Adriana Ramos-Yamamoto
@adri-ramyam.bsky.social
health policy analyst @calbudgetcenter.org
passionate about #healthequity, my home state of california, and my two pets, bmo and wall-e.
passionate about #healthequity, my home state of california, and my two pets, bmo and wall-e.
“I did everything right.”
Submitted all the documents. Followed all the rules. Still denied.
Work requirements don’t work—they just kick people out of health coverage.
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Submitted all the documents. Followed all the rules. Still denied.
Work requirements don’t work—they just kick people out of health coverage.
kffhealthnews.org/MjA2NDMwMQ via @kffhealthnews.org
Work Requirements and Red Tape Ahead for Millions on Medicaid - KFF Health News
Work requirements are coming for the millions of Americans on Medicaid, due to the Republican tax and spend bill that President Donald Trump signed into law July 4. Currently, Georgia is the only stat...
kffhealthnews.org
August 4, 2025 at 6:19 PM
“I did everything right.”
Submitted all the documents. Followed all the rules. Still denied.
Work requirements don’t work—they just kick people out of health coverage.
kffhealthnews.org/MjA2NDMwMQ via @kffhealthnews.org
Submitted all the documents. Followed all the rules. Still denied.
Work requirements don’t work—they just kick people out of health coverage.
kffhealthnews.org/MjA2NDMwMQ via @kffhealthnews.org
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The Senate’s budget vote is a roadmap of misplaced priorities:
- Cuts health care for vulnerable families
- Pulls food away from kids
- Boosts funding for immigration detention
- Increases premiums in the health marketplace
- Delivers tax breaks to the wealthy
Californians deserve better.
- Cuts health care for vulnerable families
- Pulls food away from kids
- Boosts funding for immigration detention
- Increases premiums in the health marketplace
- Delivers tax breaks to the wealthy
Californians deserve better.
July 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The Senate’s budget vote is a roadmap of misplaced priorities:
- Cuts health care for vulnerable families
- Pulls food away from kids
- Boosts funding for immigration detention
- Increases premiums in the health marketplace
- Delivers tax breaks to the wealthy
Californians deserve better.
- Cuts health care for vulnerable families
- Pulls food away from kids
- Boosts funding for immigration detention
- Increases premiums in the health marketplace
- Delivers tax breaks to the wealthy
Californians deserve better.
Reposted by Adriana Ramos-Yamamoto
Speaking of the bill, did you know that tons of people on Medicaid don’t actually know they are on it? Many states give alternate names to their Medicaid programs, such as DenaliCare in Alaska, Bayou Health in Louisiana, and STAR+PLUS in Texas.
www.medicaidplanningassistance.org/state-medica...
www.medicaidplanningassistance.org/state-medica...
Medicaid By State: Alternative Names and Contact Information
Medicaid and state specific Medicaid names, contact information and website links
www.medicaidplanningassistance.org
July 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Speaking of the bill, did you know that tons of people on Medicaid don’t actually know they are on it? Many states give alternate names to their Medicaid programs, such as DenaliCare in Alaska, Bayou Health in Louisiana, and STAR+PLUS in Texas.
www.medicaidplanningassistance.org/state-medica...
www.medicaidplanningassistance.org/state-medica...
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Destabilizing rural hospitals is exactly the kind of devastating #Medicaid cut that CA GOP Reps. Young Kim & David Valadao said that they "cannot support."
Will they keep their word when the Senate's reverse-Robin-Hood budget bill comes to the House floor?
valadao.house.gov/uploadedfile...
Will they keep their word when the Senate's reverse-Robin-Hood budget bill comes to the House floor?
valadao.house.gov/uploadedfile...
July 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Destabilizing rural hospitals is exactly the kind of devastating #Medicaid cut that CA GOP Reps. Young Kim & David Valadao said that they "cannot support."
Will they keep their word when the Senate's reverse-Robin-Hood budget bill comes to the House floor?
valadao.house.gov/uploadedfile...
Will they keep their word when the Senate's reverse-Robin-Hood budget bill comes to the House floor?
valadao.house.gov/uploadedfile...
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It is worth noting that the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" is incredibly unpopular. I haven't seen a single credible poll with support above 40% of adults.
And that's just if you ask people, "Do you support the OBBB." If you poll them about the individual components, it's 30+ points underwater.
And that's just if you ask people, "Do you support the OBBB." If you poll them about the individual components, it's 30+ points underwater.
July 1, 2025 at 4:40 PM
It is worth noting that the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" is incredibly unpopular. I haven't seen a single credible poll with support above 40% of adults.
And that's just if you ask people, "Do you support the OBBB." If you poll them about the individual components, it's 30+ points underwater.
And that's just if you ask people, "Do you support the OBBB." If you poll them about the individual components, it's 30+ points underwater.
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Only "winners" from draconian #Medicaid cuts are firms like Deloitte getting contracts to design complex, burdensome work reporting requirements. Beneficiaries, providers and states are all big losers. My colleagues @joanalker1.bsky.social & Andy Schneider explain: ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/06/26/o...
One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Winners and Losers in the Medicaid Provisions
Federal legislation almost always creates winners and losers. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, now before the Senate, is no exception. Overall, the OBBBA as passed by the House will redi…
ccf.georgetown.edu
June 26, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Only "winners" from draconian #Medicaid cuts are firms like Deloitte getting contracts to design complex, burdensome work reporting requirements. Beneficiaries, providers and states are all big losers. My colleagues @joanalker1.bsky.social & Andy Schneider explain: ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/06/26/o...
Excited to tune into Visible and Unstoppable: A Pride Zoomathon 🌈
Unicorn Solutions and partners are coming together today to uplift stories, build connection, and stand in solidarity with LGBTQIA2S+ youth and families. 🫶🏽
💻 Watch the livestream here: www.youtube.com/@UnicornSolu...
Unicorn Solutions and partners are coming together today to uplift stories, build connection, and stand in solidarity with LGBTQIA2S+ youth and families. 🫶🏽
💻 Watch the livestream here: www.youtube.com/@UnicornSolu...
June 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Excited to tune into Visible and Unstoppable: A Pride Zoomathon 🌈
Unicorn Solutions and partners are coming together today to uplift stories, build connection, and stand in solidarity with LGBTQIA2S+ youth and families. 🫶🏽
💻 Watch the livestream here: www.youtube.com/@UnicornSolu...
Unicorn Solutions and partners are coming together today to uplift stories, build connection, and stand in solidarity with LGBTQIA2S+ youth and families. 🫶🏽
💻 Watch the livestream here: www.youtube.com/@UnicornSolu...
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"The enrollment freeze and inclusion of premiums to medical for undocumented immigrants are significant hurdles that will result in people losing health care. Protecting immigrants means protecting their access to health care."-Anallely Martin w/ California Immigrant Policy Center on the #CABudget
June 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
"The enrollment freeze and inclusion of premiums to medical for undocumented immigrants are significant hurdles that will result in people losing health care. Protecting immigrants means protecting their access to health care."-Anallely Martin w/ California Immigrant Policy Center on the #CABudget
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Senate Republican leadership is desperate to pass this highly unpopular bill and its #Medicaid cuts before more of the public understands what's in it including how it would gut Medicaid and the ACA marketplaces and increase the uninsured by 16M people.
After GOP lunch, Thune tells reporters the Senate’s goal on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act is “getting this across the finish line by the end of the week.”
June 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Senate Republican leadership is desperate to pass this highly unpopular bill and its #Medicaid cuts before more of the public understands what's in it including how it would gut Medicaid and the ACA marketplaces and increase the uninsured by 16M people.
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In California, $30 can buy this basket of groceries.
For low-income undocumented adults, that same $30 could become the monthly cost of staying enrolled in Medi-Cal.
#Health4All #CABudget #CALeg
For low-income undocumented adults, that same $30 could become the monthly cost of staying enrolled in Medi-Cal.
#Health4All #CABudget #CALeg
June 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
In California, $30 can buy this basket of groceries.
For low-income undocumented adults, that same $30 could become the monthly cost of staying enrolled in Medi-Cal.
#Health4All #CABudget #CALeg
For low-income undocumented adults, that same $30 could become the monthly cost of staying enrolled in Medi-Cal.
#Health4All #CABudget #CALeg
Medi-Cal, In-Home Supportive Services, and other core programs allow Californians with disabilities to live safely and independently. Cutting these supports is unconscionable.
calbudgetcenter.org/resources/pe...
calbudgetcenter.org/resources/pe...
People With Disabilities Face Great Harm from Federal and State Budget Cuts
Cuts to Medi-Cal, IHSS, and other essential programs threaten the health, independence, and well-being of Californians with disabilities.
calbudgetcenter.org
June 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Medi-Cal, In-Home Supportive Services, and other core programs allow Californians with disabilities to live safely and independently. Cutting these supports is unconscionable.
calbudgetcenter.org/resources/pe...
calbudgetcenter.org/resources/pe...
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New @centeronbudget.bsky.social state fact sheets on the House budget reconciliation bill - here's a quick look at how Californians would be impacted. www.cbpp.org/research/sta...
House Republicans’ Extreme Budget Plan Fails Families, Children, and Communities | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
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www.cbpp.org
May 30, 2025 at 7:14 PM
New @centeronbudget.bsky.social state fact sheets on the House budget reconciliation bill - here's a quick look at how Californians would be impacted. www.cbpp.org/research/sta...
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Medicaid cuts don't matter because "we are all going to die" does not seem like a winning political message
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Republican Sen. Joni Ernst defends proposed Medicaid cuts: 'We all are going to die'
Her comment came in response to an attendee who yelled that proposed GOP cuts to Medicaid would cost lives.
www.nbcnews.com
May 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Medicaid cuts don't matter because "we are all going to die" does not seem like a winning political message
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Happening now: Californians are making their voices heard as Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Health reviews the governor’s revised spending plan. Cuts to Medi-Cal would harm the most vulnerable and destabilize our state’s health care system.
Watch live: www.assembly.ca.gov/media-live-e...
Watch live: www.assembly.ca.gov/media-live-e...
May 20, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Happening now: Californians are making their voices heard as Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Health reviews the governor’s revised spending plan. Cuts to Medi-Cal would harm the most vulnerable and destabilize our state’s health care system.
Watch live: www.assembly.ca.gov/media-live-e...
Watch live: www.assembly.ca.gov/media-live-e...
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JUST IN: Our First Look analysis of the @governor.ca.gov's 2025-26 May Revision.
Our take: The revised budget harms vulnerable Californians and misses opportunities to raise revenue and guard against federal threats. #CABudget
⚡ We share more here: calbudgetcenter.org/resources/fi...
Our take: The revised budget harms vulnerable Californians and misses opportunities to raise revenue and guard against federal threats. #CABudget
⚡ We share more here: calbudgetcenter.org/resources/fi...
First Look: Understanding the Governor’s 2025-26 May Revision
The Budget Center breaks down key areas of the governor's May Revision and highlights how the proposal would impact Californians.
calbudgetcenter.org
May 16, 2025 at 9:53 PM
JUST IN: Our First Look analysis of the @governor.ca.gov's 2025-26 May Revision.
Our take: The revised budget harms vulnerable Californians and misses opportunities to raise revenue and guard against federal threats. #CABudget
⚡ We share more here: calbudgetcenter.org/resources/fi...
Our take: The revised budget harms vulnerable Californians and misses opportunities to raise revenue and guard against federal threats. #CABudget
⚡ We share more here: calbudgetcenter.org/resources/fi...
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The upside-down & costly federal tax bill is currently being marked up in the House Ways & Means cmte. According to the Joint Cmte on Taxation, more than 40% of benefits would go to top 5%, and the top 1% alone would get 1/5 of all benefits. www.jct.gov/publications...
JCX-23-25
www.jct.gov
May 13, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The upside-down & costly federal tax bill is currently being marked up in the House Ways & Means cmte. According to the Joint Cmte on Taxation, more than 40% of benefits would go to top 5%, and the top 1% alone would get 1/5 of all benefits. www.jct.gov/publications...
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If federal proposed cuts to Medi-Cal pass, a family in #SanBernardino could have to choose between paying for an inhaler for their kid, or groceries.
Medi-Cal is literally the difference between having food on the table or not for CA's children.
Healthcare must be protected! #FightForOurHealth
Medi-Cal is literally the difference between having food on the table or not for CA's children.
Healthcare must be protected! #FightForOurHealth
May 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
If federal proposed cuts to Medi-Cal pass, a family in #SanBernardino could have to choose between paying for an inhaler for their kid, or groceries.
Medi-Cal is literally the difference between having food on the table or not for CA's children.
Healthcare must be protected! #FightForOurHealth
Medi-Cal is literally the difference between having food on the table or not for CA's children.
Healthcare must be protected! #FightForOurHealth
Visiting the ER for a broken leg could cost ~$21,328 if someone loses Medi-Cal and becomes uninsured. That’s almost 10 months of rent for a 2bdr apt in LA County. House Republican budget proposal would end #MediCal for millions & drive up the housing crisis. #FightForOurHealth
May 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Visiting the ER for a broken leg could cost ~$21,328 if someone loses Medi-Cal and becomes uninsured. That’s almost 10 months of rent for a 2bdr apt in LA County. House Republican budget proposal would end #MediCal for millions & drive up the housing crisis. #FightForOurHealth
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Medicaid cuts in the House E & C Cmte bill would take health coverage away from millions by slashing hundreds of billions of dollars in federal funds. Loss of coverage means diseases go untreated & families face exorbitant medical debt.🧵 energycommerce.house.gov/posts/chairm...
May 12, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Medicaid cuts in the House E & C Cmte bill would take health coverage away from millions by slashing hundreds of billions of dollars in federal funds. Loss of coverage means diseases go untreated & families face exorbitant medical debt.🧵 energycommerce.house.gov/posts/chairm...
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Medi-Cal costs are rising, prompting early budget action.
Our latest Q&A breaks down what’s driving costs, what’s at risk, and how state leaders can protect Medi-Cal.
⚡ Read more from our health expert @adri-ramyam.bsky.social. calbudgetcenter.org/resources/qa...
Our latest Q&A breaks down what’s driving costs, what’s at risk, and how state leaders can protect Medi-Cal.
⚡ Read more from our health expert @adri-ramyam.bsky.social. calbudgetcenter.org/resources/qa...
Q&A: What’s Behind California’s Rising Medi-Cal Spending?
California's Medi-Cal spending is rising due to high drug costs, expanded coverage, and extended pandemic-era protections.
calbudgetcenter.org
May 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Medi-Cal costs are rising, prompting early budget action.
Our latest Q&A breaks down what’s driving costs, what’s at risk, and how state leaders can protect Medi-Cal.
⚡ Read more from our health expert @adri-ramyam.bsky.social. calbudgetcenter.org/resources/qa...
Our latest Q&A breaks down what’s driving costs, what’s at risk, and how state leaders can protect Medi-Cal.
⚡ Read more from our health expert @adri-ramyam.bsky.social. calbudgetcenter.org/resources/qa...
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This week, Pres. Trump issued several anti-immigrant Executive Orders including one that aims to withhold funding from states & localities it deems uncooperative with federal immigration enforcement efforts & designates as Sanctuary Jurisdictions
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Protecting American Communities from Criminal Aliens
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and
www.whitehouse.gov
April 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This week, Pres. Trump issued several anti-immigrant Executive Orders including one that aims to withhold funding from states & localities it deems uncooperative with federal immigration enforcement efforts & designates as Sanctuary Jurisdictions
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
If you’ve been tracking #Medicaid in California, you’ve likely noticed the headlines — rising costs and big questions about what’s driving it all.
Today @calbudgetcenter.org released a new resource breaking things down.
calbudgetcenter.org/resources/qa...
Today @calbudgetcenter.org released a new resource breaking things down.
calbudgetcenter.org/resources/qa...
Q&A: What’s Behind California’s Rising Medi-Cal Spending?
California's Medi-Cal spending is rising due to high drug costs, expanded coverage, and extended pandemic-era protections.
calbudgetcenter.org
April 29, 2025 at 11:08 PM
If you’ve been tracking #Medicaid in California, you’ve likely noticed the headlines — rising costs and big questions about what’s driving it all.
Today @calbudgetcenter.org released a new resource breaking things down.
calbudgetcenter.org/resources/qa...
Today @calbudgetcenter.org released a new resource breaking things down.
calbudgetcenter.org/resources/qa...
Reposted by Adriana Ramos-Yamamoto
The proposed federal budget cuts “are going to impact people with low and middle incomes in California,” said @adri-ramyam.bsky.social, “And state leaders must push back against policies that put corporate profits and tax cuts for the wealthy ahead of the needs of California families.”
More than half of San Joaquin Valley residents could face ‘devastating’ cuts to health coverage - The Intersection
More than half of the San Joaquin Valley’s population could be bracing for “devastating” cuts to their health insurance coverage as House Republicans decide how to slash some $880 billion from Medicai...
theintersectionreports.org
April 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The proposed federal budget cuts “are going to impact people with low and middle incomes in California,” said @adri-ramyam.bsky.social, “And state leaders must push back against policies that put corporate profits and tax cuts for the wealthy ahead of the needs of California families.”