The largest US health insurers have agreed to streamline their preapproval process, making fewer medical procedures subject to prior authorization and speeding up the review process, but the new commitments may not protect the sickest patients who need the most expensive treatment.
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Trump Decried Crime, Then Gutted Funding for Gun Violence Prevention
The Biden administration has terminated about $500 million in grants to organizations working to prevent gun violence, including a $2 million grant to the Bullet Related Injury Clinic in St. Louis, which provides free physical and mental health care for people injured by bullets.
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80M at Risk as Trump HHS Axes Key Poverty Measure Office
The Department of Health and Human Services has fired the entire office that sets federal poverty guidelines, which determine whether tens of millions of Americans are eligible for health programs such as Medicaid, food assistance, child care, and other services.