Can states bar Planned Parenthood from #Medicaid reimbursement for non-abortion services? The Supreme Court case Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic tackled this question and whether people with Medicaid have rights to choose their providers. theconversation.com/supreme-co…

#SCOTUS 🩺

Supreme Court considers whether states may prevent people covered by Medicaid from choosing Planned Parenthood as their health care provider

The court’s decision on whether Medicaid patients can choose their own health care provider could have consequences far beyond South Carolina.

^{The Conversation}

The US Senate is happy to keep helping Trump destroy America.

Now they've approved 34 felonies' appointment of known snake oil promoter "dr" Oz.

bbc.com/news/articles/c1k4em2y…

side note: so the GOP spent many many years frothing at the mouth about Obama's middle name being Hussein, but don't care one iota about Mehmet Oz' first name?
They are always hypocrites.

#USpolitics #USpol #Medicare #Medicaid

Dr Mehmet Oz confirmed to lead Medicare and Medicaid

Oz, who has never held public office, is best known for hosting US daytime TV show The Dr Oz Show.

^{Amy Walker (BBC News)}

The #GOP is going after Medicaid and Planned Parenthood at the Supreme Court - The court that reversed Roe is reviewing South Carolina’s bid to defund Planned Parenthood and what patients can do about it. #Medicaid #PlannedParenthood #legal #SCOTUS #AmerianCoup #RepublicansOwnThis #RepublicansDidThis

msnbc.com/deadline-white-house…

The GOP goes after Medicaid and Planned Parenthood at the Supreme Court

Republicans’ war on abortion and Planned Parenthood could wind up curbing Medicaid patients’ health care for things having nothing to do with abortion — such as cancer screenings, blood work and annual physicals.

^{Jordan Rubin (MSNBC)}

🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

#Protest #Resist #Medical #Medicaid #Health #USA

Please boost

"Mike Aylward, MD
‪@primarydoc.bsky.social‬
If you are going to #ACP2025 in New Orleans, let’s hit the streets to stand up for Medicaid, research funding, reproductive rights and academic freedom. "

📍 Where: Lafayette Square 📅 When: 2-5pm April 5, 2025

mobilize.us/handsoff/event/764…

Hands Off! New Orleans Fights Back

**Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them.** New Orleans is fighting back! They're taking everything they can get their hands on—our health care, our data, our jobs, our services—and daring the world to stop them.

^Mobilize

#USpol
#ElonMusk in contempt of #Congress?

Ranking Member of the influential #House #WaysAndMeansCommittee, Congressman #JohnLarson from #Connecticut blasts #Musk for not appearing in the Social Security Subcommittee's hearing regarding his 👉"plans to privatize #SocialSecurity, #Medicare, and #Medicaid."

In the👉 #Putinesque #Patrimonialism 2) #Trump is establishing, this translates into feasting on the carcass of the decimated State.👈

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2)
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

One Word Describes Trump

A century ago, a German sociologist explained precisely how the president thinks about the world.

^{Jonathan Rauch (The Atlantic)}