President Trump promised not to touch Social Security, but as Elon Musk’s DOGE team trims staff and plans cuts to phone services, The New York Times reports the system is groaning under the pressure.

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The DOGE 2026 draft budget proposes eliminating federal funds for all State Health Insurance Assistance Programs and seven other federal programs that serve as health care safety nets for older Americans, MedPage Today reports.

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According to KFF’s research, the new Trump executive order on small molecule drugs could lead to higher Medicare prescription drug prices and potentially higher Medicare Part D premiums.

The Medicare Rights Center reports that President Trump’s executive order on prescription drug pricing supports key drug industry efforts to weaken the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) Medicare negotiation program, putting Medicare and beneficiary savings at risk.

The privatization of Medicare has been taking place without much public debate – a trend that KFF says has implications for the 68 million people covered by Medicare, health care providers, Medicare spending, and taxpayers.

In recent weeks, the Social Security Administration has been plagued by technology errors, staff cuts and even marking living people as dead, according to KFF Health News.

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But KFF research reports new findings that raise concerns.