Wesley Sanders

This is a crock of shit. The ACA already prohibits federal dollars from being used to pay for abortion.

ACA plans which cover abortion even include a separate $1/mo fee which the insurance carriers have to be kept segregated from the rest of their revenue in a separate bank account.

I’m serious.

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“The ballroom is really the president’s main priority” is also what Bill Moyers said when audio of LBJ speaking with his tailor about his special pants request leaked.

A giant stack of papers, about 1/2 the size of an apple, on a counter.

Are we doing "The ACA Sucks" Discourse again?

I'm going to guess most people hating on it from the left have never received a hospital bill the size of book; I put the apple there for scale.

That's the $1.3 million bill my kid incurred in his first ~94 days. Why does that make me respect the ACA?

Anyway, what we're talking about is, this is what you wrote about one of the most important legislative achievements since the 1960s, which is responsible for over 40 million Americans currently having health care.

And yet, NYT is somehow paying you to be an economics reporter. This is not normal.

I support everyone giving vast sums of money to Andrew Cuomo. It’s the “lighting a million quid on fire” art piece but this time performed by the worst people in the world.

you think that’s something? There’s an alarming correlation no one is talking about that the longer someone is on Medicare, the more likely they are to die.

as a christian, one thing i love about trump is that he explicitly rejects the teachings of jesus

Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Program Spent Twice as Much on Administrative Costs as on Health Care, GAO Says Republican lawmakers cite Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage as a national model for federal Medicaid work requirements that are set to take effect in 2027. A new report shows the program has spent at lea...

NEW: GOP lawmakers cite Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage as a national model for federal Medicaid work requirements that are set to take effect in 2027.

A new report shows the program has spent twice as much on administrative costs as on health care.

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The Political Scene | The New Yorker The Washington Roundtable is joined by the former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Keren Yarhi-Milo, the dean of the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, to discuss...

Jimmy Kimmel and other late-night comedians have certainly said things about me that I found offensive, even outrageous.

It never crossed my mind to call up the networks and say, "Hey, get rid of this guy."

Because that's not how America works.
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This is something that I think needs to be said more for the young people. This shit got worse. Google was more useful in 2006 than it is today. Meemaw and Peepaw regularly post shit on Facebook that would have got you banned from Newgrounds.

From the liquidation order… it’s shocking they didn’t get shut down sooner. The word “mandatory” in “mandatory control level” apparently doesn’t mean what I think it means.

I wonder if CMS or states will ever push back on this nonsense.

I’ve been driving electric since 2014 when my Nissan Leaf got 75 miles to a full charge. Even then the range wasn’t a problem for the vast majority of my driving needs.

It has been the honor of my life to serve as Commissioner of BLS alongside the many dedicated civil servants tasked with measuring a vast and dynamic economy. It is vital and important work and I thank them for their service to this nation.

The House has passed the giant GOP tax and budget bill - next stop is the White House.

The final vote was 218-214.
2 GOP lawmakers voted 'No' - Massie KY and Fitzpatrick PA.

No Dems voted for the bill.

One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Winners and Losers in the Medicaid Provisions Federal legislation almost always creates winners and losers.  The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, now before the Senate, is no exception.  Overall, the OBBBA as passed by the House will redi…

Only "winners" from draconian #Medicaid cuts are firms like Deloitte getting contracts to design complex, burdensome work reporting requirements. Beneficiaries, providers and states are all big losers. My colleagues @joanalker1.bsky.social & Andy Schneider explain: ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/06/26/o...

Can you help me understand why funding violates the Byrd rule? I get why the non-Hyde abortion language was struck but funding CSR seems very germane to the budget.

Republicans’ “One Big, Beautiful Bill” Includes Additional Provisions That Violate the Byrd Rule | U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget The Official U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget

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CSR funding dies a victim of the Byrd Bath.

In Tennessee, Ambetter (also known as centene) is filing some plans under the Bankers Reserve Life Insurance Company of Wyoming subsidiary. Corporate structures are wild.

TN filings are out on their SERFF public access FYI

Assuming the CBO’s interpretation is correct, it’s an interesting policy choice that the GOP would effectively be giving more subsidy money (in the form of APTC) to states if they mandate abortion coverage.

BHP Programs, state premium subsidy, state CSR, state individual mandates… I find so often when I’m doing analysis that these confounds really matter but I always end up just DuckDuckGoing these…

I’m thinking of how one would structure a database of state policy decisions affecting the ACA. I.e. Medicaid expansion enactment date, FFM v SBM dates, new EHBs, 1332 reinsurance, silver loading rules, etc. What other kinds of policy data points am I missing?

The way I read the bill was that it was just codifying that CSRs couldn’t be used for non-Hyde abortion services, not that in those states, CSR isn’t funded at all. But I trust CBO knows how to read a bill better than I do.

Reading the CBO estimates on BBB and this part surprised me: it seems to me they’re saying CSRs wouldn’t be funded in states where non-Hyde abortion is required to be covered, so silver loading would continue.

Since non-Hyde abortion isn’t an EHB I assume it wasn’t covered before either.

Understanding Marketplace "Silver Loading" Christen Linke Young explains a new proposal regarding cost-sharing reductions and how it could impact families who get coverage through the ACA.

Latest House bill text includes another blow to the ACA, ending “silver loading.” That would increase premiums by $350 for a hypothetical family. Here’s why: www.brookings.edu/articles/und...