If you had a sense that kicking people off of Medicaid would be bad for their health, that is only scratching the surface of how bad Trump's policies will be for public health in America. @jbarofsky.bsky.social‬ & @pamherd.bsky.social do a deep dive. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-trumps...

During the pandemic the Labor Department suggested states create "pseudo records" to track unemployment fraud while protecting identity theft victims -- basically, records of real fraud tied to make-believe people. This week DOGE discovered those make-believe people. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/u...

“The fraudsters in many ways in 2020 were light years ahead of where states were internally in terms of understanding the dark web and how to buy people’s identities. And that’s been catching up.” — @jenphillips.bsky.social of the @digitalbenefits.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/u...

“They are undermining the belief that federal agencies and states protect taxpayers’ dollars.” #unemployment #econsky www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/u...

Proud to see my colleague @jenphillips.bsky.social with @aimstettner.bsky.social & @micheleevermore.bsky.social in the @nytimes.com setting the record straight on UI fraud claims, how fed gov & states worked to balance security & access, and the capacity states need. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/u...

“It’s not that the federal government missed this fraud, but that the states need continued investment to fight it.”

New, from me: Musk is not just destroying core government functions, he is also destroying the tech capacity of government. The people with serious tech skills who care about fixing govt have been fired. Both 18F and the US Digital Service are gone. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/skilled-te...

The digital infrastructure of the United States Government is both critical and fragile. Many of us who work in digital government have been trying to figure out what’s going on as norms and protocols are being subverted — Thread on some of what we know so far:

📺 Watch 13 motivating #BenCon2024 presentations from cross-sector leaders on charting the course to excellence in digital delivery of vital public benefits programs. digitalgovernmenthub.org/publications... #civictech #govtech #publicinterest #design #identity #ai #cx #snap #wic #tanf #ui #medicaid