Joan Alker
@JoanAlker1
ED of @georgetownccf and Research Professor GU’s @McCourtSchool of Public Policy; http://joanalker1.bsky.social
Our new @GeorgetownCCF and @GeorgetownCHIR explainer of the new budget bill is here: Medicaid, CHIP, and Affordable Care Act Marketplace Cuts and Other Health Provisions in the Budget Reconciliation Law, Explained ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/07/22/med… via @GeorgetownCCF
A model for the nation? I don’t think so. As I note below Georgia’s Medicaid work requirement, now mandated in all states by Trumps budget bill, has been a shocking waste of taxpayer $$ generating corporate profit by keeping people out of coverage. abcnews.go.com/Health/georgia…
Congressional Republicans claimed they didn't want to "take coverage away from children" during debate on the Big Ugly Bill. Now Trump is ripping health care away from our youngest neighbors. I will intro a bill next week to keep these kids covered despite Trump's heartless and…
👀In the name of “protecting vulnerable Americans” the Trump Administration will rip away Medicaid coverage from babies and toddlers👀 CMS announces Medicaid demos that 8 states are implementing to cover babies and young children continuously w/o gaps will no longer be allowed
“By one estimate, the potential increase in the number of people uninsured, both through Republican actions and inaction, would erase almost three-quarters of the gains in coverage from the Affordable Care Act.” @larry_levitt @KFF nytimes.com/2025/07/01/opi…
🧵/ My Keep Kids Covered Act with @RepDerekTranCA would expand the 12-month continuous eligibility (CE) protection for children, providing uninterrupted coverage for children until age 6 – a crucial time for their development – and for a 24-month period for children age 6 to 19.
🚨I am reintroducing my Keep Kids Covered Act to provide continuous health care coverage for eligible children in Medicaid & CHIP so children don't pay the price for Trump's cruelty. castor.house.gov/news/documents…
🧵/ I am not going to sit back and watch President Trump and Congressional republicans kick our kids off health care. I am fighting back with my Keep Kids Covered Act.
Leo Cuello and I unpack the new law on Medicaid work requirements. Does NOT apply to 8 states (AL, FL, KS, MS, SC, TN, TX, WY) The new provision is not waivable and takes effect in 2027. Any states currently seeking waivers now have to comply w/ new rules like Georgia...
States Pursuing Medicaid Work Requirement Waivers Must Make Changes: How the OBB Changed the Landscape for Medicaid Work Requirements ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/07/23/sta… via @GeorgetownCCF
States Pursuing Medicaid Work Requirement Waivers Must Make Changes: How the OBB Changed the Landscape for Medicaid Work Requirements ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/07/23/sta… via @GeorgetownCCF
The 'One Big Beautiful Bill,' Now Law, Does Not Protect Rural Hospitals disq.us/t/4v3okro
"CBO never said that 4.8 million people were out of compliance with the proposed work requirements; they said that 4.8 million people would lose coverage because of the work requirements" @onceuponA kffhealthnews.org/MjA2MTMyNQ via @kffhealthnews
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. nytimes.com/2025/07/21/wel…
Babies and toddlers in the US -- bad news for you. Trump Isn’t Done Cutting Your Health Care thebulwark.com/p/trump-isnt-d…
“They literally said we weren’t going to touch Medicaid. And we touched a trillion dollars worth of Medicaid.” That's Republican Chip Roy -- via @NOTUSreports -- blowing up the big Trump/GOP lie on health care notus.org/congress/house…
New: Early reports from ACA insurers show the biggest premium increases in years, driven by: *An expected sicker pool of enrollees if enhanced premium tax credits are allowed to expire at the end of this year * Tariffs * Higher health care costs
New from @KFF on "rural health fund" added to get R votes for huge Medicaid cuts. -its short term; most cuts are backloaded -not targeted to rural areas -lack of transparency A Closer Look at the $50 Billion Rural Health Fund in the New Reconciliation Law kff.org/4235488/
This is quite the lede from @CitizenCohn. and quite the piece thebulwark.com/p/an-ignominio…
At least 17 million Americans would lose insurance under Trump plan wapo.st/44yyXlN