The Administration acknowledged that it will stop the survey that measures food insecurity, just as tariffs push up food prices and the deep cuts to food assistance enacted in July start to take effect. Congress must intervene to save these vital data. www.wsj.com/economy/trum...

Despite claims to the contrary, premium tax credits are well targeted to people with low & moderate incomes who need the most help with health costs. Three-quarters of people getting the credits have incomes below 300% FPL (~$47K for an individual). >90% have incomes below 400% FPL (~$63K)

NC uninsured rate dropped by 0.7 ppt in 2024, opposite the natl increase of 0.3 ppt. Why? Because NC expanded Medicaid! Medicaid enrollment rose by 14% in NC, while falling in every other state (down 12% nationally). SD expanded in 2023 and saw a drop, but not stat sig. tinyurl.com/yc7pjf96

Today’s ACS data show health coverage inequities increased in 2024 for Black & Latino ppl, and ppl with low and moderate incomes. These trends were likely driven by the drop in Medicaid enrollment. tinyurl.com/yttxmmp5

Census’ American Community Survey: the 2024 uninsured rate increased to 8.2%, up from its 7.9% low in 2023. ACA marketplace policies like enhanced premium tax credits partly cushioned Medicaid enrollment declines due to unwinding of a COVID-era provision. More here: tinyurl.com/3mc8hhm9

Stay tuned for Census’ American Community Survey (ACS) release on Thursday. The ACS has a large sample and consistent methodology. It measures uninsured status at a point in time, while the CPS counts people as uninsured only if they lack coverage the entire year. tinyurl.com/bdfadufc

As always, today's CPS data release shows that states that expanded Medicaid under the ACA had MUCH lower uninsured rates than the 10 holdout states that still haven’t expanded. tinyurl.com/bdfadufc

In a troubling finding, CPS data show that the uninsured rate for Black people rose significantly in 2024, potentially reflecting the fact that Medicaid is a disproportionately important source of coverage. tinyurl.com/bdfadufc

The 2024 CPS data reflected steep Medicaid coverage loss due to unwinding of a COVID-related Medicaid protection, partly offset by ACA marketplace gains due to enhanced premium tax credits and other policies. Those credits will expire soon if not extended. tinyurl.com/yc3rt45t

The 2024 uninsured rate held steady at 8%, statistically unchanged from 2023 & 2022, according to Census’ Current Population Survey (CPS). But looking ahead, 15 million more ppl will be uninsured under the R megabill and other policies. See our live blog on today’s Census data: tinyurl.com/bdfadufc

We released a new interactive graphic showing key implementation dates for various provisions of the reconciliation law, including cuts to health care and other programs: www.cbpp.org/research/fed...

#Medicaid is a lifeline for more than 71 million people. Marking its 60th birthday with more than $900B in cuts isn't the celebration many of us had in mind, but Medicaid will continue to be a core part of our nation's health system.

The vast majority of the >23 million ACA marketplace enrollees will face substantial out-of-pocket premium increases in 2026 if Congress doesn’t extend the enhanced premium tax credits soon.

This effectively repeals Medicaid expansion in only a few years. New analysis here: cbpp.org/research/med...

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/ifn0l6...

New Congressional Budget Office (CBO) numbers confirm what we already knew – the reconciliation bill is getting worse, not better. The Senate bill will cut health care more deeply than the House bill and leave more people uninsured. www.cbo.gov/publication/...

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.

Senate Republican leaders appear to be barreling ahead with their harmful reconciliation bill. Reminder that the Republican health agenda would take us backward on covering the uninsured, largely reversing #ACA gains. 👎 (h/t @pkrugman.bsky.social for the graphic idea)

The Senate is barreling toward a vote on an unfinished bill that wld take away health coverage & food assistance from millions, raise families’ costs, & make ppl in our nation worse off. There’s still time for senators to say no to this bill. My statement: www.cbpp.org/press/statem...

The White House is touting tax benefits for tipped workers in the reconciliation bill, but 2 million tipped workers could be among those at risk of losing health coverage because of the #Medicaid and #ACA marketplace cuts in the bill. (1/3) www.nbcwashington.com/news/busines...

As Senate Republican leaders rush their bill to a vote, they are focused on band-aid fixes to clear process hurdles. Instead, they should stop moving forward with harmful legislation that takes health care away from millions of people.

Now that I'm verified on BlueSky (‼️), I want to highlight how rural communities will be harmed by the GOP's budget bill and why people shouldn't just "get over it" or that "we're all going to die." See my piece on the impact on rural economies: www.cbpp.org/research/fed...

This suggests that Republicans may add yet another deeply harmful health care cut to the Senate bill – a cut that would take health coverage away from even more people, shift massive, unaffordable costs to states, & could even lead some states to end their #Medicaid expansion.

Health care providers would lose $1 trillion in revenues and uncompensated care would increase $278 billion between 2025-34 due to House Republican reconciliation bill and expiration of premium tax credits. (1/3) www.urban.org/research/pub...

House Republicans passed a bill this morning that fails the people they promised to help. It would raise costs on families across the country, making it harder for them to meet basic needs & weather life’s ups & downs — and give ever larger tax cuts to the wealthiest households.

House Republicans’ latest changes to the already harmful health provisions of their budget reconciliation bill layer on last minute cuts, swifter coverage losses, more cost increases, and restrictions on care.🧵 www.cbpp.org/research/hea...

By deleting a few imp words from the E&C bill, the reconciliation bill the Hse Rules cmte is likely to advance creates an unconscionable decision for states: end health coverage for lawfully residing immigrant kids & pregnant adults or face steep federal Medicaid funding cuts.

The House reconciliation bill would cut Medicaid by *at least* $600 billion - biggest Medicaid cut in history - and would put millions at risk of losing coverage or facing higher health care costs through work requirements and ACA changes: www.cbpp.org/research/hea...

House Republicans’ plan would take Medicaid from people who can’t meet burdensome work reporting rules, putting up to 14.4 million at risk of losing Medicaid coverage by 2034. State and district level estimates here: www.cbpp.org/research/hea...

The Ways and Means committee bill includes a slew of expansions of tax-advantaged health savings accounts – totaling more than $40 billion/10y – that mostly benefit high-income people and do nothing to address the problems people face affording care. www.cbpp.org/blog/five-re...

House Republican Energy & Commerce bill would cut #Medicaid funding to states that have wholly state-funded health coverage programs that allow people w/o a documented immigration status to get affordable health care.

House Republicans’ plan penalizes states that use their own funds to cover people without a documented immigration status. This doubles those states' portions of expansion costs if they maintain their programs. State level estimates of potential cuts here: www.cbpp.org/research/hea...

Medicaid cuts in the House E & C Cmte bill would take health coverage away from millions by slashing hundreds of billions of dollars in federal funds. Loss of coverage means diseases go untreated & families face exorbitant medical debt.🧵 energycommerce.house.gov/posts/chairm...

Expanding health savings accounts (HSAs) wld overwhelmingly benefit the wealthy. @gidlukens.bsky.social shares 5 reasons lawmakers should reject expansions of HSAs & put federal resources toward expanding health coverage, increasing affordability & improving equity: www.cbpp.org/blog/five-re...

You can’t cut hundreds of billions from #Medicaid without harming people. New CBO analysis confirms proposals House Republican have floated would leave millions uninsured, each slashing billions from Medicaid w/ $170b-$472B in cuts coming from lower enrollment . www.cbo.gov/system/files...

Continuing @centeronbudget.bsky.social's week of posting to #ProtectMedicaid ahead of next weeks’ House mark up of policies to cut Medicaid, here are some thoughts on how repealing enrollee protections and adding more red tape to Medicaid will harm kids, seniors, and people with disabilities.

Sens. Moreno and Hawley have it right: Cuts to Medicaid expansion funding are indeed cuts. House Republicans are heading down a path that would terminate coverage for millions of people, and it's a path that key R senators don't want to take.

Next week, the House committee with jurisdiction will consider legislation to cut hundreds of billions from #Medicaid. This week, @CenteronBudget highlighting how the policies will take coverage away from people and weaken our health care system. #ProtectMedicaid

Recent cuts eliminated a small, specialized workforce that sets the poverty standards determining who is eligible for Medicaid as well as assistance with food, home heating, child care, and more. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

See our updated state level estimates of the Medicaid coverage gap, which prevents 1.5 million uninsured, low-income adults from accessing affordable health coverage in states that haven't expanded: www.cbpp.org/research/hea...

Let’s be clear: in this budget framework there is no way to cut $1.5 trillion in spending while protecting health coverage through Medicaid and food assistance through SNAP. x.com/haleytalbotc...

Trump’s Council of Economic Advisers released a report touting the so-called “benefits” of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). This claim is false, and I have written a post explaining why: (1/4) www.cbpp.org/blog/the-201...

The team at HHS that produces the annual federal poverty guideline was eliminated on 4/1. These are used to determine eligibility for major federal & state safety net programs such as SNAP, Medicaid, and child care subsidies. Numbers released in Jan 2025: aspe.hhs.gov/topics/pover...

The new budget resolution hurts families with deep cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and student loans, while showering massive tax breaks on the wealthy. It also runs up trillions of dollars in deficits while using a preposterous budgetary gimmick to hide part of the cost.

Millions of people would pay higher premiums, deductibles, & other health costs under rule changes the Trump Admin has proposed for the #ACA marketplaces. @gidlukens.bsky.social explains more: www.cbpp.org/research/hea...

New CBPP state fact sheets with estimates for how Republican Medicaid policies would cut people's coverage, shift costs to states, and slash billions in health care funding: www.cbpp.org/research/hea...

This Sunday marks 15 years since the #ACA became law! 🎉But instead of a birthday present, the Administration’s approach to #ACA marketplace policy feels like a trip in the Wayback Machine.

We are coming up on 15 years since enactment of the #ACA. The law has helped millions gain coverage, reduced millions of people’s costs, and improved access to care. The law also narrowed coverage gaps across racial and ethnic groups, geography, and for LGBTQ+ communities.

New paper from @aorris.bsky.social & Elizabeth Zhang shows how proposed Medicaid cuts would harm enrollees. It includes state level estimates of Medicaid per capita caps targeting the expansion population. www.cbpp.org/research/hea...