Michigan's health director spent a year and $30 million building a work requirements system for Medicaid. The problems he encountered have him worried now that 40 states must do the same by 2027.
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Michigan's health director spent a year and $30 million building a work requirements system for Medicaid. The problems he encountered have him worried now that 40 states must do the same by 2027.
08.08.2025 23:48 β π 275 π 83 π¬ 7 π 3Republicans are incompetent.
They sponge off the rest of us and pretend we're the problem.
Paul Dama left Nigeria after being kidnapped in 2018. His detention by ICE now feels like βa second kidnapping,β says his sister.
βI felt like someone just sucked my blood, my air. Like, how do you live?"
Access to health care in rural areas, already difficult, will become so much worse under the passed budget. @markey.senate.gov wrote to the administration identifying the 338 rural hospitals that are likely to close as a result of the devastating cuts to Medicaid. 28 are in rural California.
08.07.2025 02:48 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0American fashion designer Willy Chavarria starts his show with a performance dedicated to those illegally detained by ICE.
28.06.2025 01:52 β π 8519 π 2976 π¬ 256 π 231Trump promised to lower costs. Instead, he gutted the consumer watchdog agencyΒ and helped big banks rip off Americans by an added $18 billion in fees and unchecked rip-offs.
Trumpβs Gangster State serves anyone who can line his pockets and sticks it to the people.
BREAKING: Today, I'm introducing legislation to curb Donald Trumpβs egregious misuse of the military as law enforcement.
Our nation's servicemembers should be defending Americans. Not policing them.
It should come as no surprise that taking health care from millions of Americans to help billionaires get even richer is deeply unpopular.
But House Republicans didn't care when they voted for Trump's Big Bill for Billionaires.
They have betrayed their own constituents.
A GOP plan wouldβve opened up 5.4 million acres across our state, including the Methow Valley, Lake Cushman, and Heather Pass, for sale to developers.
Weβre talking about lands that protect clean water, wildlife, and wildfire safety. Our public lands are not for sale.
RFC's statement on recent SCOTUS decision on Medina.
We will fight for the rights our Congress set into law, and we will fight for the lifesaving care that Planned Parenthood health centers provide in our communities.
Read our full statement on today's shameful #SCOTUS decision π.
By letting anti-choice states defund Planned Parenthoodβ
Trumpβs Supreme Court threatens access to cancer screenings, life-saving medication and basic care.
Lives are at stake.
And while Republicans cheer, it will be their constituents who suffer the most.
Social Security is the greatest promise that Americans have made to one another.
A promise that you can live a dignified life after you retire, become disabled, or lose a family breadwinner.
These are the people that make America great π²π½πΊπΈ
13.06.2025 01:49 β π 36950 π 9566 π¬ 1242 π 710The Trump administration handed over the immigration status of millions of Medicaid enrollees to deportation officials, data that could be used to locate and remove people as part of his sweeping crackdown.
13.06.2025 19:09 β π 2067 π 618 π¬ 54 π 35Medicaid is meant to help people get care, not to be used for immigration enforcement. It betrays the trust that individuals place in public programs and significantly undermines our nation's health. Read @nhelp.bsky.social's full statement:
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Medicaid covers 41% of the births in the United States.
Destroying Medicaid means children and families will needlessly suffer.
Medicaid is more than a policy. Itβs a lifeline for millions of people. Stop messing with #Medicaid, #Medicare and peopleβs lives. @chuygarcia.house.gov
#ProtectMedicaid
"For some Americans, itβs a matter of life and death. For others, itβs a matter of healthy versus unhealthy aging that leads to costlier health care not just for themselves but for the U.S. as a whole."
10.06.2025 21:43 β π 4 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0Them: βLA is a full on insurrectionβ
Us at the protest:
The cruel, aggressive ICE tactics we're seeing across the state aren't keeping our communities safe. They are spreading fear.
Iβm proud to share more about the guidance my office created to ensure everyone understands their rights when interacting with ICE.
www.berkshireeagle.com/opinion/colu...
Dems: We need to spend millions to sort out what "real Americans" really want!
Voters, screaming: Raise min wage. Ban assault weapons. Get money out of politics. Make Medicare for All.
Dems: Got it! Shit talk immigrants and trans people.
President Trumpβs just-released budget would eliminate funding for the Legal Services Corporation, putting at risk essential legal protections for veterans, seniors and children across the country.
Learn whatβs at stake and how you can help protect access to justice: www.lsc.gov/act #LSCMatters
The federal government recently rolled back rules that prevented immigration enforcement in nursing facilities and other "sensitive" areas. However, ICE agents still need warrants to enter private areas such as exam rooms, and your medical records remain protected.
Learn more about your rights:
REMINDER: Medicaid recipients are often employed, frequently working multiple jobs.
Ripping away health care access for millions to enrich a handful of billionaires is absurd.
Could we be more stupid?
Let. Her. Serve. πΊπΈπͺ
Caregivingβwhich is mostly performed by women and people of colorβoften conflicts with typical work schedules.
Because Medicaid work requirements do not count this essential labor as "work," they force caregivers to make an impossible choice: healthcare or caring for loved ones.
A large pink inflatable pig with the text "Medicaid is not a piggy bank for billionaires" in front of the United States Capitol building.
Medicaid is not a piggy bank for billionaires. #HandsOffMedicaid @taxwarroom.bsky.socialβ¬
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