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Register for our next (9-10:30 AM Friday, May 15th) federal funding webinar (English, Spanish)
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Resources from Last week's webinar
On May 8th we talked about:
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State:
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Deal that would reduce long-term revenue for short term spending increases possible
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Congress:
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Federal budget,
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What’s in the 2026 Reconciliation bill,
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what health care cuts and changes are being floated for a 2027 reconciliation bill,
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HSAs as a health care policy,
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impacts on ACA coverage and health care providers because of ACA subsidy expiration.
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Policy changes the administration is making:
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CMS withholds another $91M in Medicaid funding from Minnesota,
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Minnesota Medicaid funding freeze puts pressure on people who rely on services,
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Three policies that are reviving old ideas
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Continued coverage of impacts of HR
- Nebraska implements prove you’re working/exempt requirements,
- States where voters forced Medicaid expansion are hoping strict work requirements will reduce how many people are in Medicaid,
- Low income workers face new challenges that could impact coverage,
- Study shows the “truly needy” won’t be spared from Medicaid cuts,
- States looking to reduce Medicaid spending may change what drugs are covered,
- Why 4.3M people have already lost food stamps.
Links to articles included in the presentation
- Wisconsin State Government
- Congress
- Has Congress become irrelevant in the federal budget process it’s supposed to drive?
- What’s in the 2026 reconciliation bill? (Politico, Reconciliation bill text from Judiciary committee, Reconciliation bill text from Homeland Security committee)
- Republicans see high-risk plans as the future of health insurance
- Millions losing ACA plan coverage because subsidies were not extended
- Impact on ACA plan losses and switches to lower quality coverage shifts to hospitals
- Federal administrative changes
- Minnesota: Trump administration defers $91M more Medicaid funds, citing fraud vulnerabilities
- Medicaid Fraud Crackdown Puts Pressure On People Relying On Services
- Three policies reviving old stigmas and segregation as a solution
- New CDC Messaging May Be Eroding Trust In Vaccines
- Deadline Looms For Healthcare Providers To Improve Accessibility
- Continued coverage of impact of HR 1
- Nebraska will be the first test of how many people lose insurance—and who they are. (Bullwark, NBC, CBPP)
- Nebraska’s Medicaid work requirements
- In states where voters expanded Medicaid, Legislatures are using work rules to shrink program
- How algorithms wreaked havoc with these workers’ schedules and cut their pay
- Will Medicaid Cuts Spare the ‘Truly Needy’? History suggests they won’t, a study finds
- What happens when coverage is cut? (Millbank Quarterly)
- ‘There’s a quiet crisis’: NC families, advocates plead for greater disability services investment
- Another way states cut Medicaid spending: decide what drugs to cover (or not)
- Why 4.3 Million People No Longer Receive Food Stamps (hint, HR 1)