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37 healthcare billionaires cash in as Republicans slash affordable healthcare: Mapping the greed

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  Follow DemLabs on our NEW social media! 37 healthcare billionaires cash in as Republicans slash affordable healthcare: Mapping the greed Republican Health Coverage Proposals Would Increase Number of Uninsured, Raise People’s Costs  -   CBPP    Forbes     Billionaires list    includes 37 people in the U.S. in healthcare.    United Healthcare donated $5 million to Trump campaign. The insurance giant is the    largest provider of plans under Medicare Advantage   , for which Trump recently    increased    the rates insurers can charge. —    Brennan Center   Billionaires in the U.S. pay a smaller tax rate than most nurses. Thanks to a tax code that favors income from wealth over income from work. —    Oxfam   Profits over patients   Explore this map   Meet the 735 billionaires in America   Republicans slash affordable healthcare for their billionaire d...

Dr. Oz and the Plot Against Medicare

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  Become a paid subscriber  to gain access to our private Discord server, subscriber-only AMAs, chats, and invites to events. Dr. Oz and the Plot Against Medicare Medicare Advantage plans are killing seniors and bankrupting hospitals. Now the Trump administration is preparing to make them mandatory, ending Medicare as we know it. Alexander Zaitchik Mar 24 ∙ Guest post Dr. Mehmet Oz testifies in confirmation hearings for administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on March 14, 2025. Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images. This article is co-published with   Truthdig . Presently tied up in  Senate confirmation hearings , Mehmet Cengiz Oz, the Oprah-certified wellness advocate known as “Dr. Oz,” might soon become director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). If confirmed, the daytime TV doctor has agreed to sell his roughly  $600,000 in UnitedHealthcare stock , along with an array of medical industry holdings in devi...