New @apnews.com estimate finds mandate imposed on states by H.R. 1 will cost states an estimated $1 billion. “A huge amount of funding is going to go to vendors to construct these complicated red-tape systems that prevent people who need it from getting health care,” says @joanalker1.bsky.social

Trump's Medicaid work mandates are meant to save money. But first states will have to spend millions

New Medicaid work requirements signed into law by President Donald Trump are meant to save money.

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One big case of fraud against Medicaid was perpetrated by the Medicaid managed care company then known as "Wellcare" in Florida. Guess which President pardoned WellCare company execs convicted of Medicaid fraud? www.wusf.org/courts-law/2...

Trump Pardons Former WellCare Execs Convicted In Florida Medicaid Fraud Case

FBI agents raided WellCare's Tampa headquarters in 2007 as part of the investigation. A statement issued by the White House said the prosecution has been “widely cited as a case study in overcriminali...

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A serious effort to detect fraud against Medicaid would not dump data online with no context. CMS itself indicates elsewhere on their website that in 22 states the underlying data that was dumped by the Trump Administration was “unusable” or of “high concern”.

Larry Levitt@larrylevitt.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I’m always for more data. But, be careful using the new Medicaid spending data released by the Trump administration. It’s missing a lot of important details and context. www.kff.org/medicaid/wha...

Trump's CEA is circulating its estimate of the economic cost of the government shutdown. But, BREAKING: It's wrong. It makes a simple arithmetic error. And it's dishonest. Surprising, I know. 🧵

"But enrollment in Georgia Pathways has remained low. The most recent state data shows that 9,175 of the nearly quarter-million low-income Georgians eligible for the program were enrolled as of Aug. 31." #Medicaid #healthpolicy www.propublica.org/article/geor...

Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Program Spent Twice as Much on Administrative Costs as on Health Care, GAO Says

Republican lawmakers cite Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage as a national model for federal Medicaid work requirements that are set to take effect in 2027. A new report shows the program has spent at lea...

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Medicaid is certainly in the headlines now as a well-loved cornerstone of America's health care system. "Nearly all adults (97%) say Medicaid is at least somewhat important for people in their local community, including about three in four (73%) who say it is “very important.” @kff.org

Larry Levitt@larrylevitt.bsky.social · last yr.

Medicare and Medicaid were created 60 years ago today. Medicaid now covers more people than Medicare. But, when we created this timeline for @kff.org's San Francisco headquarters, we couldn't find any news headlines from 1965 that mentioned Medicaid.

Our new report on the role of Medicaid for women of child-bearing age in rural areas w/ state by state data is here Medicaid covers 47% births in rural areas Rural areas have been losing labor + delivery units. Medicaid cuts will make this scary situation even worse for moms and babies.

The full report is available here: ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/05/15/m...

Medicaid Plays A Key Role for Maternal and Infant Health in Rural Communities

Key Findings: Medicaid is a vital source of health coverage for women of childbearing age across the U.S. but is even more important to those living in small towns and rural communities than metro …

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House E & Commerce Ctte all night Medicaid markup over The Committee voted on party lines for at least $625 billion in Medicaid cuts thru a series of complex policy changes. I'm deeply dismayed that the House is rushing to cut Medicaid w/o understanding the full impact + no complete CBO score.

We already have a child care crisis-- Medicaid cuts would make it even worse. ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/04/25/t...

The U.S. Already Has a Child Care Crisis: Medicaid Cuts Would Make it Much Worse

Working parents don’t need survey data to tell them our nation is facing a serious child care crisis. They are reminded every time they pay their child care bill that often exceeds even the high co…

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As Congressional Republicans push for Medicaid work requirements, here’s how it’s going in Georgia: Deloitte Consulting is taking in tens of millions in tax dollars to manage the country’s only Medicaid work requirement program — and sell it to the public. Only 3% of those eligible have enrolled.

The Firm Running Georgia’s Struggling Medicaid Experiment Was Also Paid Millions to Sell It to the Public

Deloitte Consulting is taking in tens of millions in tax dollars to build, manage and market Georgia’s Medicaid work requirement program. Yet only 3% of eligible residents have enrolled.

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No, not Democrats being “bused in”—just regular Nebraskans waking up to the fact that their Social Security is on the chopping block to fund tax cuts for billionaires. Great piece by PBS.

New Survey Finds Medicaid Cuts Would Devastate School Staffing and Services, Lead to More Lay-Offs www.the74million.org/article/new-...

New Survey Finds Medicaid Cuts Would Devastate School Staffing and Services

Mandle & O'Rourke: District leaders predict layoffs, reductions in student mental health services, worse attendance and academic performance

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Medicaid is the MVP of the healthcare system serving the needs of people across the lifespan. @georgetownccf.bsky.social published a series of fact sheets explaining how Medicaid helps bring down costs and meets the needs of America’s families. ccf.georgetown.edu/tag/fact-she...

Fact Sheets

These fact sheets focus on how Medicaid helps meet the needs of children, families, pregnant women, seniors, people with disabilities, and low-income seniors. Featured Posts

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New data from a 50-state survey of school leaders points to large-scale reductions in school health services and staff and increased taxpayer burden if Congress cuts Medicaid: bit.ly/school-medicaid-cuts #healthpolicy #SchoolMedicaidMatters

Thank you for drawing attention to the impact cuts to Medicaid will have on communities across the USA. Americans deserve an open debate over such important decisions that will impact access to health care for so many. #WellnessWed

MomsRising@momsrising.org · last yr.

This has been so helpful! Thank you for joining us this #WellnessWed! #MOMSky

@GeorgetownCCF, a health policy research center at Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy, is here to join the women’s health conversation today. Thanks to @MomsRising for hosting #WellnessWed.

MomsRising@momsrising.org · last yr.

Who's joining us for #WellnessWed today? #MedicaidMatters #MOMSky

How CBO views a Medicaid work requirement: Little effect on employment. Saves the federal government $109 billion over a decade. Causes 600,000 people to become uninsured. But, that assumes states pay $65 billion to offset federal cuts and maintain coverage for 900,000 people.

New @epi.org report shows Medicaid cuts of the magnitude Congress is considering would increase hardships for already struggling families and make the U.S. more vulnerable to a recession. #healthpolicy #saveMedicaid www.cnbc.com/2025/03/05/c...

Congress' proposed cuts may jeopardize Medicaid and negatively impact the economy, report finds

Federal cuts to Medicaid would impact more than 80 million people who rely on the program. It may also negatively effect the economy, new research finds.

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Earlier Trump said he brought back free speech. Ummm… #SOTU

FACT: Farmers will be some of the hardest hit by Trump’s tariff war. Farmers know from experience that retaliatory tariffs hit them hard! 89% of all farms are small family farms. They can’t afford #TrumpsTariffWaronFamilies. #MOMSky time.com/7264403/farm...

Farmers Fear More Pain From Trump's Trade War

Already reeling, U.S. farmers say the new round of retaliatory tariffs will hurt business

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If you care about foster children, you should care about Medicaid. ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/02/19/a... #HandsoffMedicaid #healthpolicy

A Strong Medicaid Means Strong Families

By Zach Laris, Bolder Horizon The term “child welfare policy” can confuse as much as it illuminates. When first hearing it, many mistakenly think it’s about the generic wellbeing of children, or ca…

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The movie is not over yet but the passage of the House Budget Resolution tonight with at least $880 billion of cuts to Medicaid/CHIP is an ugly scene to be sure. To understand what kinds of proposals to cut Medicaid are on the table read my colleague @edwincpark.bsky.social blog.

Edwin Park@edwincpark.bsky.social · last yr.

With House passage of its budget resolution and its requirement of at least $880b in #Medicaid cuts, here again is my writeup from January of all of the deeply damaging Medicaid proposals under consideration to meet that target amount of cuts: ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/01/20/h...

Minnesota Republicans ask Minnesota Republicans to spare Medicaid minnesotareformer.com/2025/02/25/m...

Minnesota Republicans ask Minnesota Republicans to spare Medicaid • Minnesota Reformer

Medicaid advocates hoping to stave off billions in cuts to the program for low-income and disabled Minnesotans have found an unlikely ally: Republican lawmakers. “Drastic reductions to Medicaid fundin...

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Honored to partner w/ @Mission_Ready on issue brief re how critical Medicaid is for military readiness + military families. As the House considers draconian cuts to Medicaid 🙏 Brigadier General Schwartz (Ret.) for speaking out! ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/01/27/m... lebtown.com/2025/02/24/a...

This story can't be repeated enough. The GOP is lined up behind the guy who is so incompetent that his quasi-gov't agency did this. They're confirming his highly questionable nominees & hurting the American people. And "accidentally"? It was stupidity, not accident. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

USDA accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them

An Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."

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As Congress considers very large cuts to Medicaid did you know that ten percent of children in active duty military families who are covered by TriCare are also covered by Medicaid? #LearnAboutMedicaid

New analysis lays out tough choices if the enhanced match rate for the #Medicaid expansion goes away - states pick up over $600 billion in costs over 10 years in one scenario or 20 million covered by expansion lose coverage in another scenario. www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...

Eliminating the Medicaid Expansion Federal Match Rate: State-by-State Estimates | KFF

This analysis examines the potential impacts on states and Medicaid enrollees of eliminating the 90% federal match rate for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) expansion. Eliminating the federal match rate ...

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KFF’s president and CEO Drew Altman writes in a new column about the factors driving the biggest health policy decisions now — how to pay for tax cuts and whether President Trump wants another big fight about health care.

The Biggest Health Policy Decisions Now Facing the Trump Administration

KFF’s president and CEO Drew Altman writes in a new column about the factors driving the biggest health policy decisions now—how to pay for tax cuts and whether President Trump wants another big fight...

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