tell folks Republicans defunded Medicaid in their own states out of spite; even though BY LAW ALL SOUTHERN STATES would have received billions from the federal government for the $0 insurance programs that are part of the Medicaid expansion program.
Medicaid & Medicare go hand-in-hand ESPECIALLY in poorer states & districts that went to Trump.
"Nearly 1.7 million Texans have lost their health insurance — the largest number of people any state has removed — in the months since Texas began peeling people from Medicaid as part of the post-pandemic “unwinding.” Around 65% of these removals occurred because of procedural reasons, according to the state."
The Children's Partnership has released a community outreach toolkit, ALL IN to Keep Kids Covered, designed to help schools, child care providers, and other child and family champions share information about the Medi-Cal renewal process with families.
especially if you change jobs every 2-3 years. once in the system, NYC health advocates can help you navigate a lot of bureaucracy, like signing up for temp #Medicaid between jobs
@exchgr
20+ year PCP here- #primarycare has been going down the drain (#enshittification) long before #amazon got involved so (so far) they are more of a symptom than cause.
Plenty of good articles in past few years explaining it but #healthinsurers AND #medicare and #medicaid are big drivers of this so don't kid yourself that nationalizing it will be any better. #MedMastodon
Effective today, thanks to N.C. Democrats, about 600,000 North Carolinians become eligible for #Medicaid who weren't previously. Roughly half of them will be enrolled automatically and begin receiving coverage. Well done, #NCDems!
"Millions of people nationwide have lost Medicaid benefits after a pandemic-era mandate for coverage expired in March — most of them for administrative reasons unrelated to their actual eligibility. Even the Biden administration and state officials had braced for complications in the historic unwinding of the continuous enrollment requirement, and had assured the public they would guard against such lapses."
Today Nov 16 is the launch of Cruel Virginia Medicaid. My website https://cruelvirginiamedicaid.org/ warns and informs the hundreds of thousands of Virginia Medicaid holders soon to be purged from Medicaid, as I was. The most vulnerable are removed even though tens of thousands are actually eligible!
Track with me the progress with simple numbers and charts I make that taxpayers and voters will not find in the DMAS tracker.
'#MAGA Mike #Johnson' Wants Commission to Cut Socia lSecurity Formed 'Immediately'
Social Security Works said that the new House speaker's "NUMBER ONE priority is to cut our earned benefits behind closed doors."
When Republicans elected Louisiana Congressman Mike Johnson as speaker last week, critics quickly sounded the alarm about his previous calls to cut trillions of dollars from #SocialSecurity, #Medicare, and #Medicaid
Profit-Hungry Middlemen Are Restricting Vital Medicaid to Children in Florida
Florida has outsourced Medicaid decisions on children’s therapy to a private company, depriving kids from low-income families of vital care. The company, Health Network One, could now expand to other states.
Senate President Ty Masterson and House Speaker Dan Hawkins oppose Medicaid expansion. Their deception is both a wildly inaccurate portrayal of uninsured Kansas who could benefit from Medicaid expansion.
By allowing insurers to outsource #Medicaid decisions to a profit-hungry middleman, therapists and children say Florida’s left them with no say over vital medical care.
#Emmer (MN), the #House maj whip, was elected as the #GOP pick on a 5th ballot in an internal race that drew 9 #Republicans. It’s not clear, however, that he has enough support to be elected on the House floor. To prevail, Emmer would need a majority of the full chamber.
Emmer, who has been in #Congress since 2015, previously chaired the #National Republican Congressional Cmte — the House campaign arm — for 4 yrs.
Despite the fact that #MikeJohnson is opposed to both #SocialSecurity & #Medicare / #Medicaid, he represents one of the #poorest congressional districts in the nation. Acc/to an analysis of U.S. #Census data by the Center for American Progress, >160k people in #Louisiana’s 4th Congressional District were living in #poverty in 2022. That’s about 22% of all district residents.
"Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s new health plan for low-income adults has enrolled only 1,343 people through the end of September about three months after launching...The program’s creeping progress reflects fundamental flaws as compared to Medicaid expansions in other states, including the extra burden of submitting and verifying work hours, experts say."
"A North Texas school district plans to open a new school-based health clinic to serve its students covered by Medicaid, despite concerns from certain parents that the district is overstepping its role.
Leaders in the Denton ISD say the clinic will make health care more readily available for its students — 49% of whom are eligible for the federal free or reduced price lunch program, an indicator of economic hardship."
> The children are among the more than 8.5 million people in the U.S. who have lost Medicaid benefits this year, according to data analyzed by health policy research group KFF.
"Texas and an anonymous anti-abortion activist are urging a federal judge to uphold federal and state whistleblower laws against a challenge by Planned Parenthood, which has said the laws are unconstitutional in a bid to defeat a $1.8 billion fraud lawsuit they have filed against it."
Legislative leaders spread biased tropes about disabled Kansans in crusade against Medicaid - Kansas Reflector (kansasreflector.com)
Senate President Ty Masterson and House Speaker Dan Hawkins oppose Medicaid expansion. Their deception is both a wildly inaccurate portrayal of uninsured Kansas who could benefit from Medicaid expansion.