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Senate, we’re going down swinging
The Senate Finance Committee has released its reconciliation legislation, which raises Medicaid and Marketplace cuts to $900 billion and reduces health…
You can’t handle the truth
The potential coverage losses are mounting for low- and moderate-income Americans eligible for Medicaid and Marketplace coverage today.
Death by a thousand cuts (ACA Version)
As the Senate considers the House’s reconciliation bill, Medicaid advocates worry one in 10 Medicaid enrollees will lose coverage, children among them.

May 2025

Night moves: Congress poised to strip close to $1T in Medicaid funding
Between moving up work requirements and cutting billions in federal funding, states and Medicaid beneficiaries are about to experience a jolt to the…
Long day’s journey into night reconciliation markup
With budget reconciliation, new CMS guidance, HHS Secretary testimony and more, Medicaid policy watchers are reaching for their next extra-large cup of…
CBO knows the budget woes I’ve seen
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that upward of 8.6 million Americans will lose health coverage if the GOP moves forward with budget cuts.
She works hard for the money
And so do millions of Americans who rely on Medicaid to make their health care affordable. Cuts to the public health insurance program threaten to…

April 2025

Honey, I shrunk the budget
As states grapple with proposed Medicaid cuts, Manatt Health has a new tool to help Medicaid directors model the financial impact on their states.
Stand down, draw down
Section 1115 funding initiatives approved under prior administrations will not be extended or renewed if they’re not “directly tied to healthcare…
Stand under my (reorganized) umbrella
All eyes are on the federal government as it moves programs and reduces head count.
Trump administration RIFs on downsizing strategy
Experts and federal employees worry there’s little strategy to the president’s mass layoffs.

March 2025

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