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Register for our next (9-10 AM Friday, January 23rd) federal funding webinar (English, Spanish)
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Resources from Last week's webinar
On January 16th we talked about:
- State Legislature, what are they doing (and not doing).
- Congress mulls federal 2026 budget, hits a snag with ACA subsidies, considers a 2nd reconciliation bill, and is running out of time before Jan. 30th to get something done.
- Policy changes the administration is making that impact people with disabilities and families, and continued coverage of impacts of HR 1.
Links to articles included in the presentation
- Wisconsin Legislative Fiscal Bureau (LFB) memo identifies $218 M shortfall for 22 appropriations where revenue from fees helps fund programs.
- LFB releases revenue projections noting higher tax revenue than expected, but also uncertainty that a CMS interpretation could result in a $792 M Medicaid shortfall in the 2025-27 budget.
- Enrollment in Affordable Care Act health plans drops in Wisconsin, nationwide
- Millions of Americans Are Expected To Drop Their Affordable Care Act Plans
- Federal 2026 Budget progress
- Is the Senate closer to an ACA deal (Maybe and No.)
- Senate group working on ACA subsidies says it won’t release bill language until the end of January
- The President says he may veto an extension of health care subsidies.
- The Senate doesn’t want keep ACA subsidies the same. So, what do they want to do?
- President releases health plan ideas (White House proposal)
- Megabill 2.0? These House Republicans have some ideas.
- ‘Brace for impact’: Trump turns fraud into new weapon against blue states
- Judge Blocks Trump Officials From Freezing Billions in Social Services Funds
- Federal administrative changes
- A judge orders HHS to restore children’s health funding as a lawsuit continues
- Why it matters: Trump Administration Drops Medicaid Vaccine Reporting Requirements
- The New Federal Vaccine Schedule for Children: What Changed and What Are the Implications?
- Children’s Vaccine Schedule May Not Be The Last Of RFK Jr.’s Big Changes
- Ed Department pushing ahead with plan to offload special education
- Continued coverage of impact of Reconciliation bill
- Medicaid restrictions may lead to a million missed cancer screenings over two years: study (STAT article, Journal of American Medicaid Assn)
- GOP Cuts Will Cripple Medicaid Enrollment, Warns CEO of California’s Largest Public Health Plan
- Idaho: Governor proposes removing disability, dental services to cut Medicaid budget
- North Carolina: high costs to implement Medicaid work requirement
- NC lawmakers weigh how to deal with unfunded mandates, cuts as feds overhaul SNAP
- States Race To Launch Rural Health Transformation Plan