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CMS Launches AI-Driven Prior Authorization Program to Reduce Medicare Fraud
CMS launched the six-year WISeR (Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction) model on June 27, 2025, using AI to expedite prior authorizations for 17 Original Medicare services in six states to reduce $60 billion in annual fraud and costs from low-value services.
CMS Launches AI-Driven Prior Authorization Program to Reduce Medicare Fraud
CMS launched the six-year WISeR (Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction) model on June 27, 2025, using AI to expedite prior authorizations for 17 Original Medicare services in six states to reduce $60 billion in annual fraud and costs from low-value services.
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32% Bias Score
Medicare Data Breach Exposes 100,000+ Americans' Sensitive Information
A Medicare data breach affected over 100,000 Americans after hackers used stolen personal data to create fraudulent accounts, accessing sensitive medical information; CMS is issuing new Medicare cards and deactivating compromised accounts.
Medicare Data Breach Exposes 100,000+ Americans' Sensitive Information
A Medicare data breach affected over 100,000 Americans after hackers used stolen personal data to create fraudulent accounts, accessing sensitive medical information; CMS is issuing new Medicare cards and deactivating compromised accounts.
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32% Bias Score
DOJ Announces Record-Breaking Healthcare Fraud Takedown
The Department of Justice announced the largest-ever healthcare fraud takedown, charging 324 defendants across 50 federal districts with submitting $14.6 billion in fraudulent claims, resulting in $2.9 billion in actual losses, highlighting the use of AI by transnational criminal organizations.
DOJ Announces Record-Breaking Healthcare Fraud Takedown
The Department of Justice announced the largest-ever healthcare fraud takedown, charging 324 defendants across 50 federal districts with submitting $14.6 billion in fraudulent claims, resulting in $2.9 billion in actual losses, highlighting the use of AI by transnational criminal organizations.
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40% Bias Score
Medicare Drug Price Negotiations Continue Under Trump Administration
The Trump administration is continuing Medicare's drug price negotiations begun under Biden, with initial offers sent to Novo Nordisk and Amgen for 15 drugs; lower prices are expected to start in January 2027.
Medicare Drug Price Negotiations Continue Under Trump Administration
The Trump administration is continuing Medicare's drug price negotiations begun under Biden, with initial offers sent to Novo Nordisk and Amgen for 15 drugs; lower prices are expected to start in January 2027.
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36% Bias Score
Medicare Drug Pricing: Price Controls vs. Market Negotiation
The Inflation Reduction Act uses price controls rather than negotiation to set maximum drug prices, creating perverse incentives for government and private insurers that lead to under-provision of care for the sick. Future reforms should promote free-market principles.
Medicare Drug Pricing: Price Controls vs. Market Negotiation
The Inflation Reduction Act uses price controls rather than negotiation to set maximum drug prices, creating perverse incentives for government and private insurers that lead to under-provision of care for the sick. Future reforms should promote free-market principles.
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56% Bias Score
UnitedHealth Group Faces Crushing Crisis: CEO Resigns Amidst Medicare Fraud Investigation and Stock Plummet
UnitedHealth Group, a major US health insurer, faces a severe crisis including its CEO's sudden resignation, withdrawal of financial guidance due to escalating medical costs, and a federal investigation into potential Medicare fraud, resulting in a massive $288 billion stock value loss and intense i...
UnitedHealth Group Faces Crushing Crisis: CEO Resigns Amidst Medicare Fraud Investigation and Stock Plummet
UnitedHealth Group, a major US health insurer, faces a severe crisis including its CEO's sudden resignation, withdrawal of financial guidance due to escalating medical costs, and a federal investigation into potential Medicare fraud, resulting in a massive $288 billion stock value loss and intense i...
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56% Bias Score
Trump Tax Plan: $6,000 Senior Deduction, but Not the Promised Social Security Tax Relief
President Trump's tax plan offers a $6,000 deduction for senior citizens (double for joint filers) between 2025-2028, phasing out above $75,000/$150,000, impacting fewer than half of older Americans and indirectly hastening Social Security and Medicare insolvency to 2032.
Trump Tax Plan: $6,000 Senior Deduction, but Not the Promised Social Security Tax Relief
President Trump's tax plan offers a $6,000 deduction for senior citizens (double for joint filers) between 2025-2028, phasing out above $75,000/$150,000, impacting fewer than half of older Americans and indirectly hastening Social Security and Medicare insolvency to 2032.
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40% Bias Score
Budget Bill's Tax Deduction for Seniors: Misleading Claims and Long-Term Implications
The recent budget bill includes a temporary tax deduction for seniors over 65, providing up to $12,000 for couples, but this indirectly affects Social Security taxes and does not eliminate them for 90% of recipients as claimed by the SSA; the bill accelerates the insolvency of Social Security and Me...
Budget Bill's Tax Deduction for Seniors: Misleading Claims and Long-Term Implications
The recent budget bill includes a temporary tax deduction for seniors over 65, providing up to $12,000 for couples, but this indirectly affects Social Security taxes and does not eliminate them for 90% of recipients as claimed by the SSA; the bill accelerates the insolvency of Social Security and Me...
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24% Bias Score
AMA Launches Campaign Against "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" Due to Medicaid Cuts
The American Medical Association (AMA) is urging the Senate to amend the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act", which passed the House, due to its projected $793 billion cut to Medicaid and resulting 7.8 million increase in uninsured Americans, negatively impacting healthcare access for low-income families a...
AMA Launches Campaign Against "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" Due to Medicaid Cuts
The American Medical Association (AMA) is urging the Senate to amend the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act", which passed the House, due to its projected $793 billion cut to Medicaid and resulting 7.8 million increase in uninsured Americans, negatively impacting healthcare access for low-income families a...
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48% Bias Score
Declining Insurance Payments Push U.S. Physicians Out of Private Practice
The number of U.S. physicians in private practice has dropped to 42.2% due to cuts in insurance payments and increasing administrative burdens, impacting patient care access; proposed further cuts to Medicare and Medicaid could worsen this.
Declining Insurance Payments Push U.S. Physicians Out of Private Practice
The number of U.S. physicians in private practice has dropped to 42.2% due to cuts in insurance payments and increasing administrative burdens, impacting patient care access; proposed further cuts to Medicare and Medicaid could worsen this.
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40% Bias Score
Butler Takes Charge of $220 Billion Health and Disability Portfolio
Australian Labor Minister Mark Butler now heads a $220 billion health, disability, and aged care portfolio, facing immediate negotiations with states on a new disability support system to ease the strain on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), while also planning major reforms to Medicar...
Butler Takes Charge of $220 Billion Health and Disability Portfolio
Australian Labor Minister Mark Butler now heads a $220 billion health, disability, and aged care portfolio, facing immediate negotiations with states on a new disability support system to ease the strain on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), while also planning major reforms to Medicar...
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44% Bias Score
Trump's Executive Order Targets High Prescription Drug Costs
President Trump signed an executive order on Monday aiming to cut US prescription drug prices by at least 59% within 30 days, accusing Germany and the EU of forcing lower drug prices in Europe, leading to higher costs in the US, and threatening manufacturers with Medicare payment limits for non-comp...
Trump's Executive Order Targets High Prescription Drug Costs
President Trump signed an executive order on Monday aiming to cut US prescription drug prices by at least 59% within 30 days, accusing Germany and the EU of forcing lower drug prices in Europe, leading to higher costs in the US, and threatening manufacturers with Medicare payment limits for non-comp...
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56% Bias Score
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