Disability / Health News Round up - June 28, 2025
RFK Jr. Wants Every American to Be Sporting a Wearable Within Four Years by Ed Cara on June 24, 2025 at Gizmodo
"The road to “make America healthy again” will apparently be paved with Apple Watches. Health and Human Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has just unveiled a campaign that will try to encourage the widespread use of wearables."
AAPD Strongly Condemns Senate Proposal That Slashes Medicaid and Threatens Disabled Lives by Jess Davidson on June 25, 2025 at the AAPD
"The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) strongly condemns the Senate Finance Committee’s recently released budget reconciliation proposal, which makes devastating cuts to Medicaid that will disproportionately harm disabled people across the country. "
Older Adults With ACA Coverage Would Face Steep Premium Hikes Under House Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act by Andrés Argüello and Andrea Ducas at the Center for American Progress
"A new Center for American Progress analysis makes clear that older adults would be hit especially hard—facing, on average, at least $1,200 more in annual premiums to keep their current ACA marketplace plan."
Voters Will “Get Over It,” McConnell Tells GOP Colleagues About Medicaid Cuts by Chris Walker on June 25, 2025 at TruthOut
"During a closed-door meeting of Republican senators on Tuesday, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) tried to tamper down fears of voter blowback against the proposed cuts to Medicaid spending in the GOP’s budget reconciliation bill, claiming that voters will ultimately “get over it.” "
“Disaster Looms”: Justice Jackson’s Warning for the Country
"So the president turned to the justices on the Supreme Court for a favor: please stop these meddlesome little courts from getting in my way. And then one day in June, the Supreme Court granted his wish."
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