Thread: I have written about the draconian Project 2025 #Medicaid cuts but want to reinforce how real and severe the threat is. That's because while these cuts are radical they are also longstanding, widely supported & high priority proposals for the GOP. ccf.georgetown.edu/2024/06/17/pro…

Everyone should have access to health care, including family planning services. That’s why CMSGov has clarified how family planning services and supplies are available in #Medicaid. The new guidance includes strategies to increase access & ensure privacy. medicaid.gov/federal-policy…

Excited to share our new publication in @HSR_HRET “Effects of Medicaid Accountable Care Organizations on children’s access to and utilization of health services” 📊🩺 Full paper 🔗: doi.org/10.1111/1475-6… #HSR #Medicaid #Pediatrics #ACOs

Welcome Group 17 - Keaton Miller, Raahil Madhok, and our mentees Gamaliel de la Torre, Emma Wohl, and Rachel Rosales! 🎓 #AMIE2024

Jimmy Carter, who turned 100 this month and has been in hospice care since early 2023, submitted his absentee ballot on Wednesday, according to his grandson. His family said he had been eager to vote for Kamala Harris. nyti.ms/3BNzDJe

New study in JAMA Pediatrics finds that infant mortality increased after the Dobbs decision. This should come as no surprise. Abortion is a central component of full spectrum pregnancy care. cnn.com/2024/10/21/hea…

only when it is dark enough, can you see the stars

This is an extraordinarily bad choice for the health of the American people The HHS Secretary shapes health policy in profound ways He would oversee Medicare for instance -- and determine and shape your parents and grandparents health insurance He and people he appoints

This administration is taking unprecedented steps to remove critically important data from the CDC’s public health dashboards. Just last night, information targeting already medically vulnerable groups—including LGBTQ communities, those living with HIV, and many others—was wiped

Urban Institute: reducing the #Medicaid expansion match rate – as some GOP plans have proposed – would create a $44.3B funding shortfall for states in 2026. If states respond by dropping their expansions, up to 10.8 million people would become uninsured. tinyurl.com/y3p3d6pz

82% of voters oppose cutting Medicaid, including 71% of Trump voters — Hart Research poll

This week, I had the incredible opportunity to be a part of the NIH research advisory committee with OHSU, focusing on Child Behavioral Health and Medicaid MCOs. It was inspiring/energizing to be surrounded by such brilliant and passionate people!

Our new poll. Everyone — Dems, R’s, Independents — are against big Medicaid cuts. Not really surprising. What is: MAGA supporters are divided on cutting Medicaid. As Steve Bannon said: “lots of MAGAs on Medicaid”. on.kff.org/4392QcJ

Want to understand the many Medicaid/CHIP pieces of the rushed-through, last minute-changing reconciliation bill? Edwin Park saves the day yet again: ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/05/19/hou…

“This bill will preserve and protect the programs, the social safety net." In reality, the bill cuts spending on Medicaid by at least $600 billion over the next 10 years. Story: rollingstone.com/politics/polit…

Honored to be named a 2025–2026 IRP National Dissertation Awardee! Grateful for the opportunity to advance my research on policies shaping Medicaid delivery systems and their impact on adolescents. Thank you Poverty Research IRP!

Congratulations to our own PhD candidate, Rachel Rosales, on receiving the Institute for Research on Poverty’s National Dissertation Award for Research on Poverty and Economic Mobility! Rachel Rosales

G.O.P. Bill Has $1.1 Trillion in Health Cuts and 11.8 Million Losing Care, C.B.O. Says nytimes.com/2025/06/29/us/… via @NYTimes

We have not seen the final language but presume that the US Senate just voted 50-50 with Vance breaking the tie to pass the OBBB with over $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts. A sad day.

Not sure what to make of the Medicaid impacts from OBBA? The NYT helps break down some of the impacts to real people. #MedicaidMatters AAFP Advocacy One Rural Doctor on the Real Cost of Medicaid Changes nytimes.com/2025/07/14/pod…