Amanda Ptashkin
@mandzesq.bsky.social
Goofball & fierce advocate working @ Community Catalyst to advance health justice in the South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV) | Posts=my own | ATL-based since 2010, Philly bre(a)d since 1981
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🚨The Senate just voted to take health care from more than 16 million people so corporations & billionaires can get tax breaks.
This isn’t reform—it’s a brutal attack on the care millions of working people rely on just to survive. Here are 5 ways this bill threatens our care >> commcat.io/3SWvvMo
This isn’t reform—it’s a brutal attack on the care millions of working people rely on just to survive. Here are 5 ways this bill threatens our care >> commcat.io/3SWvvMo
The Big Bad Bill: What You Could Lose Overnight - Community Catalyst
Behind the slogans, the reconciliation bill is a direct attack on our care. Imagine waking up to find your coverage gone, your hospital closed, or your Behind the slogans, the reconciliation bill is a...
commcat.io
July 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🚨The Senate just voted to take health care from more than 16 million people so corporations & billionaires can get tax breaks.
This isn’t reform—it’s a brutal attack on the care millions of working people rely on just to survive. Here are 5 ways this bill threatens our care >> commcat.io/3SWvvMo
This isn’t reform—it’s a brutal attack on the care millions of working people rely on just to survive. Here are 5 ways this bill threatens our care >> commcat.io/3SWvvMo
Reposted by Amanda Ptashkin
If your plans for this weekend involve being outdoors voicing your displeasure with *gestures* the entire situation, just sayin', my colleagues have a guide that you should read.
www.theverge.com/21276979/pho...
www.theverge.com/21276979/pho...
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www.theverge.com
April 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM
If your plans for this weekend involve being outdoors voicing your displeasure with *gestures* the entire situation, just sayin', my colleagues have a guide that you should read.
www.theverge.com/21276979/pho...
www.theverge.com/21276979/pho...
Despite spelling bee not recognizing Medicaid as the life saving, essential safety net it is, it seems appropriate that today is the day to let Congress know #handsoffmedicaid #savemedicaid ! Call your congressfolk at 866-426-2631 and demand they oppose cuts and oppose adding harmful restrictions
February 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Despite spelling bee not recognizing Medicaid as the life saving, essential safety net it is, it seems appropriate that today is the day to let Congress know #handsoffmedicaid #savemedicaid ! Call your congressfolk at 866-426-2631 and demand they oppose cuts and oppose adding harmful restrictions
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Most Medicaid enrollees who are not elderly or disabled are already working. The vast majority of those who aren't are not working due to illness, caregiving responsibilities, or school.
www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...
www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...
November 18, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Most Medicaid enrollees who are not elderly or disabled are already working. The vast majority of those who aren't are not working due to illness, caregiving responsibilities, or school.
www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...
www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...
Reposted by Amanda Ptashkin
In addition to the usual proposals — work requirements, spending caps — the House Budget Committee Chair explicitly names more frequent eligibility redeterminations in Medicaid, processes that screen out both ineligible and eligible people from the program.
Republicans are looking at cutting Medicaid and nutrition assistance as a way to partially offset the cost of tax cuts that disproportionately help the rich.
Trump allies eye overhauling Medicaid, food stamps in tax legislation
As Republican leaders look for ways to offset the costs of a new set of tax cuts, social safety net programs are under discussion.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2024 at 5:35 PM
In addition to the usual proposals — work requirements, spending caps — the House Budget Committee Chair explicitly names more frequent eligibility redeterminations in Medicaid, processes that screen out both ineligible and eligible people from the program.
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By the way, I made this starter pack of some of my colleagues who do health policy related research at KFF and other think tanks & research organizations. If you’d like to be added let me know!
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November 13, 2024 at 1:46 PM
By the way, I made this starter pack of some of my colleagues who do health policy related research at KFF and other think tanks & research organizations. If you’d like to be added let me know!
go.bsky.app/4qmDL5f
go.bsky.app/4qmDL5f