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🚨 The Trump administration has already cancelled billions of dollars in funding for science, medicine, and research. A new rescissions package and White House budget plan could strip away even more funding and cause irreparable damage. Act now to protect science and American…
The Trump administration’s proposed budget cuts harm the labs researching future cures for deadly diseases and the scientists who keep us on the cutting edge of innovation. Now, perhaps more than ever, we need to #ProtectScience in the U.S.
Don't be fooled, Congressional Republicans' One Big Beautiful Bill Act is anything but beautiful. Mia Ives-Rublee explains the devastating impact on disabled and elderly people:
New LGBTQI+ Community Survey data from CAP and @NORCNews show that disabled LGBTQI+ people experience higher rates of discrimination in public services, education, employment, housing, and health care than their nondisabled LGBTQI+ and disabled non-LGBTQI+ peers.…
One of the lesser-known provisions of the OBBBA will effectively defund Planned Parenthood by preventing women on Medicaid from accessing any Planned Parenthood services, including STI screenings, PAP smears, and breast cancer screenings. americanprogress.org/article/10-egr…
Parts of the Republican budget bill are less about fiscal responsibility and more about taking away our constitutional rights to bodily autonomy. For @TeenVogue, Amprog’s Kierra Jones explains: teenvogue.com/story/trumps-b…
How will the drastic cuts to health care in the “Big Beautiful Bill” affect you? On #CareTalk live Natasha Murphy @CAP_Health @AmProg discusses w/ me @HealthCareVoice & @LouiseNorris @hio_org Diane Archer @SSWorks answer your health ins q’s. Watch: youtube.com/live/l8zSFiuKo…
Congressional Republicans’ radical budget and tax bill includes several less-known provisions that will increase costs, fuel the Trump administration’s overreach, and waste taxpayer dollars. Here are 🔟 things you may not know about the bill: americanprogress.org/article/10-egr…
The congressional Republican bill will cause millions of low-income Americans to lose Medicaid coverage in order to fund tax giveaways for the top 1% of households. americanprogress.org/article/1-tril…
The One Big "Beautiful" Bill's proposed cuts to Medicaid have huge consequences for older adults and people with disabilities. John Oliver explains:
Medicaid work requirements don't work—and they're especially harmful to disabled Americans. Congressional Republicans want them anyway. CAP's Mia Ives-Rublee and @NicoleJorwic explain: contrarian.substack.com/p/for-disabled…
Trump promised not to touch Medicare—but that’s exactly what this “big beautiful bill” will do, to the tune of $535 billion in cuts. @donberwick explains the harm: contrarian.substack.com/p/you-thought-…
For a look at the pieces Oliver cites, see the replies below! Proud of @CAP_Health's tireless work here!
This week's ACIP meeting was just the latest of Kennedy's recent disasters. More from Jill Rosenthal and Steve Woolf (@CAP_Health) on why this all matters: americanprogress.org/article/rfk-jr…
This week's ACIP meeting was full of the same intentionally misleading fearmongering that causes vaccine hesitancy. Children and families deserve better — public health information grounded in science.
🚨Energy shortages are only getting worse and extreme heat is leading to blackouts, but Republicans’ budget bill would remove enough clean energy supply from the grid to power 90% of homes in the U.S. (1/4) 🧵⬇️
Today, the Supreme Court ruled that Medicaid enrollees do not have a legal right to sue when state programs disqualify certain health care providers, such as Planned Parenthood. In response, @AndreaDucas, vice president of Health Policy at CAP, issued the following statement:…
The older you are, the worse off you'll be if you have ACA marketplace coverage under the OBBA. Check out what your state's increases would be. 👇
Gutting public health. Slashing Medicaid. Undermining food aid. The Trump administration's plan won’t make America healthy, it’ll make it sick. New from Donald Berwick via @amprogress: americanprogress.org/article/how-to…
