{"id":10437,"date":"2026-02-12T23:02:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T23:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/12\/messaging-war-over-medicaid-cuts-moderna-rejection-dc-diagnosis-newsletter\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T23:02:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T23:02:25","slug":"messaging-war-over-medicaid-cuts-moderna-rejection-dc-diagnosis-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailitics.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/12\/messaging-war-over-medicaid-cuts-moderna-rejection-dc-diagnosis-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"STAT+: The messaging war over Medicaid cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"

STAT+: The messaging war over Medicaid cuts
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Dr. Oz seems to have invited Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> to a Valentine\u2019s Day party in 2016, about eight years after Epstein pled guilty to soliciting a minor for prostitution. Send news tips and Valentine\u2019s Day invites to John.Wilkerson@statnews.com<\/a> or John_Wilkerson.07 on Signal.<\/p>\n

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Medicaid cuts in the tax bill Republicans passed last summer are expected to hit rural providers and patients especially hard. Much of those cuts are the result of restrictions on some of the ways that states boosted federal funding for their programs.<\/p>\n

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