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Health News that Trump Doesn't Want You To Know

U.S. Cases in 2025 of Measles as of 15-Jul-2025

Total cases: 1,309 (up from 1,288)

Age:
  • Under 5 years: 375 (29%)
  • 5-19 years: 482 (37%)
  • 20+ years: 440 (34%)
  • Age unknown: 12 (1%)
Vaccination Status
  • Unvaccinated or Unknown: 92%
  • One MMR dose: 4%
  • Two MMR doses: 4%

U.S. Hospitalizations in 2025: 13% of cases hospitalized (164 of 1309) up from 162 last week

Percent of Age Group Hospitalized
  • Under 5 years: 21% (79 of 375)
  • 5-19 years: 8% (37 of 482)
  • 20+ years: 11% (47 of 440)
  • Age unknown: 8% (1 of 12)

U.S. Deaths in 2025: There have been 3 confirmed deaths from measles.
 
Actually, I have to say that I am impressed that the states seem to be managing this in the absence of responsible federal guidance.
 
U.S. Measles Cases in 2025 as of 22-Jul-2025

Total cases: 1,319 (up from 1,309 last week)

Age
  • Under 5 years: 378 (29%)
  • 5-19 years: 484 (37%)
  • 20+ years: 445 (34%)
  • Age unknown: 12 (1%)
Vaccination Status
  • Unvaccinated or Unknown: 92%
  • One MMR dose: 4%
  • Two MMR doses: 4%
U.S. Hospitalizations in 2025: 13% of cases hospitalized (165 of 1319) - up from 164

Percent of Age Group Hospitalized
  • Under 5 years: 21% (80 of 378)
  • 5-19 years: 8% (37 of 484)
  • 20+ years: 11% (47 of 445)
  • Age unknown: 8% (1 of 12)
U.S. Deaths in 2025: There have been 3 confirmed deaths from measles.
 
An oddity: Iowa has reported 8 cases of measles this year. The latest case is in an adult who was fully vaccinated and had no know contact with any of the known cases of measles in the state of Iowa.

www.desmoinesregister.com

Iowa’s eighth measles case in 2025 confirmed. See potential exposure sites:

A new measles case in western Iowa prompts Iowa HHS to release list of possible exposure sites, reminds public to be safe.
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A case of measles has been confirmed in an adult in western Iowa, according to a release from the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services. The person who has contracted the disease is fully vaccinated and is not linked to the previously reported cases of measles in the state.
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This is what religious exemptions and sloppy provincial 'freedom' exemptions have led to in Canada. Don't make the same mistake.

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What this is telling us is that vaccine nuttery has created a slow-burn situation similar to large brush fires. There's a small section that is still burning and appears contained until the wind picks up. In the case of measles, that "wind" may be school starting again when kids with measles will be in classes where there are other unvaccinated kids. A single case of measles can create 12-20 new cases in an unvaccinated population.

U.S. Measles Cases in 2025 as of 29-Jul-2025

Total cases: 1,333 (up from 1,319 last week)

Age
  • Under 5 years: 382 (29%)
  • 5-19 years: 491 (37%)
  • 20+ years: 453 (34%)
  • Age unknown: 7 (1%)

Vaccination Status
  • Unvaccinated or Unknown: 92%
  • One MMR dose: 4%
  • Two MMR doses: 4%

U.S. Hospitalizations in 2025: 13% of cases hospitalized (169 of 1333).

Percent of Age Group Hospitalized
  • Under 5 years: 21% (81 of 382)
  • 5-19 years: 8% (40 of 491)
  • 20+ years: 11% (48 of 453)
  • Age unknown: 0% (0 of 7)
U.S. Deaths in 2025: 3
 
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Medicare Advantage is privatized insurance. It is sold to seniors as "a more affordable Medicare" that offered additional benefits like dental coverage.

For the private insurance companies like United Healthcare, it has been a moneymaker because the government pays not only the cost of the services, the government also has provided a capitated bonus per patient on top of what Medicare pays for the service.

The Big Beautiful Bill cut some of those capitated payments, and now the private insurance companies want to pull out of the Medicare Advantage program or cut back on some of those "additional benefits" that they used to entice seniors to sign up for Advantage plans.

Insurers are cutting benefits and exiting from unprofitable markets, and Wall Street is cheering them on. Once rewarded by investors for rapid expansion in the lucrative privatized Medicare program, companies are now being applauded for showing restraint amid rising medical costs and lower government payments.
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I am sure that this all looks good on paper, but this is a big loss of revenue for the private insurers now as well as people gradually drop out of the market.

Eventually, the US is going to be back to what it was before....millions and millions uninsured and just claiming bankruptcy when they can't pay for critical emergency care.

Hospitals going bankrupt because private insurance isn't going to cover the inflated costs of care to offset the emergency department care.

And of course, millions of people just dying or getting so sick that inevitably they end up in the emergency department bankrupting hopsitals.
 
rareboy said:
...Hospitals going bankrupt because private insurance isn't going to cover the inflated costs of care to offset the emergency department care.

And of course, millions of people just dying or getting so sick that inevitably they end up in the emergency department bankrupting hopsitals.
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Something that has puzzled me is the silence of healthcare organizations in the US. During COVID, when things were absolutely batshit crazy in hospitals, they were largely silent.

When the Big Beautiful Bill was up for a vote, where were the hospitals? Those Republicans who voted for the bill have hospitals in their districts that are going to be hit hard by the cuts. Those hospitals are often the biggest employers in the district. In places like Iowa and Nebraska, their constituents are going to be driving hours to get to their nearest hospitals. Maternity care- it's already hard to find a labor and delivery unit in rurals areas.

Big Pharma and insurance companies aren't shy about unleashing lobbyists on elected officials. I don't understand why healthcare organizations are so unwilling to use their power.
 
rareboy said:
And again the US looks to kill off research and development for cancer vaccines and research.

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But that's not how this works. The US is not the only bank in town.

All this means is that Germany, Switzerland and China will get those patents. And when Americans need those vaccines, the US government will be begging and bitching that America has to wait in line like the rest of the world.
 
KaraBulut said:
Medicare Advantage is privatized insurance. It is sold to seniors as "a more affordable Medicare" that offered additional benefits like dental coverage.

For the private insurance companies like United Healthcare, it has been a moneymaker because the government pays not only the cost of the services, the government also has provided a capitated bonus per patient on top of what Medicare pays for the service.

The Big Beautiful Bill cut some of those capitated payments, and now the private insurance companies want to pull out of the Medicare Advantage program or cut back on some of those "additional benefits" that they used to entice seniors to sign up for Advantage plans.

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I thought Medicare Advantage was a big plan to nudge seniors off traditional Medicare to private insurance. The insurance lobbyists worked long and hard for this.

In that sense, it sort of puzzles me that the Republicans turned around and cut the additional government funding that made it so profitable for the insurance companies.

But then again, that was a line item that they could eliminate to make things look good on paper. Never mind that it doesn't show the huge costs that will show up as a result of these issues not being addressed.
 
Araucaria said:
I thought Medicare Advantage was a big plan to nudge seniors off traditional Medicare to private insurance. The insurance lobbyists worked long and hard for this.
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This is getting into the weeds but Medicare has several components. One of those components, Medicare part B, covers outpatient and ambulatory services (e.g. physician office visits). Medicare Advantage (part C) replaces Medicare part B. If a patient goes into the hospital for care, traditional Medicare (part A) still pays.

Advantage (aka Medicare part C) was promoted during the Clinton Administration under the guise that it would "lower cost". Congress was on a mission to balance the budget. In the 1997 budget bill, they created "Medicare+Choice" under the belief that having private insurance companies introduce managed care cost controls into Medicare would lower the cost of outpatient services paid by Medicare.

That has not proven to be true. The government pays about $10 billion more per year for Medicare Advantage than they would if the subscriber were enrolled in traditional Medicare B. That's what the 2025 bill claims to target- it cuts payments to private insurance companies who provide the administration of Medicare Advantage.
 
KaraBulut said:
This is getting into the weeds but Medicare has several components. One of those components, Medicare part B, covers outpatient and ambulatory services (e.g. physician office visits). Medicare Advantage (part C) replaces Medicare part B. If a patient goes into the hospital for care, traditional Medicare (part A) still pays.

Advantage (aka Medicare part C) was promoted during the Clinton Administration under the guise that it would "lower cost". Congress was on a mission to balance the budget. In the 1997 budget bill, they created "Medicare+Choice" under the belief that having private insurance companies introduce managed care cost controls into Medicare would lower the cost of outpatient services paid by Medicare.

That has not proven to be true. The government pays about $10 billion more per year for Medicare Advantage than they would if the subscriber were enrolled in traditional Medicare B. That's what the 2025 bill claims to target- it cuts payments to private insurance companies who provide the administration of Medicare Advantage.
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rareboy said:
^ Still amazed that the insurance companies didn't put up a real fight.
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Silence = Complicity

They're getting something. I don't know what. But there is something that's been promised to insurance companies if they keep quiet for now.
 
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