A new study estimates that in eight states – including Louisiana – the number of people buying subsidized insurance would drop by at least half if Congress doesn't extend provisions of the Affordable Care Act. @chatlanis.bsky.social reports for @statesnewsroom.com lailluminator.com/2025/09/23/r...

A new Trump administration rule bars immigrants living in the United States under DACA from buying health insurance from Affordable Care Act marketplaces. By @chatlanis.bsky.social @stateline.org

Via @chatlanis.bsky.social and @stateline.org: A new Trump administration rule bars immigrants living in the United States under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) from buying health insurance from Affordable Care Act marketplaces.

Via @chatlanis.bsky.social and @stateline.org: At least 17 states have taken steps to ensure broader access to the COVID-19 vaccine since last month, when the federal government significantly restricted eligibility for the shot.

More states protect access to the COVID vaccine as feds restrict eligibility stateline.org/2025/09/17/m...

At least 17 states have taken steps to ensure broader access to the COVID-19 vaccine since last month, when the federal government significantly restricted eligibility for the shot. @chatlanis.bsky.social reports: stateline.org/2025/09/17/m...

Trump’s new law will limit payments to hospitals that treat low-income patients, reports Shalina Chatlani @chatlanis.bsky.social for @stateline.org via @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2025/09/12/r...

Via @chatlanis.bsky.social and @stateline.org: Several states have announced breaks with restrictive eligibility policies from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on the newly approved COVID-19 vaccines for the fall season.

President Donald Trump’s new tax and spending law will likely force more than half the states to reduce payments to doctors and hospitals that treat Medicaid patients, a change critics say will be particularly harmful to rural hospitals. @chatlanis.bsky.social reports: stateline.org/2025/09/05/t...

Trump’s new law will limit payments to hospitals that treat low-income patients | #ksleg via @chatlanis.bsky.social kansasreflector.com/2025/09/06/r...

Via @chatlanis.bsky.social and @stateline.org: A combination of Trump administration policies will make health care coverage more expensive for people who purchase plans from health insurance marketplaces — and rural residents will be hit the hardest, according to a new analysis.

"Cutting help for families like mine — not being able to get the help — it will be very difficult.” Most refugees and asylees, who entered the country legally, are no longer eligible for food stamps. From @chatlanis.bsky.social newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/08/25/m...

President Donald Trump’s massive domestic policy law removes eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, otherwise known as food stamps, for most asylees and refugees, who enter the country legally. @chatlanis.bsky.social reports: stateline.org/2025/08/21/m...

Most refugees and asylees will be denied food stamps under Trump’s new law, reports Shalina Chatlani, @chatlanis.bsky.social, of @stateline.org, via @alaskabeacon.com: alaskabeacon.com/2025/08/21/m...

New work rules could deny food stamps to thousands of veterans. @chatlanis.bsky.social has the story for @stateline.org, republished at @wisconsinexaminer.com

Beginning in 2026, veterans will have to prove they are working, volunteering, participating in job training, or looking for work for at least 80 hours a month to keep their food stamps beyond three months, unless they qualify for another exemption, reports @chatlanis.bsky.social.

Via @chatlanis.bsky.social and @stateline.org: Critics say the recent elimination of work requirement exemptions for veterans fail to take into account the barriers many of them face, and that the new work rules will cause thousands of veterans to go hungry.

At least 12 states, including Colorado, have received federal approval to restrict recipients of SNAP from using their benefits to purchase certain foods such as soda and candy. Colorado is the first state led by a Democrat to receive the controversial waiver. By @chatlanis.bsky.social

@chatlanis.bsky.social reports: Beginning in 2026, military veterans will have to prove they are working, volunteering, participating in job training, or looking for work for at least 80 hours a month to keep their food stamps, unless they qualify for another exemption. stateline.org/2025/08/12/n...

Beginning in 2026, veterans will have to prove they are working, volunteering, participating in job training, or looking for work for at least 80 hours a month to keep their food stamps beyond three months. @chatlanis.bsky.social reports for @stateline.org lailluminator.com/2025/08/12/s...

From @chatlanis.bsky.social: At least 12 states have received federal approval to restrict recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, from using their benefits to purchase certain foods such as soda and candy. stateline.org/2025/08/11/a...

Via @chatlanis.bsky.social and @stateline.org: If federal lawmakers hew to Trump’s budget vision, then state and county public health departments would be hit hard. States contribute to their own health departments, but a lot of them rely heavily on federal funding.

"Medical or law school students hoping to get unsubsidized federal loans — in which the borrower is responsible for paying the interest at all times rather than the government — will only be able to borrow $50,000 per year, with a $200,000 lifetime cap." @chatlanis.bsky.social via @stateline.org

State public health departments fear looming federal cuts in Trump’s next budget. @chatlanis.bsky.social of @stateline.org reports.

If Congress hews to President Trump’s vision for health funding cuts, then state and county public health departments would be hit hard. States contribute to their own health departments, but a lot of them rely heavily on federal funding. From @chatlanis.bsky.social: stateline.org/2025/07/28/s...

Medical students will be barred from borrowing more than $50,000 per year, with a $200,000 lifetime cap. @chatlanis.bsky.social reports: stateline.org/2025/07/25/s...

As the federal government and states move to cut about $1 trillion over the next decade from Medicaid, researchers estimate annual impacts by 2034 of hundreds of thousands of jobs lost and billions less in state and local tax revenue. From @chatlanis.bsky.social: stateline.org/2025/07/23/m...

Via @chatlanis.bsky.social and @stateline.org: The new law provides states $200 million for fiscal year 2026 to get their systems up and running. But some experts say states will have difficulty meeting the deadline with that funding and worry enrollees might lose their health benefits as a result.

NEW: The country's top medical and public health professional societies are suing RFK Jr for unlawful anti-science changes to government vaccine guidelines.

A must read about what it's like to experience famine in Gaza, and the gauntlet of death and humiliation that is required to get food aid from Israel and the United States, who replaced a perfectly functional aid system with one that routinely kills Palestinians. www.npr.org/2025/07/06/g...

Medicaid cuts could be devastating for the Delta and the rest of rural America "There's nowhere to go": An inside look at how already struggling communities in Mississippi and Louisiana could be affected by the Medicaid cuts in the new federal tax and spending bill.

Via @chatlanis.bsky.social, Kim Krisberg & @stateline.org: In Louisiana, where almost half of residents depended on Medicaid in 2023, Medicaid cuts could cost the state up to $35 billion in federal Medicaid support over the next decade, according to KFF, a health policy research group.

Well, I guess it’s never too early to post this again —

Over 11.8M could lose #healthcare as Trump's #bigbeautifulbill would cut $1T from Medicaid over the next decade. People in the Delta say – national leaders are completely out of touch with the reality of what it’s like to live in rural America. @statesnewsroom.com stateline.org/2025/07/03/m...

Medicaid Cuts Could Be Devastating for the Delta and the Rest of Rural America The "big, beautiful bill" would cause 11.8 million more Americans to become uninsured by 2034.

Republicans target a tax that keeps state Medicaid programs running. @chatlanis.bsky.social‬ reports for @stateline.org

For the coming budget year, state lawmakers appropriated $1.1 billion from the taxes to support Missouri Medicaid services, drawing approximately $2.2 billion in federal support. #moleg #mogov via @chatlanis.bsky.social

The tax and spending bill the U.S. House approved last week targets a strategy states have used to boost the Medicaid dollars they get from the federal government. From @chatlanis.bsky.social of @stateline.org

Via @chatlanis.bsky.social and @stateline.org: The tax and spending bill the U.S. House approved last week targets a strategy states have used to boost the Medicaid dollars they get from the federal government.

Via @acvollers.bsky.social and @stateline.org: People with intellectual or developmental disabilities have suffered abuse, neglect and even death while under the care of private equity-owned providers, according to a recent report from watchdog group Private Equity Stakeholder Project.

Children’s health services could see trims even under scaled-back Medicaid cuts | via @chatlanis.bsky.social #ksleg

Via @chatlanis.bsky.social and @stateline.org: More than a dozen state Medicaid programs have opted to cover GLP-1s for obesity treatment, and the proposed Biden rule would have asked all states to figure out how to pay for them. Advocates fear these drugs may continue to be out of reach for many.

The mass layoffs at RFK's Department of Health and Human Services eradicated entire offices dedicated to ensuring health systems are kept operational and personal data is protected. Now HHS staff tell me the layoffs mean the system is on the brink of collapse www.wired.com/story/depart...

News: Diana Greene Foster, the MacArthur-winning author of the Turnaway Study, learned her NIH grant — funding a multi-year study on Dobbs' impact — has been pulled. She was told its bc the govt won't study "gender identity." Her work has shaped our understanding of abortion bans' consequences.

"States have to follow broad federal guidelines to receive federal funding. But they have significant flexibility in how they design and administer their programs." From @chatlanis.bsky.social of @stateline.org #NHPolitics

In recent months, Medicaid has increasingly come under the spotlight, so Stateline has put together a guide explaining what Medicaid is and how it operates. Check out our explainer from @chatlanis.bsky.social here: stateline.org/2025/04/07/r...