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Justice Department investigations found UCLA and UC San Diego medical schools intentionally discriminated by race in admissions, using proxies and workarounds to favor black and Hispanic applicants over Asian and white candidates.
15h ago
Pioneer Institute finds 80% of top 340B hospitals and 98% of major academic medical centers provide less charity care than the national average, despite billions in drug discounts.
1d ago
CMS proposes cutting Medicare $260 million annually by equalizing imaging prices across settings, ending hospital facility fees that cost three times more for identical scans without quality improvements.
1d ago
A criminal justice program spread nationwide on false claims of 58% crime reduction, actually showing no significant arrest changes and leaving 91% of participants unemployed, a Washington Policy Center report finds.
2d ago
Arkansas's private Medicaid expansion cost $5,800 per person annually versus $3,000 traditional estimate. Federal waiver denied. Report warns states against conservative-branded big-government alternatives that drove costs up.
Aug 22, 2026
Applying payroll taxes to employer health insurance would raise $1.6 trillion over ten years with smaller economic harm than lifting the Social Security wage cap, according to Tax Foundation analysis.
Aug 20, 2026
Minnesota voters prioritize fraud reduction over other affordability fixes, with 45% naming it their top concern. Economic pessimism rose, with 63% saying income trails living costs.
Aug 19, 2026
Washington's WA Cares launch featured a caregiver relationship predating the program by years, with 50% of early applicants denied and eligibility requirements proving confusing, a Washington Policy Center report finds.
Aug 19, 2026
Texas health data loses federal privacy protection once it leaves clinical providers, entering an unregulated commercial sphere of apps, brokers, and vendors, a new policy report finds.
Aug 13, 2026
