For the first time ever, there are more people in privately managed Medicare Advantage plans than in traditional Medicare (among people with both Medicare Parts A and B). Jeannie Fuglesten Biniek Meredith Freed

The Medicaid work requirement provision in the House bill is likely unconstitutional under NFIB, Sara Rosenbaum explains Health Affairs healthaffairs.org/content/forefr…

"Patient engagement" to advance #healthequity is easy to say, but hard to do. I encourage folks to read this brief by Center for Health Care Strategies for accessible, practical guidance w/ examples about how to begin. Kudos to New York Health Foundation for their support of this NY Collaborative.

Today, the #PublicHealthEmergency ends, which means private insurers are no longer required to provide free Covid-19 tests. And, once the federal supply of vaccines & pharmaceutical treatments, like Paxlovid, run out, uninsured adults will face the full cost to access them. 🧵

Must-read article on ways Children's National Hospital 🏥, Dr. Ijeoma Nnodim Opara, MD, FAAP, FAIM, Nia Heard-Garris, MD, MSc (she/they), and other pediatric providers are identifying and addressing impact of racism, which includes listening to and learning from families and staff.

Most Medicaid enrollees are already working or would be exempt from work requirements; many of those that would be subject to the requirements use few health care services — meaning the requirements will not result in cost savings commonwealthfund.org/blog/2023/medi…

Honored to be part of this important conversation with Chiquita Brooks-LaSure CMSGov Akilah Johnson so please join us. Commonwealth Fund

For those who haven't been closely following how many people will lose health insurance from Republican actions: CBO projects 11.8 million more uninsured from the Big Bill. An additional 5.1 million uninsured from allowing ACA tax credits to expire and administrative actions.