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category-health-care entry" aria-label="California Declares an Emergency Over Bird Flu" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/california-declares-an-emergency-over-bird-flu/" data-wpel-link="internal">California Declares an Emergency Over Bird Flu</a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-18T15:58:33-05:00">December 18, 2024 at 3:58 pm EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/california-declares-an-emergency-over-bird-flu/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1740026 https://politicalwire.com/?p=1740026">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"><p>“Gov. Gavin Newsom of California declared on Wednesday that the outbreak of bird flu among the state’s dairy cattle constituted an emergency, a stark acknowledgment of the increasing seriousness of the contagion’s spread,” the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/health/bird-flu-emergency-california.html" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">New York Times</a> reports.</p> <p>“The announcement followed news that an individual in Louisiana had been hospitalized with bird flu, the first severe case of infection in a human identified so far in the United States.”</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/health-care/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Health Care</a></span> </p></footer></article><article class="post-1740025 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-health-care entry" aria-label="Health Insurance Is a Racket" itemscope 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Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"><p><a href="https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/health-insurance-is-a-racket?publication_id=277517&post_id=153282035&isFreemail=true&r=2fku&triedRedirect=true" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">Paul Krugman</a>: “Let me offer a somewhat, but only somewhat, caricatured view of U.S. health care: It’s a system in which taxpayers bear the cost of major medical care, but this taxpayer money flows through private companies that take a cut, spend a lot on administration, and do their best to deny care to people who need it.”</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/health-care/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Health Care</a></span> </p></footer></article><article class="post-1739993 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-health-care entry" aria-label="CDC Confirms First Case of Bird Flu in the U.S." itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/cdc-confirms-first-case-of-bird-flu-in-the-u-s/" data-wpel-link="internal">CDC Confirms First Case of Bird Flu in the U.S.</a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-18T13:02:49-05:00">December 18, 2024 at 1:02 pm EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/18/cdc-confirms-first-case-of-bird-flu-in-the-u-s/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1739993 https://politicalwire.com/?p=1739993">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"><p>“The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday that a patient has been hospitalized with a severe case of H5N1 infection in Louisiana, marking the first known instance of a severe human illness linked to the bird flu virus in the United States,” <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/cdc-confirms-first-severe-case-bird-flu-us-2024-12-18/" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">Reuters</a> reports.</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/health-care/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Health Care</a></span> </p></footer></article><div class="between-posts-area widget-area"><div class="wrap"><section id="custom_html-16" class="widget_text 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Kennedy Jr., the activist whom President-elect Donald J. Trump will nominate to serve as the secretary of health and human services, the solution to obesity in America — now at 40 percent of adults — is straightforward: ‘The first line of response should be lifestyle,’ he told Jim Cramer in a Dec. 12 interview on CNBC.”</p> <p>“Elon Musk, the technology billionaire who advises the president-elect, sees things differently: ‘Nothing would do more to improve the health, lifespan and quality of life for Americans than making GLP inhibitors super low cost to the public,’ he wrote on X, referring to the new class of drugs that cause weight loss, including Ozempic. ‘Nothing else is even close.’”</p> <p>“And there, with the contrasting views of two men in Mr. Trump’s ear, lie two sides of an issue that is plaguing health and nutrition researchers.”</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/health-care/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Health Care</a></span> </p></footer></article><article class="post-1739702 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-crime category-health-care entry" aria-label="Young Voters More Likely to Support CEO Murder" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/17/more-young-voters-find-killing-of-healthcare-ceo-acceptable/" data-wpel-link="internal">Young Voters More Likely to Support CEO Murder</a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-17T14:24:31-05:00">December 17, 2024 at 2:24 pm EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/17/more-young-voters-find-killing-of-healthcare-ceo-acceptable/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1739702 https://politicalwire.com/?p=1739702">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"><p>A new <a href="https://emersoncollegepolling.com/december-2024-national-poll-young-voters-diverge-from-majority-on-crypto-tiktok-and-ceo-assassination/" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">Emerson College poll</a> finds 68% of voters think the actions of the killer of the United Healthcare CEO, Brian Thompson, are unacceptable, while 17% find the actions acceptable.</p> <p>However, among younger voters, 41% find the killer’s actions acceptable, while 40% find them unacceptable.</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/crime/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Crime and Punishment</a>, <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/health-care/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Health Care</a></span> </p></footer></article><article class="post-1739178 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-health-care category-trump-transition entry" aria-label="Trump Brokers Meeting Between RFK Jr. and Big Pharma" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/15/trump-brokers-meeting-between-rfk-jr-and-big-pharma/" data-wpel-link="internal">Trump Brokers Meeting Between RFK Jr. and Big Pharma</a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-15T16:55:00-05:00">December 15, 2024 at 4:55 pm EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/15/trump-brokers-meeting-between-rfk-jr-and-big-pharma/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1739178 https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/15/trump-brokers-meeting-between-rfk-jr-and-big-pharma/">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"> <p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/14/rfk-jr-trump-pharma-ceos-vaccines/" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">Washington Post</a>: “Trump directed the conversation to the role pharmacy benefit managers play in the costs of prescription drugs — a major sore point for drug manufacturers who have launched a lobbying crusade accusing the middlemen of driving up prices…”</p> <p>“The aftermath of the dinner, which ended by all accounts with surprising warmth on all sides, has become the stuff of mini-legend in the week that has followed.”</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/health-care/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Health Care</a>, <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/trump-transition/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Trump Transition</a></span> </p></footer></article><article class="post-1738939 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-health-care entry" aria-label="McConnell Issues Warning on Undermining Polio Vaccine" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/13/mcconnell-issues-warning-on-undermining-polio-vaccine/" data-wpel-link="internal">McConnell Issues Warning on Undermining Polio Vaccine</a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-13T21:14:55-05:00">December 13, 2024 at 9:14 pm EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/13/mcconnell-issues-warning-on-undermining-polio-vaccine/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1738939 https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/13/mcconnell-issues-warning-on-undermining-polio-vaccine/">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"> <p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who battled polio as a child, warned on Friday that anyone seeking a Senate confirmation should “steer clear” of associating with any efforts to undermine public confidence in the polio vaccine, the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/13/mcconnell-polio-vaccine-trump-cabinet/" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">Washington Post</a> reports.</p> <p>Said McConnell: “The polio vaccine has saved millions of lives and held out the promise of eradicating a terrible disease. Efforts to undermine public confidence in proven cures are not just uninformed — they’re dangerous.”</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/health-care/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Health Care</a></span> </p></footer></article><article class="post-1738705 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-health-care entry" aria-label="RFK Jr. Lawyer Asked FDA to Revoke Polio Vaccine" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/13/rfk-jr-lawyer-asked-fda-to-revoke-approval-of-polio-vaccine/" data-wpel-link="internal">RFK Jr. Lawyer Asked FDA to Revoke Polio Vaccine</a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-13T06:58:44-05:00">December 13, 2024 at 6:58 am EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/13/rfk-jr-lawyer-asked-fda-to-revoke-approval-of-polio-vaccine/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1738705 https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/13/rfk-jr-lawyer-asked-fda-to-revoke-approval-of-polio-vaccine/">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"> <p>“The lawyer helping Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pick federal health officials for the incoming Trump administration has petitioned the government to revoke its approval of the polio vaccine, which for decades has protected millions of people from a virus that can cause paralysis or death,” <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/health/aaron-siri-rfk-jr-vaccines.html" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">the New York Times</a> reports.</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/health-care/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Health Care</a></span> </p></footer></article><article class="post-1738101 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-health-care category-trump-transition entry" aria-label="Americans Distrust Trump and RFK Jr. on Health" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/11/americans-distrust-trump-and-rfk-jr-on-health/" data-wpel-link="internal">Americans Distrust Trump and RFK Jr. on Health</a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-11T07:41:35-05:00">December 11, 2024 at 7:41 am EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/11/americans-distrust-trump-and-rfk-jr-on-health/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1738101 https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/11/americans-distrust-trump-and-rfk-jr-on-health/">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"> <p>A new <a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/12/11/trump-rfk-jr-american-distrust-health-poll" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">Axios-Ipsos poll</a> finds Americans are still more trusting of Anthony Fauci<strong> </strong>than they are of President-elect Donald Trump and his health team when it comes to medical information.</p> <p>Also interesting: “Only about a third think the government puts the public’s health and well-being first, or that America is adequately prepared to deal with another pandemic.”</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/health-care/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Health Care</a>, <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/trump-transition/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Trump Transition</a></span> </p></footer></article><article class="post-1737824 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-health-care entry" aria-label="Democrats Demand Answers on Medicare Privatization" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/10/democrats-demand-answers-on-medicare-privatization/" data-wpel-link="internal">Democrats Demand Answers on Medicare Privatization</a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-10T10:49:39-05:00">December 10, 2024 at 10:49 am EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/10/democrats-demand-answers-on-medicare-privatization/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1737824 https://politicalwire.com/?p=1737824">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"><p>Key Democratic senators are demanding answers from Mehmet Oz on his “previous advocacy for Medicare privatization,” referring to his call in 2020 for putting all seniors into private insurance plans under Medicare Advantage, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/democrats-demand-answers-trump-pick-mehmet-oz-medicare-privatization-rcna183514" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">NBC News</a> reports.</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/health-care/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Health Care</a></span> </p></footer></article><article class="post-1737502 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-health-care entry" aria-label="Obamacare Approval Near High Point" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/09/obamacare-approval-near-high-point/" data-wpel-link="internal">Obamacare Approval Near High Point</a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-09T07:38:22-05:00">December 9, 2024 at 7:38 am EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/09/obamacare-approval-near-high-point/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1737502 https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/09/obamacare-approval-near-high-point/">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"> <p><a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/654101/health-coverage-government-responsibility.aspx" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">Gallup</a>: “Sixty-two percent of U.S. adults, the highest percentage in more than a decade, say it is the federal government’s responsibility to ensure all Americans have healthcare coverage.”</p> <p>Also interesting: “Fifty-four percent of U.S. adults approve of the ACA, essentially tying the record-high 55% readings in April 2017 (during Republican-led attempts to repeal the law) and November 2020 (after Joe Biden won election as president).”</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/health-care/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Health Care</a></span> </p></footer></article><article class="post-1737092 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-health-care entry" aria-label="USDA Orders Testing of Milk for Bird Flu" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/06/usda-orders-testing-of-milk-for-bird-flu/" data-wpel-link="internal">USDA Orders Testing of Milk for Bird Flu</a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-06T13:46:43-05:00">December 6, 2024 at 1:46 pm EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/06/usda-orders-testing-of-milk-for-bird-flu/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1737092 https://politicalwire.com/?p=1737092">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"><p>“The national milk supply must be tested for bird flu under a new federal order announced Friday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture,” <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/usda-orders-testing-milk-bird-flu-rcna183212?taid=67533d43ed81c70001d73411" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">NBC News</a> reports.</p> <p>“Entities handling raw milk, such as bulk milk transporters or dairy processors, must collect and share samples with the USDA upon request.”</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/health-care/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Health Care</a></span> </p></footer></article><article class="post-1737062 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-health-care entry" aria-label="Torrent of Hate for Health Insurance Industry After Killing" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/06/torrent-of-hate-for-health-insurance-industry-follows-killing/" data-wpel-link="internal">Torrent of Hate for Health Insurance Industry After Killing</a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-06T13:00:26-05:00">December 6, 2024 at 1:00 pm EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/06/torrent-of-hate-for-health-insurance-industry-follows-killing/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1737062 https://politicalwire.com/?p=1737062">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"><p>“The fatal shooting on Wednesday of a top UnitedHealthcare executive, Brian Thompson, on a Manhattan sidewalk has unleashed a torrent of morbid glee from patients and others who say they have had negative experiences with health insurance companies at some of the hardest times of their lives,” the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/nyregion/social-media-insurance-industry-brian-thompson.html" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">New York Times</a> reports.</p> <p>“It is unclear what motivated the incident or whether it was tied to Mr. Thompson’s work in the insurance industry. The police have yet to identify the shooter who is still on the loose.”</p> <p>“But that did not stop social media commenters from leaping to conclusions and from showing a blatant lack of sympathy over the death of a man who was a husband and father of two children.”</p> <p><a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/12/05/unitedhealth-brian-thompson-killing-health-insurers-social-media" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">Axios</a>: UnitedHealth CEO’s killing unleashes social media rage against insurers.</p> <p><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/health-insurance-murder-reactions-1235192490/" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">Rolling Stone</a>: Americans have little sympathy for murdered health insurance exec.</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/health-care/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Health Care</a></span> </p></footer></article><article class="post-1736960 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-health-care entry" aria-label="Shooting Unleashes Flurry of Stories of Denied Claims" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/06/shooting-unleashes-flurry-of-stories-on-denied-claims/" data-wpel-link="internal">Shooting Unleashes Flurry of Stories of Denied Claims</a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-06T06:36:22-05:00">December 6, 2024 at 6:36 am EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/06/shooting-unleashes-flurry-of-stories-on-denied-claims/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1736960 https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/06/shooting-unleashes-flurry-of-stories-on-denied-claims/">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"> <p>“The early morning killing of a top health insurance executive in midtown Manhattan Wednesday has unleashed a flurry of rage and frustration from social media users over denials of their medical claims, a public display of Americans’ pent-up anger at the nation’s complex health insurance industry,” <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/06/business/insurance-claim-denials-unitedhealthcare-ceo/index.html" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">CNN</a> reports.</p> <p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/12/05/reaction-unitedhealth-ceo-shooting-brian-thompson-insurance/" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">Washington Post</a>: “In posts that trended on multiple social media platforms, users mocked Thompson’s death by invoking health insurance terms, saying their empathy for his loss had been ‘denied.’ Other users implied the killing was essentially merited, citing UnitedHealthcare’s frequent rejections of customers’ requests.”</p> <p>“Many of the posts were liked by tens of thousands of users, some of whom chimed in with their own stories of struggling to get the corporate giant to cover their health insurance claims.”</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/disturbing-trend-as-internet-thirsts-after-unitedhealthcare-ceo-brian-thompsons-assassin/" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">Daily Beast</a>: Disturbing trend as Internet thirsts after CEO’s assassin.</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/health-care/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Health Care</a></span> </p></footer></article><article class="post-1735046 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-health-care entry" aria-label="RFK Jr. Attacked the CDC’s ‘Fascism’" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/11/27/rfk-jr-attacked-the-cdcs-fascism/" data-wpel-link="internal">RFK Jr. Attacked the CDC’s ‘Fascism’</a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-11-27T20:20:04-05:00">November 27, 2024 at 8:20 pm EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/11/27/rfk-jr-attacked-the-cdcs-fascism/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1735046 https://politicalwire.com/2024/11/27/rfk-jr-attacked-the-cdcs-fascism/">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"> <p>“Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a dark view of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,” <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/rfk-jr-vaccines-cdc-fascism-abuse-catholic-church-autism-conferences-rcna181605" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">NBC News</a> reports. </p> <p>“In 2019, he called the federal agency’s vaccine division a fascist enterprise and accused it of knowingly hurting children. He also compared what he saw as a widespread conspiracy to hide harms from the child vaccination program to the cover-up of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.”</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/health-care/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Health Care</a></span> </p></footer></article><article class="post-1734959 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-health-care entry" aria-label="The Coming Health Care Fight" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/11/27/the-coming-health-care-fight/" data-wpel-link="internal">The Coming Health Care Fight</a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-11-27T13:30:30-05:00">November 27, 2024 at 1:30 pm EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/11/27/the-coming-health-care-fight/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1734959 https://politicalwire.com/?p=1734959">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"><p>“Donald Trump’s likely pick for health chief, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has grabbed headlines for his anti-vaccine rhetoric and sharp criticism of Big Pharma. But hospitals, not drugmakers, might have more to fear from a Republican government,” the <a href="https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/trump-rfk-jr-hospital-medical-reaction-3a937304?mod=latest_headlines" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">Wall Street Journal</a> reports.</p> <p>“With the GOP in control of Congress and the White House, hospitals could face budget cuts and tighter oversight, after a period of benefiting from generous federal spending under President Biden. 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