Medicaid Cuts, Wearables, and Vaccine Policy

This week on Paging America, Miles and Dr. Rob break down the devastating implications of the “Big Beautiful Bill” moving through Congress. Then, discuss RFK Jr.’s latest move: a massive federal push for health wearables led by his Surgeon General nominee, and how listeners, especially physicians, can organize, take action.

Background reading:

• The Washington Post: Here’s what’s in Trump and Senate Republicans’ tax and immigration bill

• CNBC: Medicaid cuts in Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ will leave millions uninsured, threaten rural hospitals

• STAT: Senate GOP tweaks health care measures in tax bill to win holdouts, please parliamentarian

• The Washington Post: NBC News: GOP Sen. Thom Tillis won't seek re-election in North Carolina after drawing Trump's ire

• The Washington Post: Republican Rep. Don Bacon, a vocal Trump critic, won’t seek reelection

• The Hill: Senate defeats Collins proposal to raise taxes on highest earners to help rural hospitals

• STAT: Senate GOP tweaks health care measures in tax bill to win holdouts, please parliamentarian

• NBC News: GOP Sen. Thom Tillis won't seek re-election in North Carolina after drawing Trump's ire

• The Washington Post: Key quotes: Tillis floor speech after announcing retirement

• The Washington Post: Republican Rep. Don Bacon, a vocal Trump critic, won’t seek reelection

• Delaware Online: What is a wearable? Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s tracking device proposal explained

• CNET: RFK Jr. Announces All Americans Need Health Tracking Devices: Here Are the Pros and Cons

• Financial Times: Robert Kennedy’s touting of health ‘wearables’ sends medical device makers’ shares higher

• Levels Podcast: New Continuous Glucose Monitoring Innovation – Dr.Casey Means

• Levels’ WeFunder page is HERE

• ZDNet: US government wants health trackers for all? What it means for your health, privacy, and wallet

• LifeHacker: Wearables Aren't Going to 'Make America Healthy Again'

• CDC’s website: Thimerosal and Vaccines

• Reuters: Exclusive: US CDC vaccine presentation cites study that does not exist, author says