Nari Rhee
@narir.bsky.social
Policy researcher and working mom. Directly, Retirement Security program, UC Berkeley Labor Center.
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@narir.bsky.social comments on the burden Medicaid work requirements would place on older adults, especially. "If you've had manual work, often you started working in your late teens. By the time you get into your late 50s, your body is just really worn out."
@narir.bsky.social comments on the burden Medicaid work requirements would place on older adults, especially. "If you've had manual work, often you started working in your late teens. By the time you get into your late 50s, your body is just really worn out."
How Trump's megabilll could affect Medicaid and who could lose coverage
Sharp Medicaid cuts could result in vulnerable Americans no longer being able to receive care, either by losing coverage or by closing the centers that provide such care.
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June 30, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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@narir.bsky.social comments on the burden Medicaid work requirements would place on older adults, especially. "If you've had manual work, often you started working in your late teens. By the time you get into your late 50s, your body is just really worn out."
@narir.bsky.social comments on the burden Medicaid work requirements would place on older adults, especially. "If you've had manual work, often you started working in your late teens. By the time you get into your late 50s, your body is just really worn out."
Reposted by Nari Rhee
Blog: Medicaid work documentation requirements pose a drastic barrier to older adults, given the steady dropoff in employment after age 50 due to deteriorating health, age discrimination & increasing responsibility to provide care for aging family members. laborcenter.berkeley.edu/medicaid-cut...
Medicaid Cuts—Including Work Documentation Requirements—Harm Older Adults - UC Berkeley Labor Center
Rolling back Medi-Cal access through cuts and bureaucratic hurdles will have far-reaching and disproportionate impacts on older adults. In particular, the work documentation requirement poses an espec...
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June 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Blog: Medicaid work documentation requirements pose a drastic barrier to older adults, given the steady dropoff in employment after age 50 due to deteriorating health, age discrimination & increasing responsibility to provide care for aging family members. laborcenter.berkeley.edu/medicaid-cut...
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The threat to Medi-Cal is real. “In some parts of the state, it’s as many as six in 10,” said Laurel Lucia, director of the health care program for the UC Berkeley Labor Center — and it does so with an annual budget of $160 billion.
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How Trump Administration Cuts Could Hurt Medi-Cal
Federal funds cover more than 60% of California’s low-income health insurance plan. Losing even part of that money could result in cutbacks on care for kids or state tax hikes.
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January 7, 2025 at 1:09 AM
The threat to Medi-Cal is real. “In some parts of the state, it’s as many as six in 10,” said Laurel Lucia, director of the health care program for the UC Berkeley Labor Center — and it does so with an annual budget of $160 billion.
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