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The administration terminated drug price negotiation subsidies for Medicare beneficiaries, reversing Biden-era policy. A federal judge upheld Medicaid work requirements even for cancer patients, while mortgage rates hit 6.66%—the highest in a year—straining homebuyers.
The Trump administration eliminated drug price negotiation subsidies for Medicare beneficiaries, reversing a Biden-era policy. A federal judge also upheld Medicaid work requirements—even for cancer patients—while mortgage rates hit 6.66%, the highest in a year.
This is a coordinated reversal of cost-of-living support across multiple categories. Drug subsidies gone, work requirements tightened, and borrowing costs spiking all hit at once. Medicare beneficiaries lose direct price relief. Medicaid recipients face new barriers to coverage, with work requirements that don't carve out exceptions for serious illness. Higher mortgage rates make home ownership more expensive, which compresses the ability to pay for healthcare out of pocket. The pattern is consistent: lower income support, tighter eligibility, higher costs.
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