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New York Times
5 days ago
- Business
- New York Times
Ernst's Remark About Medicaid Cuts Draws Jeers at Iowa Town Hall
Senator Joni Ernst, Republican of Iowa, had a gloomy message for constituents at a town hall in Butler County, Iowa, on Friday morning: 'We all are going to die.' Ms. Ernst was fielding questions about cuts to Medicaid that were included in the domestic policy bill working its way through Congress, when someone in the audience yelled out that the effect would be that 'people are going to die.' 'Well, we all are going to die,' Ms. Ernst responded, drawing jeers from the crowd. Ms. Ernst appeared taken aback by the negative response. 'For heaven's sakes, folks,' she said. Democrats moved quickly to call attention to the comment from Ms. Ernst, a second-term lawmaker who is up for re-election next year. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee circulated a video clip of the moment, calling Ms. Ernst's remark 'stunningly callous' and saying that it came as Republicans in Congress were pushing massive cuts to Medicaid that would leave 'millions of Americans uninsured in order to pay for a tax giveaway for billionaires.' The sprawling legislation, which contains a $4 trillion tax cut that would provide the biggest savings to the wealthy, also would make several changes to Medicaid, including adding a strict new work requirement. The independent, nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projected that the bill would cause around 10 million Americans to become uninsured. Ms. Ernst comment on Friday came after town hall attendees interrupted her as she was highlighting provisions in the measure that sought to ensure that undocumented immigrants, who are not eligible to enroll in Medicaid, would not receive any services. As they defend the legislation, Republicans often refer to that aspect of it, suggesting that the only major changes it would make to Medicaid would be cracking down on waste and abuse in the program, including illegal use by undocumented people. Still, it is the more morbid portion of Ms. Ernst's remarks that Democrats are likely to play on repeat in campaign aids against her in the coming months. With her re-election top of mind, Ms. Ernst, a survivor of sexual assault and the Senate's first female combat veteran, earlier this year caved to a right-wing pressure campaign and voted to confirm Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth despite expressing reservations about his bid. A spokesman for Ms. Ernst said in a statement: 'While Democrats fearmonger against strengthening the integrity of Medicaid, Senator Ernst is focused on improving the lives of all Iowans.' The spokesman added: 'There's only two certainties in life: death and taxes, and she's working to ease the burden of both by fighting to keep more of Iowans' hard-earned tax dollars in their own pockets and ensuring their benefits are protected from waste, fraud, and abuse.'
Business Standard
6 days ago
- Business
- Business Standard
Dr Agarwal's Health Care consolidated net profit declines 15.95% in the March 2025 quarter
Sales rise 31.92% to Rs 460.22 crore Net profit of Dr Agarwal's Health Care declined 15.95% to Rs 32.57 crore in the quarter ended March 2025 as against Rs 38.75 crore during the previous quarter ended March 2024. Sales rose 31.92% to Rs 460.22 crore in the quarter ended March 2025 as against Rs 348.87 crore during the previous quarter ended March 2024. For the full year,net profit rose 0.48% to Rs 83.46 crore in the year ended March 2025 as against Rs 83.06 crore during the previous year ended March 2024. Sales rose 28.44% to Rs 1711.00 crore in the year ended March 2025 as against Rs 1332.15 crore during the previous year ended March 2024. Particulars Quarter Ended Year Ended Mar. 2025 Mar. 2024 % Var. Mar. 2025 Mar. 2024 % Var. Sales 460.22348.87 32 1711.001332.15 28 OPM % 28.4630.97 - 26.6727.19 - PBDT 121.41100.87 20 393.61310.94 27 PBT 61.0254.17 13 162.87140.57 16 NP 32.5738.75 -16 83.4683.06 0
CBC
27-05-2025
- Health
- CBC
'Bombs just started to rain down': Saskatoon nurse recounts working in Gaza when Israel broke ceasefire
Social Sharing After working two stints in Gaza, a Saskatoon nurse says she feels a "ton of guilt" watching news emerging from the region now that she's back in Canada. "I miss the people that I work with every single day," Casey Eberl said. "They're always in my mind. Always." Eberl remembers the scene in Gaza when Israel broke a fragile ceasefire by launching heavy airstrikes in March. "It was unlike anything any of us could have expected. We were sleeping," Eberl said. "The bombs just started to rain down and we all hibernated that night and our clinics had mass casualty incidents. The hospital I was working at had mass casualty incidents and it only got worse from there." The airstrikes broke a two-month ceasefire with Hamas, as Israel vowed to use force to free its remaining hostages in the territory. The strikes killed more than 400 people, according to Palestinian health authorities, and haven't stopped since. The decades-long conflict escalated on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas-led militants attacked Israel, killing around 1,200 people. In response, Israel launched a military campaign that has devastated much of Gaza. Israel's military campaign, which its leaders have said is aimed at uprooting Hamas and securing the release of the hostages, has killed more than 53,000 people and displaced practically all of Gaza's more than two million Palestinians in nearly 20 months of war, according to Gaza's health ministry. Most of the people Israel has killed are civilians, including more than 16,500 children under the age of 18, the ministry says. Eberl was serving in Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza, which Israel has now struck multiple times. An airstrike at the hospital killed five people on March 23, including a Hamas political leader and Palestinian medics, Hamas said. On May 13, airstrikes at Nasser and another hospital killed 18 people. WATCH | Israeli airstrike destroys part of last fully functional hospital in Gaza City: Israeli airstrike destroys part of last fully functional hospital in Gaza City 1 month ago Duration 4:25 Eberl said she was treating patients at Nasser Hospital for two months ending in April. She was also there for a six-week period last fall. She said hearing from her Palestinian colleagues motivated her to go back. "I'm extremely lucky that I got to see them again. Especially with the war going on, you never know if the people that you love, the people that you worked with and cared for, might be there again if you get to go back," Eberl said on CBC's The 306 radio show with host Peter Mills. Eberl said she saw a spike in the number of patients with blast injuries, infectious diseases and malnutrition because of a lack of access to clean water. She said she has never experienced a conflict like this before, and was looking to her Palestinian colleagues for how to navigate the situation. "There's no textbook or manual for something like that. And so I really looked to the Palestinian staff and to be honest, they led me. They told me what they needed, how I could support them, and I just tried to do my best to listen to their needs," she said. "They were the boss. They were the guides." Eberl said everyone she knows in Gaza has lost a family member. "There's nothing like the cry of a parent after they've lost their child." Eberl worked with Doctors Without Borders (also known by its French name, Médecins Sans Frontières), a non-governmental organization that provides emergency medical care to people in conflict zones, disasters or epidemics. Sana Beg, executive director of Doctors Without Borders Canada, said five Canadian health-care professionals with the organization were serving in Gaza as of Monday. "We're dealing with the very real impact of having our medical facilities under constant attack." A United Nations-backed assessment released earlier this month said the entire Gaza population is at critical risk of famine. Israel announced on May 18 that it will allow a limited amount of aid into the Palestinian enclave, but it was not immediately clear when aid would enter Gaza, or how. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would work to ensure that Hamas militants will not control distribution and aid does not reach militants. Beg said the teams in Gaza are also in urgent need of medical supplies like gloves, medications that alleviate pain and potable drinking water. "The heartbreaking reality of our teams having to witness parents anguish in their eyes as their children scream in pain, as we're sort of removing the dressings and giving them a new dressing, and we have no pain medication to be able to provide them." A total of 11 Doctors Without Borders staff have been killed in Gaza, according to Beg. "Inherently we're talking about a population that is living life in a death trap. It is hell on earth," Beg said. "This is a man-made crisis." Canada, the U.K. and France issued a joint statement on May 19 opposing the expansion of Israel's military operations in Gaza and calling for Israel to immediately allow humanitarian aid to enter Gaza. Beg said more needs to be done by those in power to help stop the war. "Doctors alone and medical professionals alone, we cannot be the ones that stop wars. We're not going to be able to stop the bombing of medical facilities, and this is where we need leaders to be able to act."
Bloomberg
23-05-2025
- Health
- Bloomberg
A Big, Ugly Attack on Americans' Health
In the wee hours of Thursday morning, House Republicans pushed through President Donald Trump's 'Big, Beautiful Bill,' a proposal that dramatically cuts Medicaid, in part by imposing strict work requirements on recipients. The hastily devised plan amounts to a reckless attack on health care that covers some 83 million low-income Americans. The bill was rushed to a vote before the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office even had a chance to analyze its impact. However, CBO's estimates for a previous version of the legislation anticipated the Medicaid cuts would result in about 10.3 million more uninsured Americans. Changes made in the dark of night are expected to push the number even higher. The bill now heads to the Senate.
Fox News
21-05-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
I'm a progressive Democrat fighting Medicaid cuts. And I just joined Trump's Truth Social to do it
I am a proud progressive Democrat, so some people might be surprised to see me joining Donald Trump's Truth Social social media platform this week. Let me explain. This week, House Republicans are trying to pass Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill,' which would take away health care from more than 8.6 million Americans through Medicaid cuts, even though just 6% of Americans support cuts to Medicaid and Medicare, according to a recent Fox News poll. Washington Republicans aren't just out of touch with Democrats and Independents on this – just 11% of Republican voters support cuts, but nearly 100% of House Republicans are pushing a bill that would make the biggest Medicaid cut in American history. If Republicans are going to push forward massive cuts to programs like Medicaid, Democrats can't just preach to the choir. We need to be reaching out to working people of all stripes and political parties who could face these cuts. I know most users of Truth Social are more conservative than I am and disagree with me on some issues, but I also know that many agree with me that billionaires have too big an influence in our politics and we shouldn't be cutting programs like Medicaid and Social Security to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy. When I think about how to reach out to people who disagree with me on some issues, I think back to how I started my career: as a labor organizer. I worked on construction sites to unify workers who disagreed on a lot of issues but could all come together to demand better wages or working conditions from their bosses. SEN ELIZABETH WARREN: SOCIAL SECURITY IS UNDER ATTACK. GUTTING IT IS A BROKEN PROMISEThat is what I think we need to be doing as Democrats: reaching out to people who may not agree with us on every issue but who are concerned that Republicans in Washington are cutting programs for working people to pay for billionaire tax cuts. It's not just Medicaid. Look at Social Security. In the same Fox poll, only 5% of Americans want it cut, but President Donald Trump has empowered people like Elon Musk, who called it a "Ponzi scheme," and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who said only "fraudsters" would complain about missing a check. And they have fired so many people that the former head of the Social Security Administration warns the system could "collapse." Of course, joining a social media site will not solve our problems. We should be communicating with more conservative voters wherever we can – that's why I've appeared on Fox News and why I've traveled to three red congressional districts to hold in-person town halls where Republican members of Congress have not held them for their own constituents. Of course, I also often talk to progressive media and post on platforms like BlueSky. And it's not just about where we go: we have to make sure people know we are fighting for the working class and are willing to take on big money and special interests. We also need to make sure people know they are welcome in the Democratic Party even if they do not agree with us on every issue. I am a progressive Democrat and I do not plan on changing or obscuring my position on anything, but I want people to know that we are focused on making the lives of all working class people better. That means we as Democrats need to sound less judgmental and more focused on the issues that matter most to peoples' lives, like the GOP cuts to Medicaid and Social Security. Even if you disagree with me on some issues, if you oppose these cuts to Medicaid and Social Security and want to take back our government from the billionaire class, I want to talk to you and figure out where we can work together. I'm happy to do that on whatever platform you're on.
