Edwin Park
@edwincpark.bsky.social
Health policy especially Medicaid, CHIP and the Affordable Care Act. Research Professor at the Center for Children and Families (CCF) at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy.
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From @kff.org updated analysis of the harmful impact of H.R. 1's restrictions on state use of provider taxes to finance their #Medicaid programs including the mandatory reduction in existing provider taxes in most Medicaid expansion states starting in October 2027: www.kff.org/medicaid/5-k...
December 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
From @kff.org updated analysis of the harmful impact of H.R. 1's restrictions on state use of provider taxes to finance their #Medicaid programs including the mandatory reduction in existing provider taxes in most Medicaid expansion states starting in October 2027: www.kff.org/medicaid/5-k...
With talk of absurd GOP proposals to replace Marketplace tax credits with HSA contributions & require people to buy health services directly, this is just like a Project 2025 proposal to eliminate #Medicaid coverage & convert funding to vouchers/HSA contributions: ccf.georgetown.edu/2024/06/17/p...
November 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
With talk of absurd GOP proposals to replace Marketplace tax credits with HSA contributions & require people to buy health services directly, this is just like a Project 2025 proposal to eliminate #Medicaid coverage & convert funding to vouchers/HSA contributions: ccf.georgetown.edu/2024/06/17/p...
New @urbaninstitute.bsky.social analysis on the increasing importance of ACA Marketplace coverage for families. About 40% of current Marketplace enrollees are parents and children: www.urban.org/research/pub...
October 31, 2025 at 4:30 PM
New @urbaninstitute.bsky.social analysis on the increasing importance of ACA Marketplace coverage for families. About 40% of current Marketplace enrollees are parents and children: www.urban.org/research/pub...
Some new detail from CBO about the draconian #Medicaid cuts in the budget reconciliation law: 800,000 fewer low-income seniors & people with disabilities on Medicare will be enrolled in the Medicare Savings Programs that help pay for Medicare premiums & cost-sharing: www.cbo.gov/publication/...
October 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Some new detail from CBO about the draconian #Medicaid cuts in the budget reconciliation law: 800,000 fewer low-income seniors & people with disabilities on Medicare will be enrolled in the Medicare Savings Programs that help pay for Medicare premiums & cost-sharing: www.cbo.gov/publication/...
This will be the largest rollback in health coverage in history with 75% (or 7.5 million) of the coverage losses due to the draconian #Medicaid cuts alone (3/x)
October 1, 2025 at 2:47 PM
This will be the largest rollback in health coverage in history with 75% (or 7.5 million) of the coverage losses due to the draconian #Medicaid cuts alone (3/x)
These draconian cuts to #Medicaid and the Marketplaces will increase the number of uninsured by 10 million by 2034 relative to prior law, with increases starting in fiscal year 2026 which begins today (2/x)
October 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
These draconian cuts to #Medicaid and the Marketplaces will increase the number of uninsured by 10 million by 2034 relative to prior law, with increases starting in fiscal year 2026 which begins today (2/x)
Brief thread: just a reminder that the budget reconciliation law enacted by President Trump and the GOP Congress (H.R. 1, OBBBA) cut $1.1T/10 yrs in net spending from Medicaid, CHIP & the Marketplaces. That includes $990B in gross #Medicaid cuts: the largest cuts to the program in its history (1/x).
October 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Brief thread: just a reminder that the budget reconciliation law enacted by President Trump and the GOP Congress (H.R. 1, OBBBA) cut $1.1T/10 yrs in net spending from Medicaid, CHIP & the Marketplaces. That includes $990B in gross #Medicaid cuts: the largest cuts to the program in its history (1/x).
From @kff.org 27% of farmers & ranchers get their health coverage through the individual market with 90% of all individual market coverage obtained through the Affordable Care Act Marketplaces: www.kff.org/affordable-c...
September 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
From @kff.org 27% of farmers & ranchers get their health coverage through the individual market with 90% of all individual market coverage obtained through the Affordable Care Act Marketplaces: www.kff.org/affordable-c...
New @urbaninstitute.bsky.social analysis finding 4.8M more uninsured in 2026 if the enhanced ACA premium tax credits are allowed to expire at the end of this year, with the coverage losses concentrated among those with low and moderate incomes: www.urban.org/research/pub...
September 17, 2025 at 7:09 PM
New @urbaninstitute.bsky.social analysis finding 4.8M more uninsured in 2026 if the enhanced ACA premium tax credits are allowed to expire at the end of this year, with the coverage losses concentrated among those with low and moderate incomes: www.urban.org/research/pub...
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...
New @georgetownccf.bsky.social & @smallbizmajority.bsky.social report on key role #Medicaid plays for small business owners, their employees & dependents. 1/5 have Medicaid and 1/3 of all Medicaid beneficiaries have a connection to small businesses. ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/06/26/o...
June 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
New @georgetownccf.bsky.social & @smallbizmajority.bsky.social report on key role #Medicaid plays for small business owners, their employees & dependents. 1/5 have Medicaid and 1/3 of all Medicaid beneficiaries have a connection to small businesses. ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/06/26/o...
Reupping our new @georgetownccf.bsky.social report on how #Medicaid plays a particularly vital role in providing health coverage to women of childbearing age in rural communities and small towns: ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/05/15/m...
May 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Reupping our new @georgetownccf.bsky.social report on how #Medicaid plays a particularly vital role in providing health coverage to women of childbearing age in rural communities and small towns: ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/05/15/m...
New @georgetownccf.bsky.social report on the vital role that #Medicaid plays in providing health coverage to women of childbearing age in rural communites, even as House Republicans advance a reconciliation bill with draconian Medicaid cuts: ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/05/15/m...
May 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
New @georgetownccf.bsky.social report on the vital role that #Medicaid plays in providing health coverage to women of childbearing age in rural communites, even as House Republicans advance a reconciliation bill with draconian Medicaid cuts: ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/05/15/m...
New preliminary CBO estimates of House Energy and Commerce Committee reconciliation bill as the markup begins. Compared to current law, by 2034, Medicaid enrollment will be cut by 10.3 million and number of uninsured increase will rise by 7.6 million: d1dth6e84htgma.cloudfront.net/E_and_C_Mark...?
May 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
New preliminary CBO estimates of House Energy and Commerce Committee reconciliation bill as the markup begins. Compared to current law, by 2034, Medicaid enrollment will be cut by 10.3 million and number of uninsured increase will rise by 7.6 million: d1dth6e84htgma.cloudfront.net/E_and_C_Mark...?
One under-the-radar #Medicaid proposal would cut DC's matching rate from 70% to 50%. @urbaninstitute.bsky.social estimates find D.C. must increase its own spending by $10.3B/10 years or by 63% to maintain its program not counting other cuts that shift more costs to D.C. www.urban.org/research/pub...
May 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
One under-the-radar #Medicaid proposal would cut DC's matching rate from 70% to 50%. @urbaninstitute.bsky.social estimates find D.C. must increase its own spending by $10.3B/10 years or by 63% to maintain its program not counting other cuts that shift more costs to D.C. www.urban.org/research/pub...
Manatt Health documents some of the many ways the draconian #Medicaid cuts under discussion by House GOP will lead to taking away coverage and access from low-income children: lpfch.org/resource/no-...
May 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Manatt Health documents some of the many ways the draconian #Medicaid cuts under discussion by House GOP will lead to taking away coverage and access from low-income children: lpfch.org/resource/no-...
CBO issues estimates of enrollment/coverage losses from major #Medicaid cut proposals under discussion by House GOP. As expected millions lose Medicaid coverage and end up uninsured. But these estimates are of each proposal separately and don't show the cumulative impact: www.cbo.gov/publication/...
May 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
CBO issues estimates of enrollment/coverage losses from major #Medicaid cut proposals under discussion by House GOP. As expected millions lose Medicaid coverage and end up uninsured. But these estimates are of each proposal separately and don't show the cumulative impact: www.cbo.gov/publication/...
According to new @kff.org polling, 76% of adults oppose major #Medicaid cuts including 55% of Republicans: www.kff.org/medicaid/pol...
May 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
According to new @kff.org polling, 76% of adults oppose major #Medicaid cuts including 55% of Republicans: www.kff.org/medicaid/pol...
My colleague @adamsearing.bsky.social blogs on statutory language in #Medicaid expansion states with triggers/language enshrining expansion in state constitutions. Per capita caps could pull triggers in some states so House GOP can't definitely claim they won't. ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/04/30/h...
May 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
My colleague @adamsearing.bsky.social blogs on statutory language in #Medicaid expansion states with triggers/language enshrining expansion in state constitutions. Per capita caps could pull triggers in some states so House GOP can't definitely claim they won't. ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/04/30/h...
The @urbaninstitute.bsky.social now has state-specific estimates of enrollment losses from harmful #Medicaid work requirements: www.urban.org/research/pub...
April 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The @urbaninstitute.bsky.social now has state-specific estimates of enrollment losses from harmful #Medicaid work requirements: www.urban.org/research/pub...
In CA-22 (Rep. Valadao's district), 70% of Republicans oppose #Medicaid cuts (and 71% of adults overall oppose). Polling from NORC/California Health Care Foundation: www.chcf.org/publication/...
April 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
In CA-22 (Rep. Valadao's district), 70% of Republicans oppose #Medicaid cuts (and 71% of adults overall oppose). Polling from NORC/California Health Care Foundation: www.chcf.org/publication/...
From Politico: State lawmakers warn Congress of consequences of cutting #Medicaid expansion: They worry that cuts could make their budget-crunch situations worse. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
April 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
From Politico: State lawmakers warn Congress of consequences of cutting #Medicaid expansion: They worry that cuts could make their budget-crunch situations worse. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
Thread: this flew under the radar but is very concerning. Apportionment involves pro-forma OMB quarterly letters to agencies confirming they can spend $ as appropriated by Congress. OMB has now permanently shuttered the public apportionment website per Politico/letter from OMB to Senator Murray.
April 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Thread: this flew under the radar but is very concerning. Apportionment involves pro-forma OMB quarterly letters to agencies confirming they can spend $ as appropriated by Congress. OMB has now permanently shuttered the public apportionment website per Politico/letter from OMB to Senator Murray.
My Governing op-ed on how cutting #Medicaid harms both patients and state budgets. To insulate Congressional GOP leaders from blame, the cuts under discussion shift costs to states and make governors/legislatures be the ones to institute the specific damaging cuts. www.governing.com/magazine/cut...
April 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
My Governing op-ed on how cutting #Medicaid harms both patients and state budgets. To insulate Congressional GOP leaders from blame, the cuts under discussion shift costs to states and make governors/legislatures be the ones to institute the specific damaging cuts. www.governing.com/magazine/cut...
In addition to cutting another 10K HHS staff and reorganizing/gutting whole agencies this seems ominous: creating a new "Assistant Secretary for Enforcement" over HHS appeals processes including Medicare beneficiary coverage and state Medicaid disallowance appeals (1/2): www.hhs.gov/about/news/h...
March 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
In addition to cutting another 10K HHS staff and reorganizing/gutting whole agencies this seems ominous: creating a new "Assistant Secretary for Enforcement" over HHS appeals processes including Medicare beneficiary coverage and state Medicaid disallowance appeals (1/2): www.hhs.gov/about/news/h...