I am thankful to Rep. Don Beyer for hosting this conversation on the real-world impacts of cutting Medicaid. As Chair of the HHR subcommittee of House Appropriations, I am aware of the $ impacts the threats at the federal level pose to Virginia. The real issue is the human impact.

Thank you Rep. Don Beyer for your advocacy and hosting this roundtable. So many of our neighbors rely on Medicaid to access healthcare. Cuts to the program would severely undermine the safety net and the millions of patients that it serves.

An estimated 1-in-3 people subject to work requirements would lose Medicaid coverage Yet there's no evidence that Medicaid work requirements increase employment. It mostly operates as a paperwork burden to reduce enrollment. That's a Medicaid cut, plain and simple.

When you think about the politics of Medicaid, it's important to know that over half of adults say they or a family member have been covered by the program.

Not surprising that cuts to Medicaid are unpopular across the political spectrum

The reliably wrong The Wall Street Journal is so torqued at my refusal to cut Medicaid that today they lecture me giving poor kids healthcare is - wait for it - making my own son’s preexisting condition worse. No seriously. Imagine being that morally bankrupt wsj.com/opinion/josh-h…

Many of the Medicaid proposals from House Republicans are technical and wonky, and will be difficult for the public to absorb.   What won’t be difficult to absorb: CBO’s estimate that the changes will increase the number of people without health insurance by at least 8.6 million.

Thank you for this recognition!

Taking into account ACA funding reductions, this bill would be the biggest rollback of federal support for health coverage ever … all taken from those with low incones

You cannot find a family in America that thinks they should be paying more for their health care, but instead of addressing affordability, Senate Republicans are increasing costs on working families to fund more tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations.

This bill would needlessly harm so many families across our commonwealth. As a primary care clinician, I regularly see the negative impacts of patients going without coverage.

And then there is the disproportionate impact on low income individuals with high healthcare costs who will lose coverage

The $336 billion in savings and corresponding loss of healthcare access from Medicaid work requirements are illusory. The provisions are too difficult to implement with any integrity. The Senate should look at fraud and abuse in Medicare instead. "Work requirements" is a

The U.S. must not follow Netanyahu into war.

My statement with @markwarner on President Trump signing into law the GOP’s partisan budget megabill:

Thank you Abigail Spanberger

I first met David Gergen 20 yrs ago as a med student interviewing at Center for Public Leadership Harvard Kennedy School Remember his calm words of encouragement that day and his wisdom and support in yrs that followed Saddened by this news Deepest condolences to his family bit.ly/44IjgbP

CBO now says there will be 10m more uninsured from the “OBBB”. But the estimate of 4.2m uninsured from the enhanced ACA tax credits expiring at the end of the year stands. So we are looking at 14+ million more uninsured over 10 yrs unless that changes.

It haunts me to think that the world let this happen and the US not only stood by but provided arms and diplomatic support. So much loss of life and destruction. nytimes.com/2025/07/27/wor… via ⁦The New York Times⁩

NEW: The CDC shooting was much worse than initially reported. 181 rounds. 150 windows hit. Staff are furious at RFK Jr. and Trump becuz their long-running fears about anti-vax rhetoric turning deadly seem to be vindicated. ⁦Lauren Weber⁩ + Me. washingtonpost.com/health/2025/08…