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North Carolina’s former health secretary, Kody Kinsley, explains the heavy lift and hard choices ahead of states as they rush to put Republicans’ new health reforms in place.

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Thank you to Bob Langreth, Tanaz Meghjani, and Rachael Dottle for the rigorous reporting and for sharing my family's experience as part of this piece. Especially important as we hear about all of the "breakthroughs" at ASCO.

CBO projects that House reconciliation bill will cause 1.38 million low-income Medicare beneficiaries to lose Medicaid coverage

We estimate that this will lead to over 18,000 avoidable deaths per year stemming from loss of drug subsidies

Link to our memo led by @pennldi.bsky.social:
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Here’s a tidbit from CBO that hasn’t gotten a lot of attention. CBO says the House bill will trigger about $500 billion in Medicare savings unless Congress takes action. www.kff.org/quick-take/h...

As @lesliemwalker.bsky.social writes for Tradeoffs today, discussing the paper’s findings, that regulation “was poised to help nearly 1 million more duals gain this extra medication assistance, but the latest Republican proposal delays that rule until 2035.”

Also worth noting this suit alleges that MA insurers pressured brokers to enroll fewer disabled beneficiaries, who the insurers “perceived to be less profitable”

Really terrific @tradeoffs.org interview with my colleague, Ari Ne'eman, on what Medicaid cuts could mean for people with disabilities — and how to think about this moment in the arc of disability rights activism