And now Republicans are for the second time trying to repeal critical parts of the ACA so quickly and with so little deliberation that legislators have no idea what's in the bill and can't tell you why specific provisions are even there or who supports them

The purpose of health insurance is to distribute payment more evenly.

The House E&C markup had lots of talk of how the bill will protect #Medicaid coverage for kids. But here's another cut to children's coverage along with rescinding rules increasing child enrollment and work requirements reducing parents coverage that will lead to lower enrollment among kids (8/x).

The latest reconciliation bill language out today expands the scope/harm, now penalizing any expansion state that has adopted the ICHIA option for legal immigrant kids/pregnant women. That's another 19 states who would have to increase their expansion spending or drop the ICHIA coverage (5/x).

Thread. 33 of 40 #Medicaid expansion states (+DC) will now face a 10 point cut in their expansion match rate under House GOP reconciliation bill. Latest language penalizes not only states using own funds to cover undocumented kids but also states covering legal immigrant kids/pregnant women (1/x)

#Medicaid work requirements don't create jobs or save money – they strip people of health care. Meanwhile, the same politicians forcing families through a maze of red tape to see a doctor are handing billions in tax breaks to corporations. This was never about work. Read more >> commcat.io/3Evdhxo

🚨 Apparently Trump's cut-off of federal grants/loans may also include federal funding of #MEDICAID.

This spreadsheet breaks out how many Americans are covered by Medicaid & other public programs in every Congressional District.

(select the 3rd tab for Medicaid)

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With Illinois reporting that it can't access its federal #Medicaid funding accounts this morning, reminder that states have a statutory entitlement to their federal Medicaid funding, on top of the fact that freezing federal funding is unconstitutional and also violates the Impoundment Control Act.

Slashing federal funding for #Medicaid will devastate state budgets. It will also significantly weaken states' credit ratings. That will sharply increase the cost of borrowing and make it harder to finance infrastructure and other capital investments: #healthpolicy ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/01/22/c...

Last week, our team attended FamiliesUSA's Health Action Conference and met with Colorado's Congressional leaders in DC to discuss the devastating effects of potential cuts in health care funding. Learn more about the visit in "What Does The Fox Say? 🦊"
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