Article • Expose the Heist: Power and Policy in Unprecedented Times
Private insurers are ending the open enrollment period looking for ways to extract more profits from the Medicare Advantage program.
Article • Expose the Heist: Power and Policy in Unprecedented Times
A plan to introduce prior authorization in traditional Medicare is likely to enrich private AI companies and reduce access to health care.
Article • Dean Baker’s Beat the Press
It’d be great news if Donald Trump really wanted to get the profiteering out of our health care system. But there are a few problems with his give-everyone-money approach.
Article • Expose the Heist: Power and Policy in Unprecedented Times
Medicare Advantage enrollment is slipping — and it’s exposing some of the basic problems with this privatization scheme.
Article • Expose the Heist: Power and Policy in Unprecedented Times
Trump’s big deal with Pfizer to reduce drug prices won’t actually do much to reduce drug prices.
Article • Expose the Heist: Power and Policy in Unprecedented Times
Is the Trump administration serious about cutting Medicare Advantage waste?
Article • Dean Baker’s Beat the Press
Democrats must present a bold agenda — raising wages, protecting unions, and establishing universal Medicare — to win back disillusioned voters.
Article • Expose the Heist: Power and Policy in Unprecedented Times
The GOP’s massive Medicaid cuts will leave millions without insurance — but will also cost many health care workers their jobs.
Article • Expose the Heist: Power and Policy in Unprecedented Times
The Trump administration is trying to bring one of the worst aspects of private insurance — preauthorization, powered by AI — to Medicare.
Press Release
The Republican spending bill delivers massive gifts to the wealthy while decimating health care coverage for millions.
