Today on Can We Still Govern, I got to share new research on how my team at USDS drove around the country in a van to protect Medicaid coverage for millions of Americans after the pandemic - and share some lessons learned for the coming crisis.

donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-a-van-...

Full credit here to the incredible USDS team @lukef.bsky.social that worked closely with states to ensure so many Medicaid eligible low-income families and children didn't lose their health insurance coverage. Automation is a tool. Done well, it can work wonders.

Also, if this continues we’re cooked 👇We can and must build alternatives that don’t rely on private data brokers.

New NYT investigation reveals how Equifax plans to profit from Medicaid work requirements.

The dominance and price hiking uncovered would be alarming in any industry, but it's unconscionable when families' healthcare is at risk and tax payers are footing the bill.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/h...

The public data that we all rely on is under attack, from economic statistics 📈 to weather data🌪️. So we are sharing stories every day about how essential public data is. Calling all data nerds to add your favorite dataset to the collection at essentialdata.us 🤓

I got to share some reasons why Republicans’ Medicaid cuts are going to be a disaster for states with the New York Times this weekend 🗞️

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/u...

The Republicans’ big bill would require most states to build technology systems quickly and with little funding.

The result could be major failures in state systems affecting everyone on Medicaid.

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/u...

Today in the @missouriindependent.com
I shared how new Medicaid red tape imposed by Republicans will kick over 10 million people off their healthcare, including more than 180,000 people in Missouri ‼️

missouriindependent.com/2025/06/06/r...

Returning to social media against my better judgement 👋