NEW: In March, the Trump administration announced a massive purge of workers at the nation's health agencies.

We asked them how many workers were laid off, pushed out or left.

They refused to give us numbers.

So we conducted our own analysis... 🧵

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From today's @21st.show: what's going on with rural heathcare in Illinois and beyond, and what's next for rural hospitals, with Medicare and Medicaid cuts on the horizon?

We talk about it with @melanie-evans.bsky.social and leaders in Illinois rural healthcare.

Today’s @21st.show from @Illinois Public Media got into what’s next for rural hospitals under policies President Trump signed into law in July. I spoke about some of my @tradeoffs.org reporting on a panel w/ Tracy Warner, Vicki Weidenbacher-Hoper and Ted Rogalski.
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Trump’s Policies Could Undermine the Fight to End America’s HIV Epidemic - The administration this month froze at least $460 million for grants to local public health and nonprofits that were scheduled to start June 1 and proposed steep cuts to next year's spending. tradeoffs.org/2025/06/19/t...

RFK Jr. Just Replaced the Experts Guiding U.S. Vaccines. Now What? tradeoffs.org/2025/06/12/r...

Talk about some timely research.

Here's the punchline: "Loss of drug subsidies after Medicaid disenrollment was associated with higher mortality among low-income Medicare beneficiaries."

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Our latest episode is out, looking at one option to cut federal health spending that has wide support. Except from hospitals. @tradeoffs.org tradeoffs.org/2025/03/27/b...

Last week, thousands of employees were fired from their positions in federal agencies and this week the House passed a budget bill.

Here's what our team is reading...

President Trump issued an order on public health care prices, one of his signature policies. Trump is calling on agencies to make prices easier to use. What’s the issue? There are many. @tradeoffs.org talked to people who urgently want to use the data to save on care. tradeoffs.org/2024/12/19/t...

What happens when policymakers try to change Americans' diet? tradeoffs.org/2025/02/06/r...

RFK Jr. has long criticized an influential committee of scientists who advise federal policymakers on who should get vaccines. I’ve got an article today for @tradeoffs.org that profiles the committee’s wide reach.

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@melanie-evans.bsky.social and @dgorenstein.bsky.social dig into the data to explain why greater price transparency hasn’t solved the challenge of helping consumers understand costs.
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