Julie Rovner
@julierovner.bsky.social
Chief Washington Correspondent KFF Health News, Host "What the Health?" podcast/horseperson/corgimomx2/unapologetic Michigan fan.
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This work is so important, especially in the context of how modestly (if at all) outreach efforts improve retention.
Also important: the work requirements that need to be implemented by the end of next year may prove much harder to automate than standard eligibility redeterminations
Also important: the work requirements that need to be implemented by the end of next year may prove much harder to automate than standard eligibility redeterminations
New at Can We Still Govern? New Medicaid work requirements will see an estimated 5 million lose coverage.
Small investments in in-house tech capacity could allow states to start preparing now to expand automatic renewal of clients. Here is the evidence 🧵
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Small investments in in-house tech capacity could allow states to start preparing now to expand automatic renewal of clients. Here is the evidence 🧵
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Lessons from Pandemic Era Medicaid Automation for Work Requirements
Small tech capacity investments offer big returns
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November 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
This work is so important, especially in the context of how modestly (if at all) outreach efforts improve retention.
Also important: the work requirements that need to be implemented by the end of next year may prove much harder to automate than standard eligibility redeterminations
Also important: the work requirements that need to be implemented by the end of next year may prove much harder to automate than standard eligibility redeterminations
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In this special episode of “What the Health?” from KFF Health News and WAMU, host @julierovner.bsky.social talks to @cynthiaccox.bsky.social of @kff.org about the state of the Affordable Care Act. https://bit.ly/4813Bad
The State of the Affordable Care Act - KFF Health News
Nov. 1 marked the start of open enrollment for 2026 health plans bought from Affordable Care Act marketplaces in most states. But this sign-up season is like no other in the health law’s 15-year histo...
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November 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
In this special episode of “What the Health?” from KFF Health News and WAMU, host @julierovner.bsky.social talks to @cynthiaccox.bsky.social of @kff.org about the state of the Affordable Care Act. https://bit.ly/4813Bad
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Hello from Paris, where I am taking a break from the ACA and shutdown mess.
November 6, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Hello from Paris, where I am taking a break from the ACA and shutdown mess.
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A moment of silence, please, for the "young men are all MAGA now" narrative.
(Source: www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...)
(Source: www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...)
November 5, 2025 at 1:18 AM
A moment of silence, please, for the "young men are all MAGA now" narrative.
(Source: www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...)
(Source: www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...)
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TIL the Post has added, inline in their articles, an AI chatbot pop-up that invites you to ask questions of the gibberish machine that makes up facts.
Thanks, I hate it.
Thanks, I hate it.
November 4, 2025 at 9:41 PM
TIL the Post has added, inline in their articles, an AI chatbot pop-up that invites you to ask questions of the gibberish machine that makes up facts.
Thanks, I hate it.
Thanks, I hate it.
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Imagining Homer Simpson on the jury, drooling and saying “mmmhhhm projectile sandwich”
The officer Sandwich Guy is charged with assaulting testifies that he could feel the impact of the sandwich through his ballistic vest, and it “exploded all over my uniform.” He says he could “smell the onions and the mustard.”
November 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Imagining Homer Simpson on the jury, drooling and saying “mmmhhhm projectile sandwich”
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ICYMI, Trump posted that he wanted to fund SNAP "as soon as possible . . . [i]f we are given the appropriate legal direction."
So a federal judge said "here's the legal direction" and ordered either full payment by today or partial by Wednesday.
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So a federal judge said "here's the legal direction" and ordered either full payment by today or partial by Wednesday.
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![Also, the President of the United States stated Friday evening
that:
I do not want Americans to go hungry . . . [I] ask the Court to clarify how
we can legally fund SNAP as soon as possible. . . . If we are given the
appropriate legal direction by the Court, it will BE MY HONOR to
provide the funding . . .
Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump), Truth Social (Oct. 31, 2025, at 6:10 PM).1
So, here’s the ORDER and here’s the legal direction from the Court.2 Having
reviewed the Complaint, Motion, Memorandum of Law, Declarations, and evidence
in support of the Motion, as well as the papers filed in opposition to this Motion, and
1 The Court greatly appreciates the President’s quick and definitive response
to this Court’s Order and his desire to provide the necessary SNAP funding.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:24vva42nxim6zbcmnozegoef/bafkreif3bu5vntalhpnkici3obgko2pk66tq25fd2yq7e3bwarrhrdzeqm@jpeg)
November 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
ICYMI, Trump posted that he wanted to fund SNAP "as soon as possible . . . [i]f we are given the appropriate legal direction."
So a federal judge said "here's the legal direction" and ordered either full payment by today or partial by Wednesday.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
So a federal judge said "here's the legal direction" and ordered either full payment by today or partial by Wednesday.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
first #WTHealth podcast with our new distribution partner @wamu.org! Find us now on the NPR app, or wherever you get your podcasts!
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Happy Open Enrollment Eve! - KFF Health News
A standoff in Congress is keeping much of the government shut down as open enrollment begins in most states for Affordable Care Act plans. Democrats are demanding Republicans agree to extend ACA tax c...
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October 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
first #WTHealth podcast with our new distribution partner @wamu.org! Find us now on the NPR app, or wherever you get your podcasts!
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Just in time!
I see we’ve entered the “don’t worry, we have a magical Obamacare alternative” stage of the debate www.thebulwark.com/p/the-republ...
The Republican Health Care Trap, Episode 78
As the shutdown drags on, the GOP croons its old tune: replacing Obamacare.
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October 29, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Just in time!
new #WTHealth podcast up! @shefali.bsky.social, @alicemiranda.bsky.social, and @rachelroubein.bsky.social on the latest shutdown news, Trump's IVF policy, and immigration and health care. Plus the latest "bill of the month."
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Nutrition Programs Face Their Own Shutdown - KFF Health News
Two major nutrition programs — SNAP and WIC — are likely to exhaust their funding in November, and the furloughs and firings at the CDC have left the agency unable to perform some of its major functio...
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October 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
new #WTHealth podcast up! @shefali.bsky.social, @alicemiranda.bsky.social, and @rachelroubein.bsky.social on the latest shutdown news, Trump's IVF policy, and immigration and health care. Plus the latest "bill of the month."
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"That's the big irony here - Democrats are fighting hard to basically save health insurance for a pretty Republican group of people."
@julierovner.bsky.social and @crampell.bsky.social discuss who relies on the Affordable Care Act as the shutdown stalemate over its subsidies drags on.
@julierovner.bsky.social and @crampell.bsky.social discuss who relies on the Affordable Care Act as the shutdown stalemate over its subsidies drags on.
October 18, 2025 at 5:21 AM
"That's the big irony here - Democrats are fighting hard to basically save health insurance for a pretty Republican group of people."
@julierovner.bsky.social and @crampell.bsky.social discuss who relies on the Affordable Care Act as the shutdown stalemate over its subsidies drags on.
@julierovner.bsky.social and @crampell.bsky.social discuss who relies on the Affordable Care Act as the shutdown stalemate over its subsidies drags on.
apparently we are having the entire ACA debate over again. Sigh.
On X, Marjorie Taylor Greene calls for changing the Essential Health Benefits part of the Affordable Care Act, deleting requirements to cover maternity, pregnancy, mental illness and children etc
October 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM
apparently we are having the entire ACA debate over again. Sigh.
new #WTHealth up! @laurenweberhp.bsky.social, @annaedney.bsky.social, @joannekenen.bsky.social and I on shutdown latest, another Rx deal for Trump, and layoffs at HHS. Plus @louisenorris.bsky.social on Medicare Open Enrollment for 2026.
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Schrödinger’s Government Shutdown - KFF Health News
Democrats and Republicans remain stalled over funding the federal government as Republicans launch a new attack on the Affordable Care Act. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is taking advantage of t...
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October 16, 2025 at 8:06 PM
new #WTHealth up! @laurenweberhp.bsky.social, @annaedney.bsky.social, @joannekenen.bsky.social and I on shutdown latest, another Rx deal for Trump, and layoffs at HHS. Plus @louisenorris.bsky.social on Medicare Open Enrollment for 2026.
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Deep cuts made to CDC’s flagship MMWR publication, a cornerstone of public health www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...
Deep cuts made to CDC's flagship MMWR publication, a cornerstone of public health
CDC staff behind the agency’s flagship publication have been fired amid drastic cuts to the HHS promised by the White House due to the government shutdown, according to five people familiar with the s...
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October 11, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Deep cuts made to CDC’s flagship MMWR publication, a cornerstone of public health www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...
Gorgeous day at the wharf for a festival celebrating the first amendment! Here with my peeps from @wamu885
October 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Gorgeous day at the wharf for a festival celebrating the first amendment! Here with my peeps from @wamu885
on this week's #WTHealth: shutdown fallout, vaccine changes, a new generic abortion pill and more; with @alicemiranda.bsky.social, @sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social and CNN's Tami Luhby. Plus Sarah Grusin of @nhelp.bsky.social on immigrants and federal health programs:
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Starting To Feel the Shutdown’s Bite - KFF Health News
The government shutdown continues with no end in sight, and while it theoretically should not affect entitlement programs, the lapse of some related authorizations — like for Medicare telehealth progr...
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October 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
on this week's #WTHealth: shutdown fallout, vaccine changes, a new generic abortion pill and more; with @alicemiranda.bsky.social, @sarahkarlin-smith.bsky.social and CNN's Tami Luhby. Plus Sarah Grusin of @nhelp.bsky.social on immigrants and federal health programs:
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NEW: 51 Senators urge RFK Jr. and Marty Makary to end telemedicine prescriptions of the abortion drug mifepristone— and to suspend its distribution as an "imminent hazard" under Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Collins and Murkowski only GOP members not to sign
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October 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
NEW: 51 Senators urge RFK Jr. and Marty Makary to end telemedicine prescriptions of the abortion drug mifepristone— and to suspend its distribution as an "imminent hazard" under Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Collins and Murkowski only GOP members not to sign
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Sir, you signed the law guaranteeing back pay for furloughed workers in 2018...
Q: Is it the White House's position that furloughed workers should get backpay?
TRUMP: I would say it depends on who we're talking about
TRUMP: I would say it depends on who we're talking about
October 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Sir, you signed the law guaranteeing back pay for furloughed workers in 2018...
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"Court judge Diane Goodstein... had reportedly received death threats for weeks related to her work". "[A]t least three members of her family, including her husband... and their son, have been hospitalized with serious injuries." time.com/7323442/sout...
House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Burns Down
Authorities are investigating a fire at the home of a South Carolina judge who had reportedly received death threats in what could be the latest incident of political violence across the country.
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October 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"Court judge Diane Goodstein... had reportedly received death threats for weeks related to her work". "[A]t least three members of her family, including her husband... and their son, have been hospitalized with serious injuries." time.com/7323442/sout...
Wally says “Aspen isn’t the only one in this family who can win blue ribbons!”
October 4, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Wally says “Aspen isn’t the only one in this family who can win blue ribbons!”
brand new #WTHealth podcast up! @shefali.bsky.social, @laurenweberhp.bsky.social, and @rachelcohrs.bsky.social on the shutdown, the Rx announcement, and the latest vaccine news. Plus, a "bill of the month" with Cara Anthony.
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Democrats Make This Shutdown About the ACA - KFF Health News
The foreshadowed federal shutdown came after Congress failed to pass required spending bills, with Democrats demanding Republicans renew the expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies in exchange for thei...
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October 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
brand new #WTHealth podcast up! @shefali.bsky.social, @laurenweberhp.bsky.social, and @rachelcohrs.bsky.social on the shutdown, the Rx announcement, and the latest vaccine news. Plus, a "bill of the month" with Cara Anthony.
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Your occasional reminder that Russ Vought, who is claiming the right to fire civil servants for whatever reason he sees it, once refused to quit a political appointment position even after Trump had lost.
October 2, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Your occasional reminder that Russ Vought, who is claiming the right to fire civil servants for whatever reason he sees it, once refused to quit a political appointment position even after Trump had lost.