Bye-bye to Biden's cancer moonshot:

Steve Rattner
@steverattner.bsky.social
DOGE leaders Ramaswamy and Musk have proposed eliminating all NIH funding, which among other things supports life-saving cancer research, contributing to a 33% decline in cancer death rates over the last 30 years.

Vivek and Leon laying down some early markers:

Steve Rattner
@steverattner.bsky.social

Musk and Ramaswamy have already identified $516B dollars in government savings--it includes cutting all of Veteran's Affairs health care, eliminating the NIH, and ending funding for federal prisons.

Update:

Insurance company halts plan to put time limits on coverage for anesthesia during surgery

After sharp criticism from anesthesiologists, an insurance company is halting its plan to limit the amount time it would cover anesthesia used in surgeries and procedures. Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield said on Thursday it would no longer move forward with the policy change.

"There has been significant widespread misinformation about an update to our anesthesia policy. As a result, we have decided to not proceed with this policy change," the company said in a statement. "To be clear, it never was and never will be the policy of Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield to not pay for medically necessary anesthesia services. The proposed update to the policy was only designed to clarify the appropriateness of anesthesia consistent with well-established clinical guidelines."

Last time Trump pretended to give a ---- about Americans, this time he has no such pretense.
He's just here to tear in all down.
Putin can't wait.
Posted by ClownShack

Yes, Trump isn't worried about re-election or impeachment or indictments, so he can do whatever he wants, the American people be damned.

"didn't know a preemptive pardon was possible."

Talk Of 'Preemptive' Pardons By Trump Raises Questions: What Can He Do?
December 2, 20201:27 PM ET

A presidential preemptive pardon sounds unusual, but it has been done before, most famously when President Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon, who resigned because of the Watergate scandal in 1974 but had not been charged with any crimes.

"A preemptive pardon is a presidential pardon granted before any formal legal process has begun," American University professor Jeffrey Crouch tells NPR.

In an email, Crouch, author of The Presidential Pardon Power, says that "someone must have committed a federal offense, but as soon as that happens, the president can grant them clemency. He does not need to wait until the alleged offender is charged, stands trial, and so on."

Crouch continues: "These pardons are not common, but they do happen occasionally."

Hillary wanted to expand Medicare to people 50 and older if they wanted to buy into it, which I thought would have been a good option for many people who are getting older and have increasing health problems but aren't yet near at retirment age. Instead with got DonOLD who wanted to get rid of the ACA with no plan to replace it and only McCain stopped him. But guess what? He's b-a-c-k with the same desire and the same lack of a feasible replacment plan. Winning!

"Ignorant citizens elect ignorant leaders. It's a simple as that." George Carlin

We are about to reach the find out stage in so many ways:

"Six of the nine states with trigger laws-- Arizona, Arkansas, Indiana, Montana, North Carolina and Utah--went for Trump in the 2024 election."

Wait, what??? I thought the economy was booming, the markets were on fire, inflation was down and unemployment was near nonexistent. What happened?
#59 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS

Nothing new happened. It's the same old story. The rich keep gettig richer, and Trump's billionaire boys club cabinet and proposed upcoming tax cuts for the ultra wealthy aim to increase the divide between the wealthy and the rest of us. Winning!

FTA:

The company said that the standards it's using to determine how long a surgery should last are consistent with industry standards and formulas set by the American Society of Anesthesiologists. Maternity-related care and pediatric services for patients younger than 22 will be excluded from this change, as there is more variability in the time needed for surgeries and procedures for these groups, Anthem said.

But the American Society of Anesthesiologists has called for an immediate reversal of this policy, saying that Anthem has set an "arbitrary time limit" on surgeries that threatens individual patient care.

Now reporting that the words - "deny", "defend" and "depose" - were meticulously written on the recovered shell casings.
#53 | Posted by REDIAL

Delay Deny Defend
Why Insurance Companies Don't Pay Claims and What You Can Do About It.
by Jay M Feinman (Author)
Paperback January 1, 2010

An expose of insurance injustice and a plan for consumers and lawmakers to fight back. Now a paperback version of the hard-hitting original. The denial of valid insurance claims is not occasional or accidental or the fault of a few bad employees. It's the result of an increasing and systematic focus on maximizing profits by major companies such as Allstate and State Farm. Citing dozens of stories of victims who were unfairly denied payment, the book explains how people can be more careful when shopping for policies and what to do when pursuing a disputed claim. It also lays out a plan for the legal reforms needed to prevent future abuses.