Sarah Lueck
@sarahL202
VP for Health Policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. DSM native and @WSJ alumna. Views expressed here are mine. @sarahl202.bsky.social she/her
#PuertoRico today enacted a bill that prohibits gender-affirming care for trans ppl under 21, against the guidance of its own Health Sec & College of Physicians & Surgeons, American Medical Association, American Academy of Pediatrics & Endocrine Society. elnuevodia.com/noticias/local…
Senate Rs made a bad bill worse, with even deeper Medicaid cuts, a harsher provision taking Medicaid away from people not meeting a work requirement,and by taking health coverage away from even more immigrants who are living and working lawfully in the U.S.cbpp.org/press/statemen…
Senate Rs voted to pass a bill that wld raise food & health care costs on families, increase hunger & take health coverage away from millions of ppl while doubling down on tax cuts for the wealthy. House Rs must stand up for their communities & reject it. cbpp.org/press/statemen…
Based on new USDA data released today, 44 states would have to pay tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars under Senate Republicans' #SNAP cost-shift plan. If a state can't fully pay, they would have to cut many low-income families off SNAP or end their program altogether.
This effectively repeals Medicaid expansion in only a few years. New analysis here: cbpp.org/research/medic…
News: Sen. Rick Scott amendment lowering federal match for Medicaid expansion has been filed. Would be "grandfathering" in beneficiaries until 2030 at 90 percent match, lower state-specific rate kicks in in 2031. Cost savings of $313 billion full copy: cdn.sanity.io/files/ifn0l6bs…
It only takes a little math to dissect what the One Big Beautiful Bill is all about - Securing tax cuts for wealthy people on the backs of people who will have their health coverage and food assistance taken away.
The latest Senate Republican plan retains a deeply harmful provision that tramples over state rights’ to make decisions about how to use their own funds to ensure their state residents can access comprehensive health coverage.