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Trump’s Cruel Medicaid Work Requirements: Can States Mitigate the Damage?

The Trump administration’s appetite for cruelty and its wanton disregard for wasting taxpayer funds has shown itself again – this time in its...

08.06.2026 20

CounterPunch

Eileen Appelbaum

Can States Mitigate the Damage From Trump’s New Medicaid Work Requirements?

States can hire navigators to help people manage the reporting requirements and remain enrolled in Medicaid.

05.06.2026 8

Truthout

Eileen Appelbaum

Private Equity Gets The Green Light To Tap Workers’ Retirement Accounts – OpEd

For more than a decade, private equity has been on a quest to gain access to the nearly $14 trillion of

07.04.2026 10

Eurasia Review

Eileen Appelbaum

Labor Department Rules Will Prevent Workers From Suing Employers That Put Their Retirement Savings at Risk

On March 30, the Department of Labor (DOL) released its proposed regulations to implement President Trump’s Executive Order (EO) allowing employers...

02.04.2026 20

CounterPunch

Eileen Appelbaum

You Bet Your Life (Insurance): Private Equity Comes For Your Annuity

There are signs that private equity’s destabilizing role in the insurance industry is growing. In 2020 and 2021 (as we wrote at the time), large...

05.03.2026 10

CounterPunch

Eileen Appelbaum

Trump’s Health Care Affordability Pitch Shifts Costs to Patients

It’s no secret that the failure of Congressional Republicans to extend the enhanced premium subsidies for insurance purchased on the Affordable Care...

04.03.2026 30

CounterPunch

Eileen Appelbaum

Medicare Advantage Companies Focus on Profits Over Care as Open Enrollment Ends

Even recent feeble reforms have been rolled back when Trump appointees took the reins.

07.12.2025 30

Truthout

Eileen Appelbaum

As Federal Action Stalls, States Aim to Curb Private Equity Greed in Health Care

Research shows that private equity acquisitions raise costs and can lead to deterioration in patient care.

17.10.2025 10

Truthout

Eileen Appelbaum

The Consequences of Gutting Medicaid

On June 17, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Joint Committee on Taxation released updated estimates of the spending cuts and tax breaks...

25.06.2025 30

CounterPunch

Eileen Appelbaum