As Brendan Duke says, this isn’t a case of shared sacrifice. The bill isn’t asking everyone to tighten their belts a little in the name of deficit reduction. Instead it’s asking the poorest to tighten their belts so the richest can loosen their belts. That is profoundly unfair.

Grandfathering in existing Medicaid expansion enrollees isn't as protective as it seems, since low-income people cycle on and off Medicaid as their income and circumstances change.

This effectively repeals Medicaid expansion in only a few years. New analysis here: cbpp.org/research/medic…

Tillis: What do I tell 663,000 people in two years, three years, when President Trump breaks his promise by pushing them off of medicaid because the funding's not there anymore, guys? The people in the White House advising the president, they're not telling him that the effect

People cycle on/off Medicaid as their incomes change. The Scott Amendment would shift massive costs to MO, & likely force cuts to eligibility and optional benefits, like home & community-based care for seniors and MOians w/disabilities Josh Hawley Eric Schmitt please vote NO

This is going to be increasingly true with work requirements and more frequent eligibility redeterminations, both fundamentally paperwork hassles that will make it much more common for people to experience temporary lapses in Medicaid coverage.

Medicaid cuts put lives and communities at risk. “Without Medicaid… I would be dead.” Home care. Rural hospitals. Coverage for 100,000+ kids — all threatened. The CBO says 16 million more could be uninsured by 2034. The stakes couldn’t be higher.

My latest on how the pending budget bill likely will make food assistance completely unavailable in some states, resulting in a massive resurgence of hunger and making SNAP politically unsustainable nationally. thehill.com/opinion/financ…

A Missouri woman gave up guardianship of her son so she could be paid to be his caregiver. Proposed Medicaid work requirements might force her to prove she works to keep her insurance. Bram Sable-Smith reports for KFF Health News + NBC News. ⤵️ nbcnews.com/health/health-…

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Based on new USDA data released today, 44 states would have to pay tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars under Senate Republicans' #SNAP cost-shift plan. If a state can't fully pay, they would have to cut many low-income families off SNAP or end their program altogether.

Thom Tillis on the Hawley strategy of voting for provider tax cut with the aim of stopping it before it takes effect: "I believe in stopping it before, not after," he said, adding it wouldn't be easy after & its supporters would have no reason to flip votes. "They won."

We're actually not done with parliamentarian rulings. Items could still get tossed from or added to or changed in the BBB. Voting is ongoing on the bill in the Senate, Republican leaders want it passed tonight, it has massive consequences, & the text is *not even complete*.

THREAD Lawmakers are realizing “surprises,” “airdrops” &“mysteries” are buried in the bill. Time to take a beat: seems more important to know what's in a ~$5T bill than meet a fake deadline! Things worth $10s/100s of billions & people’s livelihoods & health aren’t “minutiae.”

With this morning's vote, the U.S. Senate chose to take health coverage and food assistance away from Americans, shift costs to states, and make life harder for families struggling to make ends meet. Learn more: mobudget.org/senate-reconci…

Virtually everyone on Medicaid who would be subject to the bill's mandate are either working or eligible for one of the allowed exemptions. U.S. CBO has said the bill won't increase the amount of work. But millions will lose coverage anyway for failing the paperwork requirements

“By one estimate, the potential increase in the number of people uninsured, both through Republican actions and inaction, would erase almost three-quarters of the gains in coverage from the Affordable Care Act.” Larry Levitt KFF nytimes.com/2025/07/01/opi…

Trump's tariffs will cost the average household $2,400 per year, estimates the Yale Budget Lab. And they take a bigger chunk out of working class paychecks. The Admin hasn't released its analysis, suggesting it didn't do any, or its numbers are worse. budgetlab.yale.edu/research/state…

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New from CBO: BBB will increase deficit by $3.4 Trillion, cause 10 million to lose health coverage. nbcnews.com/politics/donal…