over whether the federal government should be allowed to haggle with pharmaceutical companies. Any lower prices won't take effect for three years, and the path forward could be further complicated by...
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Biden's HHS Secretary Becerra threatens states and medical providers with loss of Medicare dollars if they don't provide genital mutilation surgeries
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American Thinker ^
| 06/27/2023 | Thomas Lifson
Despite two circuit courts ruling against HHS regulations seeking to compel genital mutilation surgeries by health care providers, HHS secretary Xavier Becerra threatens to find ways around the judicial restraints. Biden
HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra threatens states and organizations that don't provide sex reassignment surgeries and puberty blockers for minors: "If you want that Medicaid dollar to come to your state, we're going to make sure you check the box." pic.twitter.com/YtwZXBEBfM — RNC Research (@RNCResearch) June 26, 2023Is there any other life-altering, irreversible change that the federal government wants children to be able to decide on by themselves?Is there any...
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Merck sues Biden administration over Medicare drug price negotiations
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CNBC ^
| June 6, 2023 | By Spencer Kimball
Global drugmaker Merck on Tuesday sued the Biden administration over Medicare’s new powers to substantially reduce drug prices for seniors under the Inflation Reduction Act, the opening salvo in the pharmaceutical industry’s efforts to weaken the program. In
a scathing complaint filed in federal district court, Merck excoriated the negotiation process as a “sham” and “tantamount to extortion.” The drugmaker accused the federal government of employing what the company described as an unconstitutional scheme to take private property for public use without just compensation in violation of the Fifth Amendment. The company asked the U.S. District Court for the District...
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Treat Student-Loan Borrowing Like Medicare. It’s time for the federal government to reduce higher-ed costs by fiat.
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James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal ^
| April 5, 2023 | Chris Corrigan
I recently turned 65 and became eligible for Medicare. Like other medical insurance, Medicare requires providers who accept reimbursement to agree to a set rate for the services they provide. Since
Medicare is one of the largest healthcare payers in the country, it uses its size to negotiate very low reimbursement rates, sometimes even lower than the cost to provide services. Capping reimbursements for services is one of the reasons people have health insurance; the leverage of a big insurance provider helps to keep costs low. If Medicare paid whatever the provider billed, the system would soon go bankrupt. And...
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