Health policy including #Medicaid. Research Professor @GeorgetownCCF @McCourtSchool. Opinions my own. Also EdwinCPark on Bluesky.

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Edwin Park retweeted
As Trump's advisers brainstorm cuts to Medicaid/SNAP, Republicans are reportedly worried about how it’ll look to gut social safety net programs in order to extend tax cuts that primarily benefited those making $400,000 or more a year (as they should be). talkingpointsmemo.com/where-…
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14 Nov 2024
Congressional GOP leaders are increasingly open about targeting #Medicaid for draconian cuts in 2025 as I have been warning about. But these cuts are not inevitable. House/Senate margins are tight, Medicaid is more popular than ever & 2017 shows that such cuts can be stopped.
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Yesterday House Budget Committee Chair Arrington urged using budget reconciliation to cut mandatory health care spending. Now GOP Senator Cornyn expresses support for block granting #Medicaid next year. He says "Block grants make a lot of sense." subscriber.politicopro.com/a…
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Edwin Park retweeted
Not leaving much confusion about what the plan is if Republicans obtain unified control of DC. Again: every GOP alternative to #ACA has had two pillars: allowing insurance co's to again segregate health from sick & big cuts in Medicaid. Cumulative result-millions more uninsured
31 Oct 2024
Kill Obamacare now
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30 Oct 2024
"Massive reform" sounds very much like the 2017 failed GOP repeal/replace plan: eliminate the ACA coverage expansions, roll back the ACA's pre-existing condition protections & market reforms, and gut the rest of #Medicaid through block grants/per capita caps.
29 Oct 2024
Replying to @sahilkapur
“No Obamacare?” one attendee asked Johnson. “No Obamacare,” Johnson responded, rolling his eyes. “The ACA is so deeply ingrained, we need massive reform to make this work and we got a lot of ideas on how to do that.” Footage obtained by @NBCNews 👇 nbcnews.com/politics/congres…
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Edwin Park retweeted
Remembering the health care fights in Trump’s first term… Despite campaign promises in 2015 not to cut Medicaid, Trump proposed in 2017 to slash Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) by hundreds of billions of dollars. Thread 🧵👇 (1)
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26 Oct 2024
Thread: this important NY Times interactive story highlights the stories of people who rely on #Medicaid but the outcome of the election will determine whether Medicaid will likely face dire cuts next year.
26 Oct 2024
Medicaid Is Not a Top Campaign Issue. But for These Voters, It’s Crucial. nytimes.com/interactive/2024…
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26 Oct 2024
Thread: this important NY Times interactive story highlights the stories of people who rely on #Medicaid but the outcome of the election will determine whether Medicaid will likely face dire cuts next year.
26 Oct 2024
Medicaid Is Not a Top Campaign Issue. But for These Voters, It’s Crucial. nytimes.com/interactive/2024…
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26 Oct 2024
As a result, many fewer people would have health coverage through #Medicaid or have access to the care they need, including the children with disabilities, low-income seniors and new mothers highlighted in the NY Times interactive article.
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26 Oct 2024
Finally top priority for a second Trump Administration & Congressional Republicans is making the 2017 tax cuts for high-income/corporations permanent. But complex Senate budget rules means that Medicaid is likely a target for massive cuts to pay for them: ccf.georgetown.edu/2024/09/0…
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24 Oct 2024
Must-read from @CitizenCohn on how #Medicaid "could get hammered" in a second Trump Administration
Trump always says he won’t cut Medicare and Social Security He doesn’t make the same claim about Medicaid There’s a reason for that huffpost.com/entry/donald-tr…
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16 Oct 2024
My colleague Leo Cuello on how a recent district court decision could seriously undercut a critical tool to combat fraud in federal health care programs. Has major implications for ensuring manufacturer compliance with the #Medicaid Drug Rebate Program: ccf.georgetown.edu/2024/10/1…
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