Joan Alker

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…

“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

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