Megan B. Cole Brahim, PhD, MPH

Congressional Budget Office Confirms Senate Republican Reconciliation Bill’s Medicaid Cuts Are More Draconian than the House-Passed Bill In the late evening of Saturday, June 28th, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued preliminary estimates of the current version of the Senate Republican budget reconciliation bill now being d…

My new blog on preliminary Congressional Budget Office estimates of the #Medicaid cuts & overall coverage effects under the current version of the Senate Republican reconciliation bill. They confirm the cuts are even more draconian than under the House-passed bill: ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/06/29/c...

29.06.2025 16:59 — 👍 10    🔁 11    💬 0    📌 3

NIH halts grant terminations ‘effective immediately,’ email says The National Institutes of Health is halting further terminations of research grants, an internal email shows

Exclusive: Days after a federal judge ordered the restoration of more than a thousand biomedical research grants, the NIH is halting further terminations of grants.
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25.06.2025 18:48 — 👍 110    🔁 48    💬 1    📌 3

@CMSGov issued new guidance about monitoring Section 1115 Medicaid waivers. States will no longer have to report quarterly but rather once a year -- and can submit 6 months after.

This will reduce transparency into a key aspect of Medicaid policy.

www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/sec...

26.06.2025 01:32 — 👍 7    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

The GOP Medicaid Cuts Are a Big F*cking Deal 7.6 million newly uninsured, and that’s not even the whole story.

NEW at @thebulwark.com

Why the Republican Medicaid cuts are even worse than you've heard

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14.05.2025 11:13 — 👍 39    🔁 22    💬 1    📌 4

Opinion | The Republican plan to bury Medicaid recipients in paperwork Proposed work requirements for aid won’t create jobs, but they will kick the working poor off health care.

They're not work requirements, they're work REPORTING requirements.

@mmilleradams.bsky.social and I explain why the difference matters

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14.05.2025 11:07 — 👍 18    🔁 15    💬 3    📌 0

Health Equity Summit Join us on Wednesday, May 14 at Boston Globe Media’s 2025 Health Equity Summit, where we will bring together health system leaders, medical experts, journalists, and community advocates for a day of crucial conversations around reducing disparities and advancing more inclusive care.The summit’s programming will consist of dynamic discussions and expert-led panels that dive into the work being done across the region's healthcare systems to ensure a more equitable future for all. Attendees will engage with journalists shaping the narrative and the experts driving change in their respective industries.

Looking forward to participating in today's @bostonglobe.com Health Equity Summit, where health leaders, medical experts, journalists, and community advocates will engage in critical conversations on reducing disparities and fostering more inclusive care.

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14.05.2025 12:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Today we marched for our democracy, our science, our human rights, our constitutional rights, our social safety net, our universities, our research, our economy, our essential government functions, and their future #handsoff

06.04.2025 01:22 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0