Amanda Ptashkin

These Health Centers Are Supposed to Make Care Affordable. One Has Sued Patients for as Little as $59 in Unpaid Bills. Federally funded community health centers receive grants in exchange for serving patients regardless of their ability to pay. But ProPublica found at least five across the country garnishing patients’...

Community health centers were created to be medical safety nets for people who struggle to afford primary care.

But we found that several are suing patients and garnishing their paychecks – which experts say contradicts their mission.

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The Big Bad Bill: What You Could Lose Overnight - Community Catalyst Behind the slogans, the reconciliation bill is a direct attack on our care. Imagine waking up to find your coverage gone, your hospital closed, or your Behind the slogans, the reconciliation bill is a...

🚨The Senate just voted to take health care from more than 16 million people so corporations & billionaires can get tax breaks.

This isn’t reform—it’s a brutal attack on the care millions of working people rely on just to survive. Here are 5 ways this bill threatens our care >> commcat.io/3SWvvMo

How to secure your phone before attending a protest Here are some privacy measures you can take

If your plans for this weekend involve being outdoors voicing your displeasure with *gestures* the entire situation, just sayin', my colleagues have a guide that you should read.

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Despite spelling bee not recognizing Medicaid as the life saving, essential safety net it is, it seems appropriate that today is the day to let Congress know #handsoffmedicaid #savemedicaid ! Call your congressfolk at 866-426-2631 and demand they oppose cuts and oppose adding harmful restrictions

Hi! I work w/ folks in AR & GA (am ATL based) & can help! Work requirements fall on the enrollee. The administrative burden is heavy and leads to disenrollment (like we saw when 18k lost coverage under AR's work reqs) or fails to get folks enrolled (like GA Pathways that only enrolled ~4k in a year)

Most Medicaid enrollees who are not elderly or disabled are already working. The vast majority of those who aren't are not working due to illness, caregiving responsibilities, or school.

www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...

In addition to the usual proposals — work requirements, spending caps — the House Budget Committee Chair explicitly names more frequent eligibility redeterminations in Medicaid, processes that screen out both ineligible and eligible people from the program.

By the way, I made this starter pack of some of my colleagues who do health policy related research at KFF and other think tanks & research organizations. If you’d like to be added let me know!
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