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Trump jacking up fees for H-1B visas has caused a crisis in rural health care as much of rural America relies on foreign doctors.
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Rural America relies on foreign doctors. Trump’s visa fee shuts them out.
The Trump administration’s demand for companies to pay a $100,000 fee to hire an immigrant worker using an H1B visa has created turmoil among rural health providers.
wapo.st
December 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Trump jacking up fees for H-1B visas has caused a crisis in rural health care as much of rural America relies on foreign doctors.
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“Crapocare” does seem particularly fitting.
December 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
“Crapocare” does seem particularly fitting.
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Grim new analysis from KFF: The administration's move to re-adopt the public charge rule could have a chilling effect that leads to several million people dropping Medicaid coverage — including tens of thousands of citizen children
www.kff.org/medicaid/pot...
www.kff.org/medicaid/pot...
December 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Grim new analysis from KFF: The administration's move to re-adopt the public charge rule could have a chilling effect that leads to several million people dropping Medicaid coverage — including tens of thousands of citizen children
www.kff.org/medicaid/pot...
www.kff.org/medicaid/pot...
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Plucky New Mexico's been knocking it out of the park lately--first offering no-cost universal child care (which started last month)--and now this!
🎉 NEW MEXICO's amazing emergency #ACA policies take it ANOTHER step further!
acasignups.net/25/12/02/new...
acasignups.net/25/12/02/new...
New Mexico's amazing emergency ACA policies take it ANOTHER step further...
Back in October, I noted that the New Mexico Insurance Superintendent--in the midst of dropping some very bad news about the upcoming 36% average premium increases for New Mexico ACA policies--include...
acasignups.net
December 2, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Plucky New Mexico's been knocking it out of the park lately--first offering no-cost universal child care (which started last month)--and now this!
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NOT ONLY is New Mexico backfilling 100% of expiring federal #ACA tax credits for ALL enrollees UNDER 400% FPL...
NOT ONLY are they backfilling them for enrollees OVER 400% FPL...
But they're even backfilling it for documented immigrants under 100% FPL who are about to lose eligibility as well!
NOT ONLY are they backfilling them for enrollees OVER 400% FPL...
But they're even backfilling it for documented immigrants under 100% FPL who are about to lose eligibility as well!
December 2, 2025 at 9:31 PM
NOT ONLY is New Mexico backfilling 100% of expiring federal #ACA tax credits for ALL enrollees UNDER 400% FPL...
NOT ONLY are they backfilling them for enrollees OVER 400% FPL...
But they're even backfilling it for documented immigrants under 100% FPL who are about to lose eligibility as well!
NOT ONLY are they backfilling them for enrollees OVER 400% FPL...
But they're even backfilling it for documented immigrants under 100% FPL who are about to lose eligibility as well!
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🎉 NEW MEXICO's amazing emergency #ACA policies take it ANOTHER step further!
acasignups.net/25/12/02/new...
acasignups.net/25/12/02/new...
New Mexico's amazing emergency ACA policies take it ANOTHER step further...
Back in October, I noted that the New Mexico Insurance Superintendent--in the midst of dropping some very bad news about the upcoming 36% average premium increases for New Mexico ACA policies--include...
acasignups.net
December 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
🎉 NEW MEXICO's amazing emergency #ACA policies take it ANOTHER step further!
acasignups.net/25/12/02/new...
acasignups.net/25/12/02/new...
I was told we were shifting to affordability now?
Speaker Johnson says "most House Republicans don’t have an appetite for extending enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies"
However, red states have seen the most Marketplace growth since 2020, 80% of subsidies flow to enrollees in Trump-won states, and half of Republicans support ePTC extension.
However, red states have seen the most Marketplace growth since 2020, 80% of subsidies flow to enrollees in Trump-won states, and half of Republicans support ePTC extension.
Exclusive | Speaker Johnson Warns White House GOP Is Wary of Trump’s Healthcare Push
The top House Republican said of little GOP support for extending the expiring ACA subsidies.
www.wsj.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I was told we were shifting to affordability now?
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In a U.S. First, New Mexico Opens Doors to Free Child Care for All
www.wsj.com/us-news/in-a...
www.wsj.com/us-news/in-a...
In a U.S. First, New Mexico Opens Doors to Free Child Care for All
The state aims to give children a better start, but faces supply and staffing concerns.
www.wsj.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:18 PM
In a U.S. First, New Mexico Opens Doors to Free Child Care for All
www.wsj.com/us-news/in-a...
www.wsj.com/us-news/in-a...
New Mexico isn’t going to let premiums skyrocket for working families. We are tapping the state’s Health Care Affordability Fund to keep people covered, despite federal cuts. www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_n...
New Mexico funding set to blunt impact of federal health subsidy expiration
New Mexicans with insurance through the ACA, also known as "Obamacare," could be in large part spared from soaring costs because the state is spending millions to backfill the federal
www.santafenewmexican.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
New Mexico isn’t going to let premiums skyrocket for working families. We are tapping the state’s Health Care Affordability Fund to keep people covered, despite federal cuts. www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_n...
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In the debate over extending the enhanced ACA Marketplace tax credits, there has been no discussion of their benefit for children's coverage. The enhanced credits helped increase child Marketplace enrollment (under age 18) by 2.5X to 2.6 million between 2020 & 2025 (based on open enrollment data).
October 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
In the debate over extending the enhanced ACA Marketplace tax credits, there has been no discussion of their benefit for children's coverage. The enhanced credits helped increase child Marketplace enrollment (under age 18) by 2.5X to 2.6 million between 2020 & 2025 (based on open enrollment data).
I wrote a song about the woman who raised my dad. She was a black woman in the American South and shaped him into the good man he is. Hope you might listen. colinbaillio.bandcamp.com/track/elsie
Elsie, by Colin Baillio
track by Colin Baillio
colinbaillio.bandcamp.com
September 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I wrote a song about the woman who raised my dad. She was a black woman in the American South and shaped him into the good man he is. Hope you might listen. colinbaillio.bandcamp.com/track/elsie
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It's so funny how these guys say "import the third world, become the third world" and then their own policy preferences end up converging with the taliban
July 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
It's so funny how these guys say "import the third world, become the third world" and then their own policy preferences end up converging with the taliban
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Harvard sociologist/polisci Theda Skocpol explains how the vast expansion of ICE in BBB may be Trump's secret weapon to overcome the barriers of federalism and complete his autocratic takeover of the American state. (History from Germany & Hungary in 20s/30s.) talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/criti...
Critical Read About the BBB, Federalism and the Future of American Democracy
TPM Reader TS (Harvard sociologist/political scientist Theda Skocpol) and I often compared...
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July 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Harvard sociologist/polisci Theda Skocpol explains how the vast expansion of ICE in BBB may be Trump's secret weapon to overcome the barriers of federalism and complete his autocratic takeover of the American state. (History from Germany & Hungary in 20s/30s.) talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/criti...
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As of a couple weeks ago, fewer than one in ten people knew there were Medicaid cuts in this bill.
Folks are in for a very rude surprise.
priorities.org/news-and-pre...
Folks are in for a very rude surprise.
priorities.org/news-and-pre...
July 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
As of a couple weeks ago, fewer than one in ten people knew there were Medicaid cuts in this bill.
Folks are in for a very rude surprise.
priorities.org/news-and-pre...
Folks are in for a very rude surprise.
priorities.org/news-and-pre...
Pretty damn awful
July 3, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Pretty damn awful
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New @urbaninstitute.bsky.social analysis finds that rural hospitals will be hit by $119B/10 years with #Medicaid cuts and expiration of the enhanced ACA tax credits: $87B in reduced revenues + $23B in higher uncompensated care costs: www.urban.org/urban-wire/r...
July 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
New @urbaninstitute.bsky.social analysis finds that rural hospitals will be hit by $119B/10 years with #Medicaid cuts and expiration of the enhanced ACA tax credits: $87B in reduced revenues + $23B in higher uncompensated care costs: www.urban.org/urban-wire/r...
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Put simply:
8 - 12 million of the 24 million ACA exchange enrollees will be priced completely out of coverage.
The other 12 - 16 million will have to pay through the nose to keep theirs, in most cases having to downgrade to a worse plan while still paying far more.
acasignups.net/ira-subsidy-...
8 - 12 million of the 24 million ACA exchange enrollees will be priced completely out of coverage.
The other 12 - 16 million will have to pay through the nose to keep theirs, in most cases having to downgrade to a worse plan while still paying far more.
acasignups.net/ira-subsidy-...
July 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Put simply:
8 - 12 million of the 24 million ACA exchange enrollees will be priced completely out of coverage.
The other 12 - 16 million will have to pay through the nose to keep theirs, in most cases having to downgrade to a worse plan while still paying far more.
acasignups.net/ira-subsidy-...
8 - 12 million of the 24 million ACA exchange enrollees will be priced completely out of coverage.
The other 12 - 16 million will have to pay through the nose to keep theirs, in most cases having to downgrade to a worse plan while still paying far more.
acasignups.net/ira-subsidy-...
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Was glad to have the opportunity to join Morning Edition today — despite being, emphatically, not a morning person — to chat about the looming cuts to Medicaid. (Tough to hit all of the essential points in five minutes, though.)
How the GOP spending bill now before the Senate would impact Medicaid
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Adrianna McIntyre, assistant professor of health policy and politics at Harvard, about how the GOP spending bill before the Senate would impact Medicaid.
www.npr.org
July 1, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Was glad to have the opportunity to join Morning Edition today — despite being, emphatically, not a morning person — to chat about the looming cuts to Medicaid. (Tough to hit all of the essential points in five minutes, though.)
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I really don’t think most Americans know we are only days aways from millions losing their health insurance in the biggest cut to Medicaid in history, plus millions losing food assistance in the biggest cut to SNAP in history.
The next few days are crucial for fighting the “big beautiful bill.”
The next few days are crucial for fighting the “big beautiful bill.”
June 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I really don’t think most Americans know we are only days aways from millions losing their health insurance in the biggest cut to Medicaid in history, plus millions losing food assistance in the biggest cut to SNAP in history.
The next few days are crucial for fighting the “big beautiful bill.”
The next few days are crucial for fighting the “big beautiful bill.”
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Put another way, Medicaid contributes roughly as much to Detroit's economy than car manufacturing, more to Houston than the chemical industry, almost twice as much to Los Angeles as motion picture production--these are big numbers!
June 26, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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You can’t give rural hospitals $15 billion if you put them all out of business.
Senate GOP leaders have given their opening offer to their “Medicaid moderates” — a $15 billion stabilization fund for rural hospitals impacted by the pending megabill.
Senate GOP leaders make opening offer on hospitals fund
The fund is meant to mitigate other megabill changes to Medicaid.
www.politico.com
June 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
You can’t give rural hospitals $15 billion if you put them all out of business.
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Among the many hidden features of the GOP health care cuts:
On work requirements, marketplace operations, the bill would limit state flexibility
Unless states wanted to make it *harder* for people to get insurance, in which case they'd get the green light www.thebulwark.com/p/how-trump-...
On work requirements, marketplace operations, the bill would limit state flexibility
Unless states wanted to make it *harder* for people to get insurance, in which case they'd get the green light www.thebulwark.com/p/how-trump-...
How Trump Killed the GOP’s Love of States’ Rights
From immigration to education to Medicaid, the new strategy is to impose a MAGA vision on America—whether or not states like it.
www.thebulwark.com
June 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Among the many hidden features of the GOP health care cuts:
On work requirements, marketplace operations, the bill would limit state flexibility
Unless states wanted to make it *harder* for people to get insurance, in which case they'd get the green light www.thebulwark.com/p/how-trump-...
On work requirements, marketplace operations, the bill would limit state flexibility
Unless states wanted to make it *harder* for people to get insurance, in which case they'd get the green light www.thebulwark.com/p/how-trump-...
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Most Americans (including MAGA/Republicans and people who don't use the Marketplaces) support the idea of Congress extending the Marketplace subsidy enhancements that are set to expire at the end of this year. www.kff.org/affordable-c... But Congress hasn't done anything to address this.
KFF Health Tracking Poll: ACA Enhanced Subsidies | KFF
KFF's Health Tracking Poll looks at public awareness and support for ACA Marketplace subsidies and finds that most adults are unaware the subsidies are set to expire soon. Three in four say Congress s...
www.kff.org
June 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Most Americans (including MAGA/Republicans and people who don't use the Marketplaces) support the idea of Congress extending the Marketplace subsidy enhancements that are set to expire at the end of this year. www.kff.org/affordable-c... But Congress hasn't done anything to address this.
Because when you’re raising high schoolers, you have plenty of time to fill out meaningless paperwork every month so that you don’t lose access to health care.
Unfortunately can confirm they’ve added them for parents of kids 14+
For example, hearing that Medicaid work requirements could be imposed on parents as well (which would run counter to all GOP messaging about who "deserves" to have health insurance).
June 17, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Because when you’re raising high schoolers, you have plenty of time to fill out meaningless paperwork every month so that you don’t lose access to health care.