A powerful piece from Dr Nichols in @statnews about cancer patients feeling betrayed after CMS broke lawmakers’ public promises that cancer patients would be protected from losing coverage via OBBBA’s work reporting requirements.

“I believe it will be a really major healthcare crisis in 2027 if this rule is to go into effect,” saidAlan Witchey, CEO of the Damien Center, an Indianapolis nonprofit dedicated to fighting HIV. wfyi.org/statewide/2026-06-1…

The extra red tape required for the medical frailty exemption will greatly increase coverage loss from #Medicaid work requirements. Even before the rule, CBO estimated that 5.3 million people would lose their coverage and become uninsured. tinyurl.com/urbvk466

Senior Director of Health Policy Sophia Tripoli urged Congress today to advance legislation that would address complex health care ownership structures. Here's why that matters: 🧵

Even if you take the ASPE report's lit review at face value — and you shouldn't, it skips critical relevant work — the rosiest 1990s work requirements study in their technical appendix suggests an effect size < 10% of what the report's "model" projects donmoynihan.substack.com/p/t…

Dr. Vin Gupta on new Medicaid changes: They know people are not going to be able to navigate the paperwork, the signatures, and the six-month recertification process. So what’s going to happen? Those who are on the fringes of medical care, on the fringes of maintaining a basic quality of life from a health care perspective, are going to suffer. They’re going to suffer, and they’re basically guaranteeing that people will fall off the rolls and that many people will suffer—and likely die—because of this policy.

This is the divide right now. If a policymaker doesn't understand the difference between *cheap* and *affordable* they will never make the kind of change we really need in health care.

High-deductible health insurance can be "affordable," if you never, ever use the coverage. This is a great corrective from Thom Walsh, a health care regulator in Vermont. prospect.org/2026/06/04/heal…

A new rule released earlier this week narrows the medical frailty exemption, a mechanism that allows patients with cancer & other serious health conditions to be exempt from new Medicaid work reporting requirements. Here's what it means for patients ⬇️ statnews.com/2026/06/04/medi…

“One of the cancer community’s worst fears is coming to pass,” writes Gwen Nichols of Blood Cancer United. trib.al/tdV0wEF

New rules will make it far harder to get Medicaid and stay covered trib.al/DB9yAMm

May the odds be ever in your favor. Adults on Medicaid will be required to work 80 hours per month. The Trump administration says people who are sick will have to prove they are too sick to work to be exempt from the new work rules. npr.org/2026/06/03/nx-s1-584…

RT @JessicaBRiedl: The study is transgenic mice (altered DNA) - not transgender - which were used to study cancer, asthma, & other health r…

NORD and 47 other patient advocacy organizations have united to express concern about the #Medicaid work requirement rule issued this week. We strongly urge #CMS to define medical frailty in a way that protects coverage and continuity of care for patients with complex and #RareDiseases. Read the joint statement: rarediseases.org/nord-joins-…

Every time I open this report, I find a new methodological choice to marvel at. If your model assumes sunshine and rainbows, your result will be sunshine and rainbows.

The Trump administration wants low-income people who have cancer, kidney failure, and other complex conditions to prove they can't work in order to keep their Medicaid coverage. statnews.com/2026/06/03/medi…

Was glad to have the chance to join @selenasd on All Things Considered yesterday to chat about the new work requirements regulation, which is will dial up paperwork — and, as a result, coverage losses — for some of the most vulnerable Medicaid enrollees npr.org/2026/06/02/nx-s1-584…

The unwelcome surprise for some states and patients in Republicans' Medicaid work requirements: w/ @TaraBannow @ChelseaCirruzzo statnews.com/2026/06/03/medi…

"Congress promised that no cancer patients would lose their coverage under the One Big Beautiful Bill,” said Dr. Gwen Nichols, chief medical officer at @BloodCancerUtd. “This rule undercuts that promise.” Learn more via @nytimes ⬇️ nytimes.com/2026/06/01/upsho…