It is True that President Trump has rescinded Biden's order to lower prescription drug costs for people on Medicare and Medicaid

[Dante]

No. Wife takes dope. Knee replacement a couple of months, and got a root canal today. Both doc worry about rejection if there is infection. She will take the antibiotics as directed by both docs, the 10 hydros she'll stockpile with the others we didn't take, in case one of us does have a pain, sometime, but she's actually pain free.

Pain killers two months later tkr

not a good sign

 

[Dante]

Is it that President Trump has rescinded Biden's order to lower prescription drug costs for people on Medicare and Medicaid?

Check with your pharmacist and your medical insurance company. Where the Progressives I can sometimes disagree with correct, when they claimed MAGA Republicans would be all on board with hard line conservatives in going after Medicare and the Medicaid programs that address quality of life issues for seniors and others who have medical issues?

I see it is all over the much hated-by-maga legacy media as well as the social media Trump has a difficult time silencing.

Trump rolls back effort to lower Medicare, Medicaid drug costs ​

Provided by Dow Jones Jan 21, 2025 11:50am​

By Jessica Hall​

The executive order halts an effort to cap the copayment for generic medications at $2 for Medicare beneficiaries​

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President Donald Trump, in signing dozens of executive orders on Monday, rescinded an effort by former President Joe Biden to lower drug costs by directing Medicare and Medicaid to test models that would bring down prescription-drug prices and make cell- and gene-therapy treatments more accessible.​

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Read: Trump's Day 1 executive orders target EVs, inflation, immigration. Here's what could come next.​

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In reversing the executive order Biden signed in 2022, Trump halted an effort to cap the copayment for generic medications at $2 for Medicare beneficiaries, along with another program that would see Medicare pay less for drugs that receive accelerated approval from the Food and Drug Administration.​

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The cell- and gene-therapy program, meanwhile, would have helped state Medicaid programs pay for therapies that are highly effective but expensive. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation had started the process of enrolling states in the pilot program, and the application process was expected to be open through Feb. 28.​

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Read: Trump may use Medicaid cuts to fund tax reform. These states would be hit hardest.​

Trump is going after Medicare and Medicaid

 

[rightwinger]

Trump is going after Medicare and Medicaid

And Obamacare

 

[White 6]

Pain killers two months later tkr

not a good sign

These were for the root canal, though she was pain free afterward. She's actually pain free on the fake knee. Doesn't even have a limp. Kind of weak on that leg, but does short stairs well. Her prob (in my opinion) is she has not pushed herself during and after the post surgery physical therapy. Though I was required to endure pushing it for years, knowing no gain without pain, she was not. She sat out the mountain hike last month, at the lodge bar, knowing she was not up to it. Definitely feeling no pain by the time we came down. My opinion is that it is important for people in 60s and 70s to keep pushing it, physically, if they want to do well physically in 70s and 80s.

 

[Independent thinker]

Is it that President Trump has rescinded Biden's order to lower prescription drug costs for people on Medicare and Medicaid?

Check with your pharmacist and your medical insurance company. Where the Progressives I can sometimes disagree with correct, when they claimed MAGA Republicans would be all on board with hard line conservatives in going after Medicare and the Medicaid programs that address quality of life issues for seniors and others who have medical issues?

I see it is all over the much hated-by-maga legacy media as well as the social media Trump has a difficult time silencing.

Trump rolls back effort to lower Medicare, Medicaid drug costs ​

Provided by Dow Jones Jan 21, 2025 11:50am​

By Jessica Hall​

The executive order halts an effort to cap the copayment for generic medications at $2 for Medicare beneficiaries​

​

President Donald Trump, in signing dozens of executive orders on Monday, rescinded an effort by former President Joe Biden to lower drug costs by directing Medicare and Medicaid to test models that would bring down prescription-drug prices and make cell- and gene-therapy treatments more accessible.​

​

Read: Trump's Day 1 executive orders target EVs, inflation, immigration. Here's what could come next.​

​

In reversing the executive order Biden signed in 2022, Trump halted an effort to cap the copayment for generic medications at $2 for Medicare beneficiaries, along with another program that would see Medicare pay less for drugs that receive accelerated approval from the Food and Drug Administration.​

​

The cell- and gene-therapy program, meanwhile, would have helped state Medicaid programs pay for therapies that are highly effective but expensive. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation had started the process of enrolling states in the pilot program, and the application process was expected to be open through Feb. 28.​

​

Read: Trump may use Medicaid cuts to fund tax reform. These states would be hit hardest.​

The whole Biden thing was a sham. You force drug companies to lower their prices on certain drugs and they raise their prices on all of the other drugs. As an aggregate, no money was saved by Americans. Whe just played the shell game on them.

 

[bendog]

And Obamacare

That may be Trump's motivation. He really hates it that Obama has a law named after him ... by republicans no less. lol

Although, I think the next four years will be more about enriching his own fortune and erradicating policies by the dems that might actually help people. (not that the dems cared much about the middle class during the past 2-3 years.) I doubt Trump really gives a shit about new drug development.

 

[d0gbreath]

I have read every Executive Order in long form signed on Monday. It wasn't there. I have not checked on the posted Executive Order of today.

Thanks for keeping up. The content may occasionally bore you to tears, which is why I'm not reading them.

 

[White 6]

Thanks for keeping up. The content may occasionally bore you to tears, which is why I'm not reading them.

Harder to get the full text, without interpretation or commentary, as not in the Federal Record yet, where I view Biden's or Obama's before him. Probably be a day or so.

 

[Dante]

These were for the root canal, though she was pain free afterward. She's actually pain free on the fake knee. Doesn't even have a limp. Kind of weak on that leg, but does short stairs well. Her prob (in my opinion) is she has not pushed herself during and after the post surgery physical therapy. Though I was required to endure pushing it for years, knowing no gain without pain, she was not. She sat out the mountain hike last month, at the lodge bar, knowing she was not up to it. Definitely feeling no pain by the time we came down. My opinion is that it is important for people in 60s and 70s to keep pushing it, physically, if they want to do well physically in 70s and 80s.

Total Knee Replacements -- physical therapy afterwards is the key.

I asked my surgeon about affects, because I had a neighbor who did not do physical therapy.

Procedure to repair a tkr is horrible. Not the same. Different tools etc to work on a prosthetic knee.

Good luck to her and hope it goes well moving forward.

note? my tkr was back in 2014. Doing fine.

 

[Dante]

Is it that President Trump has rescinded Biden's order to lower prescription drug costs for people on Medicare and Medicaid?

Check with your pharmacist and your medical insurance company. Where the Progressives I can sometimes disagree with correct, when they claimed MAGA Republicans would be all on board with hard line conservatives in going after Medicare and the Medicaid programs that address quality of life issues for seniors and others who have medical issues?

I see it is all over the much hated-by-maga legacy media as well as the social media Trump has a difficult time silencing.

Trump rolls back effort to lower Medicare, Medicaid drug costs ​

Provided by Dow Jones Jan 21, 2025 11:50am​

By Jessica Hall​

The executive order halts an effort to cap the copayment for generic medications at $2 for Medicare beneficiaries​

​

President Donald Trump, in signing dozens of executive orders on Monday, rescinded an effort by former President Joe Biden to lower drug costs by directing Medicare and Medicaid to test models that would bring down prescription-drug prices and make cell- and gene-therapy treatments more accessible.​

​

Read: Trump's Day 1 executive orders target EVs, inflation, immigration. Here's what could come next.​

​

In reversing the executive order Biden signed in 2022, Trump halted an effort to cap the copayment for generic medications at $2 for Medicare beneficiaries, along with another program that would see Medicare pay less for drugs that receive accelerated approval from the Food and Drug Administration.​

​

The cell- and gene-therapy program, meanwhile, would have helped state Medicaid programs pay for therapies that are highly effective but expensive. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation had started the process of enrolling states in the pilot program, and the application process was expected to be open through Feb. 28.​

​

Read: Trump may use Medicaid cuts to fund tax reform. These states would be hit hardest.​

Thank gawd 4 Democrats!!!


Democrats move to protect Medicaid, wary of Trump’s looming changes Protect Our Care, a liberal advocacy group, is launching a $10 million “Hands Off Medicaid” campaign that targets 17 GOP lawmakers.

Democrats move to protect Medicaid, wary of Trump’s looming changes


Liberal lawmakers and advocates are moving to shield the Medicaid program from potential cuts under the Trump administration, pledging to resist major changes to the safety-net health program that more than 70 million Americans depend on for coverage.

Protect Our Care, an advocacy group aligned with Democrats, on Tuesday will launch a $10 million “Hands Off Medicaid” campaign that highlights how the program helps protect Americans who are older, disabled or low-income, among other vulnerable populations.

The campaign includes cable and network TV ads geared to national audiences; targeted ads for states and congressional districts, touting the number of local Medicaid enrollees; digital advertisements, particularly in areas around nursing homes and rural hospitals that serve Medicaid patients; and ads on billboards, bus stops and other locations.

In an interview, Leslie Dach, the group’s founder, pointed to Republican proposals in Congress that would trim Medicaid by trillions of dollars in upcoming budget reconciliation discussions. He also said Protect Our Care is targeting ads toward 17 GOP lawmakers — including Sens. Bill Cassidy (Louisiana), Susan Collins (Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), and Reps. Michael Lawler (New York), Ryan Mackenzie (Pennsylvania) and David G. Valadao (California) — who the group believes can be swayed based on their moderate politics or pressure from constituents.

“What we’re focused on are those members who come from states with large Medicaid populations, and who should have the guts to stand up for their constituents,” Dach said in an interview Monday. “This is a campaign designed to stop these cuts from happening in reconciliation.”

 

[Dante]

Harder to get the full text, without interpretation or commentary, as not in the Federal Record yet, where I view Biden's or Obama's before him. Probably be a day or so.

you should probably post a web address to the main page that you use

 

[White 6]

Total Knee Replacments -- phusical therapy afterwards is teh key.

I asked my surgeon about affects, because I had a neighbor who did not do physical therapy.

Procedure to repair a tkr is horrible. Not the same. Different tools etc to work on a prosthetic knee.

Good luck to her and hope it goes well moving forward.

note? my tkr was back in 2014. Doing fine.

Yep. Congrats on yours!
Had Quad harvested for parts, knee drilled & ACL replaced, out of spare parts, and Meniscus trimmed after being mangled, while he was in there. PT people abused the crap out of me, and I continued PT on my own. Since then, have done multiple ski trips, and hiked 11 miles up Mount LeConte and another short mountain hike, two months ago. PT is the key.

 

[Dante]

Yep. Congrats on yours!
Had Quad harvested for parts, knee drilled & ACL replaced, out of spare parts, and Meniscus trimmed after being mangled, while he was in there. PT people abused the crap out of me, and I continued PT on my own. Since then, have done multiple ski trips, and hiked 11 miles up Mount LeConte and another short mountain hike, two months ago. PT is the key.

In 2013, preparing for knee surgery, I moved into a building with lots of seniors. It had an elevator. Doc did not want to operate if I had flights of stairs to climb. I saw people with various stages pf development after a knee replacement. It was educational and motivational
I had had bones taken out on one wrist (proximal row carpectomy) a few years before (last resort surgical assist). I had an idea physical therapy was far more important to eventual recovery outcomes than many thought.

 

[White 6]

In 2013, preparing for knee surgery, I moved into a building with lots of seniors. It had an elevator. Doc did not want to operate if I had flights of stairs to climb. I saw people with various stages pf development after a knee replacement. It was educational and motivational
I had had bones taken out on one wrist (proximal row carpectomy) a few years before (last resort surgical assist). I had an idea physical therapy was far more important to eventual recovery outcomes than many thought.

Where I got sent, I saw a guy my age, but a hundred pounds heavier, crying like a baby during physical therapy after his knee replacement. Those folks were brutal, but knew what they were doing. I hear knees and shoulder are the worst. I don't think he followed protocol. When they and the surgeon tells you, take the pain meds an hour before showing up for PT, you'd best do it.

 

[Dante]

Where I got sent, I saw a guy my age, but a hundred pounds heavier, crying like a baby during physical therapy after his knee replacement. Those folks were brutal, but knew what they were doing. I hear knees and shoulder are the worst. I don't think he followed protocol. When they and the surgeon tells you, take the pain meds an hour before showing up for PT, you'd best do it.

I know people who had multiple surgeries. I hear shoulders are the worst to deal with -- hands down.

I was at home alone for almost a full week before occupational and then physical therapy came by. I had a mattress on the floor (by choice). When O/T came by they were dumbfounded with lots of "How did you..." they left never to be seen again.

P/T came by next day or two. I told them I had done lots of p/t I knew of, "Give me more" Said that every few visits "Give me more" - all p/t done at home. After routines done in apt. Next set in a chair. I rented Netflix. Used it in community room huge screen tv .. and did my exercises/therapy there. Never used a walker (told No). Used a cane to walk outside in Hollywood. People there and on buses would actually spot cane and gait and get out of the way.

In a few short weeks, Did a video of myself riding a bike on Hollywood blvd. Hilarious as I went "Whoa" and almost fell off.

Pain meds? Didn't need as much as proscribed. High tolerance for pain.

 

[Dante]

Where I got sent, I saw a guy my age, but a hundred pounds heavier, crying like a baby during physical therapy after his knee replacement. Those folks were brutal, but knew what they were doing. I hear knees and shoulder are the worst. I don't think he followed protocol. When they and the surgeon tells you, take the pain meds an hour before showing up for PT, you'd best do it.

btw, My biggest thing was Ice!

Ice, ice, and more ice.

 

[Road Runner]

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Yeah, you!! I might have had a misunderstanding with the news last night, but I would never believe this shit.

 

[White 6]

btw, My biggest thing was Ice!

Ice, ice, and more ice.

Heating up before and cooling down afterward was important. On PJ's replacement, we bought an Iceman, a machine to pump ice water to chill the knee, like they use at PT. Fantastic little piece of equipment, well worth the out-of-pocket, totally not covered under Medicare or Tricare.

You know, it's amazing the medical crap you accumulate, by our age, in the way of crutches, canes, walkers, Iceman, slings, multiple knee braces (two mechanical on elastic) wrist brace, ankle brace, special boot, an elbow thing that lets me dial that arm straight if can stand the pain. And, we're actually fairly healthy people that usually take care of ourselves, though sht does happen. By the time we kick the bucket, the kids will be able to have a heck of a medical equipment yard sale.

 

[Dante]

Heating up before and cooling down afterward was important. On PJ's replacement, we bought an Iceman, a machine to pump ice water to chill the knee, like they use at PT. Fantastic little piece of equipment, well worth the out-of-pocket, totally not covered under Medicare or Tricare.

You know, it's amazing the medical crap you accumulate, by our age, in the way of crutches, canes, walkers, Iceman, slings, wrist brace, ankle brace, special boot, an elbow thing that lets me dial that arm straight if can stand the pain. And, we're actually fairly healthy people that usually take care of ourselves, though sht does happen. By the time we kick the bucket, the kids will be able to have a heck of a medical equipment yard sale.

Me and my brothers had a vast collection of devices and assist. Tough mom brought up three boys who were always at an emergency room .

She was a nurse, a warrior, a mentor. Tough as nails.

note: Medicaid or Medicare paid for a rental ice machine. I believe it's all about assets - what people can personally afford. If at the time I didn't have the coverage, I would've found a way to rent or buy one of those ice things

 

[Dante]

Is it that President Trump has rescinded Biden's order to lower prescription drug costs for people on Medicare and Medicaid?

Check with your pharmacist and your medical insurance company. Where the Progressives I can sometimes disagree with correct, when they claimed MAGA Republicans would be all on board with hard line conservatives in going after Medicare and the Medicaid programs that address quality of life issues for seniors and others who have medical issues?

I see it is all over the much hated-by-maga legacy media as well as the social media Trump has a difficult time silencing.

Trump rolls back effort to lower Medicare, Medicaid drug costs ​

Provided by Dow Jones Jan 21, 2025 11:50am​

By Jessica Hall​

The executive order halts an effort to cap the copayment for generic medications at $2 for Medicare beneficiaries​

​

President Donald Trump, in signing dozens of executive orders on Monday, rescinded an effort by former President Joe Biden to lower drug costs by directing Medicare and Medicaid to test models that would bring down prescription-drug prices and make cell- and gene-therapy treatments more accessible.​

​

Read: Trump's Day 1 executive orders target EVs, inflation, immigration. Here's what could come next.​

​

In reversing the executive order Biden signed in 2022, Trump halted an effort to cap the copayment for generic medications at $2 for Medicare beneficiaries, along with another program that would see Medicare pay less for drugs that receive accelerated approval from the Food and Drug Administration.​

​

The cell- and gene-therapy program, meanwhile, would have helped state Medicaid programs pay for therapies that are highly effective but expensive. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation had started the process of enrolling states in the pilot program, and the application process was expected to be open through Feb. 28.​

​

Read: Trump may use Medicaid cuts to fund tax reform. These states would be hit hardest.​

yep
It's what we do