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Trump’s Math Behind Medicaid Fraud Claims Doesn’t Add Up—Literally by Julia Métraux on April 10, 2026 at Mother Jones

"Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services head Dr. Mehmet Oz claimed in March that around five million out of roughly eight million people on Medicaid in the state of New York receive home care. In actuality, the number is around 450,000."

CDC Head Blocks Release of Findings Showing Strong COVID Vax Effectiveness by Chris Walker on April 10, 2026 at TruthOut

"The revelation of the delay of the report and the questionable rationale for delaying its release is raising concerns among members of the scientific community that the agency is shaping its policy due to the anti-vaccine attitudes of Bhattacharya and Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr."

Under RFK Jr.’s leadership, ‘MAHA’ obliterates public health by Laura Weiss on April 6, 2026 at Prism

"Taken together, the undoing of the country’s already inadequate social safety net and the values of the so-called MAHA movement represent a revanchist move toward a new kind of social Darwinism that many advocates have likened to eugenics. "

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