Required policy reading for state governments here on the enormous income/work verification challenges facing states in OBBA implementation. Health insurance for millions is at stake. healthlaw.org/wp-content/u...

NEW ARTICLE ALERT! We’re pleased to contribute to this systematised review on estimating disability-related extra costs, published in The European Journal of Health Economics. It has been a long time coming, and we’re excited for how useful it will be. Here: link.springer.com/content/pdf/...

“Social protection should support participation. You don’t get it because you can’t work, you get it so you can.” Daniel Mont (CIP) in The Disability Squeeze by @zacharyamorris.bsky.social explores the real costs of disability and how inclusive policies can help. Here: bit.ly/3X52r7j

Two parallels here: one is the cancelation of food aid for USAID which was provided by US farmers. The other is the broad attack on SNAP which already means more people will need food banks that Trump is also undermining. It is an assault on our he most vulnerable. open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...

It shouldn’t cost more to live with a disability but it does. Watch this keynote address to learn more about the “disability squeeze” youtu.be/WpYqNCVL8Zw?...

New, from me: They are trying to shove through the massive reconciliation bill as quickly as possible. Stepping back, the bill is: *an assault on the poor to benefit the richest *an assault on freedom *an assault on the future donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-the-re...

The truth is clear — the Senate Republican reconciliation bill will hurt people in every state if enacted. Senators who vote for it are responsible for its impact ⬇️

This is a Hall of Fame reader comment on a very reactionary op-ed about Zohran Mamdani's victory that was published in my local paper today.

Can't help but feel we're living through an increasingly existential war between spectacle and substance with spectacle winning battle after battle after battle.

Imagine how massive the tax breaks for billionaires must be when cutting $700B from Medicaid, $500B from Medicare, and $300B in food assistance STILL leaves a $4T deficit.

Today comes the first, but almost certainly not the last, GAO opinion finding an Impoundment Control Act violation by the Trump Administration. www.gao.gov/products/b-3...

This reported SALT deal and accelerated Medicaid cuts would make the bill even more effective at transferring resources from low-income to high-income households.

The CBO finds that if the Reconciliation Bill goes through: -7.6 million people would lose coverage because of Medicaid changes -1 million would lose it because of changes to the ACA from E&C -2.1 million would lose it because of changes by Ways and Means www.cbo.gov/publication/...

This Republican budget bill is SO bad. What it would do to health care, to education, while enshrining Trump's abuses of power... It'd legit be the worst legislation since the Patriot Act era. PLEASE, call your Rep, whoever they are. Use the link to find out who they are. Tell them to vote no.

Republicans want to add a huge administrative hurdle to a program that keeps millions of Americans out of poverty as a "backdoor cut"

This is just not true. The majority view among researchers at this point is that work requirements do not work. There is a reason they do not cite a single study here.

👇 This is exactly why Schedule F is so destructive. More here: donmoynihan.substack.com/p/here-is-a-...

By all available evidence work requirements don’t work—instead they basically serve to ensnare eligible recipients and prevent them from getting benefits. www.axios.com/2025/05/13/m...

Work loss penalties, which are administrative burdens, help no one except greedy tax dodgers. They especially don't help disabled people. I lost my medicaid due to administrative burdens. Many will suffer the same fate. #ProtectMedicaid www.americanprogress.org/article/how-...

Juniors: "so now that test is over we're just doing movies and 🍿 the rest of the way, right?" Me: 😎

This is America.

A report from the scene of a horrifying kidnapping on the streets of Worcester, MA today by @billshaner.bsky.social www.welcometohellworld.com/they-dont-ne...

In one email to Veterans Affairs HQ, doctors in Pennsylvania said a hiring freeze was causing “severe and immediate impacts” and that more than 1,000 veterans would lose access to treatment for cancer, kidney disease and traumatic brain injuries.

Don’t be fooled by the claims in the “skinny budget” that Social Security is being protected. The Trump Admin is continuing to cut the Social Security Administration and harm the older & disabled people who rely on it to access their benefits. 🧵

Good reporting on how policy affects the lives of regular people

I am very honoured to share that I will be joining the faculty at Stony Brook University’s School of Social Welfare this fall. I am so grateful to have a position where I can continue to study work and labor policies as a social determinant of health and economic security for working families. 🧵

New Disability Squeeze Episode: I talk with @matthewborus.bsky.social on federal executive actions impacting disability policy. Matt offers a clear roadmap for understanding the stakes and explains why every policy tweak matters. 🎧 Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/7el7...

Another devastating cut to research that would help people. “Vasan Ramachandran is baffled. A cardiologist and veteran of the famed Framingham Heart Study, he is struggling to understand why a similar study he brought to life in 10 rural counties across four Southern states is facing elimination.”

Here is a list of critical federal health programs for families that they want to cut. Without these programs families will have fewer resources to care for loved ones, young and old. Those on the edge will fall into poverty. Call your reps.

A Lancet preprint estimates that if US funding is cut and not replaced, from 2025-2040 there will be 15.2 mil add'l AIDS deaths, 2.2 mil add'l TB deaths, 7.9 mil add'l child deaths from other causes, and 40-55 mil add'l unplanned pregnancies. @altusaid.altgov.info papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Thanks to Elon Musk and his nighttime crew of computer hackers and misanthropes at DOGE, the door is closing on chances for countless young adults with disabilities to live with dignity and self-sufficiency. We must stop this fanatical destruction of opportunity for young people with disabilities.

The House-passed budget plan advances deep cuts to #Medicaid and #SNAP, which could force millions to lose food and health care so wealthy households and businesses can get large tax breaks. More from @sharonparrott.bsky.social: www.cbpp.org/press/statem...

New paper in @jpube.bsky.social: Changing SSDI work incentives by replacing a cash cliff—where people lose their benefits by earning even $1 above a threshold—with a benefit offset does not affect work activity (using an RCT with 10,000 SSDI beneficiaries). The key question then is why! 1/5

Important new work by Michael Levere, David Wittenburg, and John T. Jones.

No one I know is against having full supply chains for meds happen in the US. There are already shortages that happen due to international supply chain issues. But, the sudden surge in cost and shortages hurts chronically ill and disabled people.

1/ Trump has gutted the Admin. for Community Living (ACL), a lifeline for 2,500+ orgs. Its grants supported local Independent Living Centers, dev. disabilities councils, respite care & more—helping people with disabilities & older adults live independently. www.disabilityscoop.com/2025/04/03/h...

This is absolutely devastating for public health, for scientific integrity, for innovation, for all Americans. I can't string together more coherent thoughts - just absolutely devastating.

New episode of The Disability Squeeze podcast up on guaranteed income programs: open.spotify.com/episode/1r18...

very important and I've been hearing the same

The Administration for Community Living, housed in HHS, is shutting down. I spoke to disability experts for @motherjones.com about questions they have for what’s next, the services ACL provides, and how this move may lead to more folks being institutionalized. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

"Millions of people who are financially comfortable now may be just one bad break away from needing Medicaid for themselves or a member of their immediate family." www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/y...

The richest man in the world took over $5K out of this guy's bank account, claiming he was dead. The richest man in the world said he was saving money. He was not dead.

SSI is a lifeline for kids who need it. It's the only federal income support for families caring for children w/disabilities & reaches only the lowest-income & most severely impaired children--Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, blindness & more. www.cbpp.org/research/soc...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is reportedly going to stop allowing people without Social Security numbers (SSNs) to serve as "representative payees" for beneficiaries who need help managing their benefits. This risks benefit interruption for thousands. www.govexec.com/management/2...

The cuts underway at the Social Security Administration could wind up breaking critical parts of a system that millions of the nation's most vulnerable citizens rely on — including nearly 90% of Americans over age 65.

USDA cancels $18 million in funding for school meals and food banks in Minnesota minnesotareformer.com/2025/03/11/u...

I’m Jewish and the son of Jewish refugees who immigrated to America, so some might accuse me of seeing antisemitism where it doesn’t exist. So it’s sadly reassuring to see that the great historian Timothy Snyder saw the Oval Office debacle the way I did: open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

Attention SF/Bay Area folks: If you're looking for something to do tomorrow evening, I'm going to be on a panel speaking on how disabled and chronically ill people are being impacted by the Trump admin. www.eventbrite.com/e/the-bay-ag...

Wow—this is the first in-depth public account from a Social Security exec about the DOGE takeover at SSA. It’s scary. It’s a must-read if SSA has your most sensitive data…yes, that means you. wapo.st/3DsqvLj