Speaker ousting analysis. Medicare Advantage ripoff continues. Aquino on local candidates
GOP politicians and pundits are attempting to blame Democrats for McCarthy's ouster. Medicare Advantage ripoff would pay for Traditional Medicare premiums. Neil Aquino talks to the local candidates.
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Topics covered on the show today.
Rep. Dan Kildee clarified that the GOP should be blamed for ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy: GOP politicians and pundits are trying to spin the ouster of Speaker Kevin McCarthy as the doings of Democrats. Rep. Dan Kildee sets the record straight. Republicans are to blame. [More]
Rep. Mike Lawler wants Gaetz expelled, calls allies useful idiots, then blames Dems for ouster: Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) wants Matt Gaetz expelled from the GOP caucus. He called the Gaetz accomplices useful idiots and blamed Democrats for Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s ouster. [More]
Neil Aquino from the Houston Democracy Project is here. The Houston Democracy Project works daily to make democracy a top issue in 2023 Houston city politics & to inspire and strengthen pro-democracy coalitions. This week, we'll be discussing Neil's conversation with a Republican Houston Council candidate & Democratic Councilwoman Abbie Kamin's discomfort over questions about the protection of a historic Houston Black community. [More]
Medicare Advantage Overbills Taxpayers by $140 Billion a Year—Enough to Wipe Out Medicare Premiums: A report published Wednesday estimates that privately run, government-funded Medicare Advantage plans are overcharging U.S. taxpayers by up to $140 billion per year, a sum that could be used to completely eliminate Medicare Part B premiums or fully fund Medicare's prescription drug program. Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP), an advocacy group that supports transitioning to a single-payer health insurance system, found that Medicare Advantage (MA) overbills the federal government by at least $88 billion per year, based on 2022 spending. [More]
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