For many people w/hourly wage work their jobs DO NOT come w/ health insurance. Medicaid fills that gap. Rural areas are much more likely to have jobs that don't offer health insurance. Many ppl have to work part-time to pay bills & part-time jobs almost never come with benefits.

Without #Medicaid, Josh would have faced financial ruin from his cancer diagnosis. Senators are debating a bill that kicks nearly 11 million people off insurance. These cuts will be paid for on the backs of cancer patients like Josh. Urge them to vote NO: act.fightcancer.org/a/tell-your-se…

The proposed cuts in the budget bill go well beyond Medicaid. This bill would raise health care costs for everyone, even those with private insurance. Leader John Thune & Senator Mike Rounds, I'm urging you to vote NO. #ProtectAffordableCare #ProtectMedicaid

The cost of health care is hurting everyone. But instead of working to lower health care costs, Congress is moving a bill forward that will increase costs for everyone, even those with private insurance. #ProtectMedicaid #ProtectAffordableCare (1/2)

I don’t think the 16 million Americans who will lose their health care coverage will simply “get over it”.

It’s remarkable how much of the debate about Medicaid cuts is now about hospitals and a rural hospital fund to placate critics and appear to soften the blow, not the millions of people who will lose coverage or find it unaffordable. Some will lose SNAP benefits at the same time.

Republicans are currently in the “how much should we cut from Medicaid” phase of debate with one side saying “a historic amount of cuts” and the other side saying “even more than that.”

an excellent explanation of how eligible people still end up losing Medicaid coverage under work requirements, from Margot Sanger-Katz and Sarah Kliff nytimes.com/2025/06/28/ups…

This morning’s CBS Sunday Morning 🌞 segment is a powerful reminder of what’s on the line when #cancerresearch funding is at stake. Top researchers are sounding the alarm. “This is the first time I’ve felt an existential crisis in our ability to make progress.” cbsnews.com/news/when-is-c…

NEW: Stories about uninsured Americans were common before the Affordable Care Act passed. Now, in light of GOP-led health care changes, they will likely resurge, health policy experts say. Renuka Rayasam + Sam Whitehead report. ⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/article/u…

Today, the U.S. Senate passed a bill that will kick nearly 12 million off health coverage—the majority of whom are on #Medicaid—and make it more difficult and expensive to obtain and keep health insurance. The House will vote on the bill later this week. (1/2)

Right now, Congress has just months to act, or health insurance will get more expensive for millions of people. (1/2)

Details are still to come on "Big Beautiful Bill's" impact on Medicaid, but early indications are that the law will cut federal aid to health care by $1 trillion over the next decade. What that means for South Dakotans: buff.ly/ae2bU0q

Today is #OneDayOneMission—our 24-hour giving challenge to save lives from cancer through advocacy. We all know someone whose life has been forever changed by cancer. Today is for them. 💪 Make your gift: act.fightcancer.org/a/one-day-one-…

The latest from Marshall Ramsey: Medicaid Cuts mississippitoday.org/2025/08/11/mar…

Over the last 5 years, ACA marketplace insurance enrollment increased 157% in red states and 36% in blue states. It’s these Americans that are likely to lose their insurance if Republicans don’t do something about the expiring tax credits. My Morning Joe Chart

Important reading! American Cancer Society Rebecca Siegel talks to Business Insider about the high financial cost of young adults getting #cancer. A cancer diagnosis could cost that person $250,000 over a lifetime! businessinsider.com/true-cost-youn…

The Emmett Till Interpretive Center has purchased the barn where 14-year-old Till was tortured and killed, thanks to a $1.5 million gift from TV producer Shonda Rimes. ow.ly/PnbE50Xw557

Every day that goes by without Congress passing a full-year spending bill is another day lost to expand cancer research to #ProtectCancerCures. Leader John Thune and Senator Mike Rounds, please commit to protecting and increasing lifesaving cancer research funding.