NEW: Most of the Medicaid cuts passed by congressional Republicans last year don't take effect until after the midterms, but the Trump's signature law is already squeezing state Medicaid programs. In Idaho, one service on the possible chopping block is home care for people with disabilities.

I talked w/ uniformed health workers about their deployments to prisons where ICE holds immigrants. ICE's operation is especially secretive at Guantanamo -- the place where America flouted its own rules to torture detainees post 9/11. @wired.com and @kffhealthnews.org (no paywall)

A premium that’s more than a mortgage and a deductible that’s too high to meet. The rising cost of health care is pushing middle-income people to the brink. @renukarayasam.bsky.social reports ⤵️ kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

We previously reported that the number of people receiving treatment at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center - known as America's research hospital - declined from February-April. Since then, I obtained newer data through mid-August. And it's gotten worse. youtube.com/shorts/yT5Vc...