Margot Sanger-Katz
@sangerkatz.bsky.social
Covering health care at @nytimes.com. Enjoy metaphors. Dislike mixed metaphors.
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The One Big Beautiful Bill ratchets up work requirements for Medicaid.
In the process it will force states to pay millions more to Equifax to verify that residents qualify for the program.
Wild story by @sangerkatz.bsky.social @asmaaelk.bsky.social and Sarah Kliff
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/h...
In the process it will force states to pay millions more to Equifax to verify that residents qualify for the program.
Wild story by @sangerkatz.bsky.social @asmaaelk.bsky.social and Sarah Kliff
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/h...
‘A Big Positive’: How One Company Plans to Profit From Medicaid Cuts
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November 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The One Big Beautiful Bill ratchets up work requirements for Medicaid.
In the process it will force states to pay millions more to Equifax to verify that residents qualify for the program.
Wild story by @sangerkatz.bsky.social @asmaaelk.bsky.social and Sarah Kliff
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/h...
In the process it will force states to pay millions more to Equifax to verify that residents qualify for the program.
Wild story by @sangerkatz.bsky.social @asmaaelk.bsky.social and Sarah Kliff
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/h...
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August 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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How the GOP mega-bill bill finds its savings: piling more paperwork on the poor.
w/ @sangerkatz.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/u...
w/ @sangerkatz.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/u...
How the G.O.P. Bill Saves Money: Paperwork, Paperwork, Paperwork
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July 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
How the GOP mega-bill bill finds its savings: piling more paperwork on the poor.
w/ @sangerkatz.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/u...
w/ @sangerkatz.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/u...
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Big tax cut bills typically don't leave the poor worse off. Bills cutting the safety net don't normally include benefits for the rich.
The GOP reconciliation bill is something we haven't really seen before. w/ @aliciaparlap.bsky.social + @sangerkatz.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The GOP reconciliation bill is something we haven't really seen before. w/ @aliciaparlap.bsky.social + @sangerkatz.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Trump’s Big Bill Would Be More Regressive Than Any Major Law in Decades (Gift Article)
Estimates from the Congressional Budget Office, released Thursday, offer a detailed view into the effects on income groups.
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June 13, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Big tax cut bills typically don't leave the poor worse off. Bills cutting the safety net don't normally include benefits for the rich.
The GOP reconciliation bill is something we haven't really seen before. w/ @aliciaparlap.bsky.social + @sangerkatz.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The GOP reconciliation bill is something we haven't really seen before. w/ @aliciaparlap.bsky.social + @sangerkatz.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Reposted by Margot Sanger-Katz
A Complete List of Everything in the Republican Bill, and How Much It Would Cost or Save
(This very long list is now updated with Congressional Budget Office estimates)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
(This very long list is now updated with Congressional Budget Office estimates)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
June 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
A Complete List of Everything in the Republican Bill, and How Much It Would Cost or Save
(This very long list is now updated with Congressional Budget Office estimates)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
(This very long list is now updated with Congressional Budget Office estimates)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
A bunch of papers cited in the government MAHA report are apparently fake. www.notus.org/health-scien... @emilykennard.bsky.social @margaretmanto.bsky.social
The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t Exist
The Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” report misinterprets some studies and cites others that don’t exist, according to the listed authors.
www.notus.org
May 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
A bunch of papers cited in the government MAHA report are apparently fake. www.notus.org/health-scien... @emilykennard.bsky.social @margaretmanto.bsky.social
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Easily one of my favorite stories we've ever worked on.
Have you ever... not gotten around to opening your mail for a week or two? That's the kind of thing that will get a low-income family kicked off benefits. The GOP reconciliation bill would ramp up such hurdles.
Have you ever... not gotten around to opening your mail for a week or two? That's the kind of thing that will get a low-income family kicked off benefits. The GOP reconciliation bill would ramp up such hurdles.
If you want to think more about how paperwork can prevent eligible people from getting benefits, this piece 2020 piece with @emmbadger.bsky.social has a fun quiz, a large survey, and lots of research, and features photos of our boss's mail. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Take the Quiz: Could You Manage as a Poor American? (Published 2020)
See whether you make the kinds of mistakes that can cost poor families food or health insurance.
www.nytimes.com
May 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Easily one of my favorite stories we've ever worked on.
Have you ever... not gotten around to opening your mail for a week or two? That's the kind of thing that will get a low-income family kicked off benefits. The GOP reconciliation bill would ramp up such hurdles.
Have you ever... not gotten around to opening your mail for a week or two? That's the kind of thing that will get a low-income family kicked off benefits. The GOP reconciliation bill would ramp up such hurdles.
If you want to think more about how paperwork can prevent eligible people from getting benefits, this piece 2020 piece with @emmbadger.bsky.social has a fun quiz, a large survey, and lots of research, and features photos of our boss's mail. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Take the Quiz: Could You Manage as a Poor American? (Published 2020)
See whether you make the kinds of mistakes that can cost poor families food or health insurance.
www.nytimes.com
May 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
If you want to think more about how paperwork can prevent eligible people from getting benefits, this piece 2020 piece with @emmbadger.bsky.social has a fun quiz, a large survey, and lots of research, and features photos of our boss's mail. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Here's a complete list of *everything* in the GOP megabill, thanks to heroic efforts from @aliciaparlap.bsky.social @emmbadger.bsky.social and Josh Katz. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
A Complete List of Everything in the Republican Bill, and How Much It Would Cost or Save
We highlighted the substantive changes made by House Republicans to secure the support of several holdout members.
www.nytimes.com
May 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Here's a complete list of *everything* in the GOP megabill, thanks to heroic efforts from @aliciaparlap.bsky.social @emmbadger.bsky.social and Josh Katz. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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NEW: Under Trump, the National Science Foundation is awarding grants at the slowest pace in decades. We took a detailed look at every area of science affected by the funding lag. Here's a gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
May 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
NEW: Under Trump, the National Science Foundation is awarding grants at the slowest pace in decades. We took a detailed look at every area of science affected by the funding lag. Here's a gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Medicaid work requirement in the House bill is a lot stricter than work requirements in previous legislation. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u... with Sarah Kliff
Republicans Pass Strictest Medicaid Work Requirement They Have Ever Put Forward
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May 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The Medicaid work requirement in the House bill is a lot stricter than work requirements in previous legislation. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u... with Sarah Kliff
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If House Manager Amendment ending #Silverload is signed into law I expect numerous insurers to leave the ACA market in 2026... Pay particular attention to Texas
May 22, 2025 at 2:01 AM
If House Manager Amendment ending #Silverload is signed into law I expect numerous insurers to leave the ACA market in 2026... Pay particular attention to Texas
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If a non-expansion state newly adopts expansion, hospitals/other providers see those SDPs at 110% of Medicare fall to 100%. Creates another disincentive for states to take up expansion along with other provisions including elimination of existing fiscal incentives to encourage expansion (7/x)
May 22, 2025 at 2:40 AM
If a non-expansion state newly adopts expansion, hospitals/other providers see those SDPs at 110% of Medicare fall to 100%. Creates another disincentive for states to take up expansion along with other provisions including elimination of existing fiscal incentives to encourage expansion (7/x)
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Scalise says 2027 is the new target date to implement Medicaid work requirements
May 19, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Scalise says 2027 is the new target date to implement Medicaid work requirements
Congress is looking at major changes to the Medicaid expansion. New research finds it has saved 27,000 lives. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/h...
As Congress Debates Cutting Medicaid, a Major Study Shows It Saves Lives
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May 17, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Congress is looking at major changes to the Medicaid expansion. New research finds it has saved 27,000 lives. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/h...
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As Congress Debates Cutting Medicaid, a Major Study Shows It Saves Lives: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/h...
As Congress Debates Cutting Medicaid, a Major Study Shows It Saves Lives
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May 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
As Congress Debates Cutting Medicaid, a Major Study Shows It Saves Lives: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/h...
Republicans in W&M voted down an amendment that would have permanently extended enhanced Obamacare subsidies.
@repstevenhorsford.bsky.social, who introduced it, argued that if Congress was using a current policy baseline for tax cuts, it should also do so for the subsidies.
@repstevenhorsford.bsky.social, who introduced it, argued that if Congress was using a current policy baseline for tax cuts, it should also do so for the subsidies.
May 14, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Republicans in W&M voted down an amendment that would have permanently extended enhanced Obamacare subsidies.
@repstevenhorsford.bsky.social, who introduced it, argued that if Congress was using a current policy baseline for tax cuts, it should also do so for the subsidies.
@repstevenhorsford.bsky.social, who introduced it, argued that if Congress was using a current policy baseline for tax cuts, it should also do so for the subsidies.
In the first 15 minutes of the E&C markup, the number 13.7 million uninsured has already come up twice. It's an exaggeration of what the GOP bill would do. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/u...
Millions Would Lose Health Coverage Under G.O.P. Bill. But Not as Many as Democrats Say.
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May 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM
In the first 15 minutes of the E&C markup, the number 13.7 million uninsured has already come up twice. It's an exaggeration of what the GOP bill would do. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/u...
Read @tonyromm.bsky.social on the many the ways the Trump agenda will put pressure on state budgets. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/u...
Chasing Tax Cuts, Trump and Republicans Want to Make States Pay
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May 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Read @tonyromm.bsky.social on the many the ways the Trump agenda will put pressure on state budgets. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/u...
My colleague Claire Cain Miller is hoping to hear from folks about challenges facing boys and young men. Please read her article and share your stories here: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/u...
What’s Going On With Boys and Young Men? We Want to Hear From You.
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May 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
My colleague Claire Cain Miller is hoping to hear from folks about challenges facing boys and young men. Please read her article and share your stories here: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/u...
CMS just proposed a rule to make it harder for states to increase their federal Medicaid match by taxing managed care providers. The policy is similar to a provision in the House legislation released last night. public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-08566.pdf h/t @newscat44.bsky.social
public-inspection.federalregister.gov
May 12, 2025 at 10:40 PM
CMS just proposed a rule to make it harder for states to increase their federal Medicaid match by taxing managed care providers. The policy is similar to a provision in the House legislation released last night. public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-08566.pdf h/t @newscat44.bsky.social
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There's relatively little substantive content in the text of the MFN EO, but this section is emblematic of the many, many questions people should have about its scope. Where will the Secretary get this pricing information? How will they decide "price targets"? For which drugs? Which countries? Etc.
May 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
There's relatively little substantive content in the text of the MFN EO, but this section is emblematic of the many, many questions people should have about its scope. Where will the Secretary get this pricing information? How will they decide "price targets"? For which drugs? Which countries? Etc.
The morning after House Republicans release a plan to reduce Medicaid spending by hundreds of billions, Sen. Josh Hawley is out with an op-ed encouraging his colleagues not to cut the program. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/o...
May 12, 2025 at 12:13 PM
The morning after House Republicans release a plan to reduce Medicaid spending by hundreds of billions, Sen. Josh Hawley is out with an op-ed encouraging his colleagues not to cut the program. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/o...
Bluesky friends: Any theories about the story behind the special Tennessee DSH policy in this bill?
May 12, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Bluesky friends: Any theories about the story behind the special Tennessee DSH policy in this bill?
Read Phil Galewitz on Medicaid provider taxes, in a story that cites many individual hospitals that enjoy paying them and depend on related revenue streams. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Seeking Spending Cuts, GOP Lawmakers Target a Tax Hospitals Love To Pay - KFF Health News
Republicans, on the hunt for spending cuts, are eyeing a special kind of Medicaid tax that nearly every state uses to boost funding for hospitals, nursing homes, and other providers.
kffhealthnews.org
May 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Read Phil Galewitz on Medicaid provider taxes, in a story that cites many individual hospitals that enjoy paying them and depend on related revenue streams. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...