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Another report suggests Medicaid cuts could lead to thousands of deaths The new report estimates that coverage losses could lead to delayed care, increased hospitalizations and more deaths. Its findings echo a study published in June.

Recent @nbcnews.com report featuring HPM's Ben Sommers discusses Medicaid cuts and how they could lead to high death numbers. "People often don’t find out they’ve lost coverage until they go see their doctor and can face huge bills."

Building a resistance to US assaults on public health The administration of US President Donald Trump has launched a full-fledged assault on science and public health;1 its “flood the zone” strategy created chaos and initially overwhelmed potential oppos...

Comment via @thelancet.com co-authored by HPM's Alicia Yamin examines various levels of resistance against the current hostile political climate surrounding public health and health equity in the United States. #healthequity

Are 5 Million Nondisabled Medicaid Recipients Watching TV All Day? That’s Unsupported - KFF Health News CNN pundit Scott Jennings said almost 5 million nondisabled Medicaid recipients "simply choose not to work" and "spend six hours a day socializing and watching television." But a recent analysis found...

Adrianna McIntyre and Ben Sommers discuss the recent Congressional Budget Office's analysis of Medicaid provisions and statements made around the projected numbers. via @kffhealthnews.org @adrianna.bsky.social

For Boston's Asian women, a mobile mammogram van has helped close a huge health equity gap Mammography rates for Boston’s Asian women used to be dismally low. Two decades later, a mammogram van has tripled rates in a rare win for minority healthcare.

HPM Instructor Lisa Gualtieri is quoted, discussing a study through which her team identified major barriers among Vietnamese, Chinese, and South Asian women in Massachusetts and their access to preventative care and breast cancer screenings. via @wgbh.org #healthequity

Tracking Medicaid patients' work status may prove difficult for states • Stateline States must begin verifying millions of Medicaid enrollees’ monthly work status by the end of next year — a task some critics say states will have a hard time carrying out.

"There isn't a single app out there that's going to keep people who should be in Medicaid from losing coverage. That's just not realistic." HPM's Ben Sommers speaks about tracking Medicaid work status via @stateline.org.

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'A slap in the face': Georgia and Arkansas' Medicaid work rules may preview the road ahead The Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill” makes huge changes to Medicaid, including rolling out work requirements nationwide for the first time.

HPM's Ben Sommers discusses research findings surrounding misconceptions and work requirements among Arkansas' Medicaid beneficiaries @nbcnews.com @hsph.harvard.edu

How the GOP spending bill now before the Senate would impact Medicaid NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Adrianna McIntyre, assistant professor of health policy and politics at Harvard, about how the GOP spending bill before the Senate would impact Medicaid.

"When you cut Medicaid, it doesn't just affect Medicaid beneficiaries. It affects everyone." — HPM's Adrianna McIntyre (@adrianna.bsky.social) discusses the GOP spending bill via @npr.org. @hsph.harvard.edu

HPM's Stephanie Ferguson says, “We’re giving people the opportunity to become the leader that they need to be, and then really think about their performance in the context of what the system must do to be an effective and excellent health system."

Opinion | The true cost of the GOP’s megabill will be measured in lives. Tens of thousands of lives. It’s a predictable result when you cut off health insurance to people who are old, poor and sick.

The true cost of the reconciliation bill will be measured in lives—over 50,000 per year.

It’s a predictable result when you cut off insurance to people who are old, poor and sick.

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Vaccine support isn’t as controversial as it seems A new poll shows support is shared across political party lines — and comes as Health and Human Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. could reshape the future of vaccines.

Vaccine support isn’t as controversial as it seems — HPM's Gillian SteelFisher is quoted via @19thnews.org

HPM's John McDonough and others discuss the GIC’s last-minute $240 million infusion from state coffers to cover claims for the rest of the 2025 fiscal year. @cwbeacon.bsky.social

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Medicaid cuts: What’s at stake | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Harvard Chan School's Benjamin Sommers and Adrianna McIntyre discuss how proposed cuts to Medicaid could impact tens of millions of low-income adults and families, people with disabilities, pregnant p...

Harvard Chan School's Benjamin Sommers and Adrianna McIntyre discuss how proposed cuts to Medicaid could impact tens of millions of low-income adults and families, people with disabilities, pregnant people, and seniors.

Screenshot of CNN interview with Adrianna McIntyre - headline reads: Republicans push for Medicaid work requirements

HPM's Adrianna McIntyre discusses proposed Medicaid work requirements and expected impacts on vulnerable Medicaid beneficiaries in this @cnn.com segment. @adrianna.bsky.social @hsph.harvard.edu bit.ly/4koRQOz

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The FDA May Restrict Covid Vaccines. Who Will Be Able to Get Them? Though much remains uncertain, experts predicted many people will face new barriers to vaccination.

HPM's Troyen Brennan discusses how the FDA's potential forthcoming changes to COVID vaccine eligibility may affect insurance coverage of receiving the shot. @nytimes.com nyti.ms/4kx01YX

Why one family that relies on Medicaid has faith in President Trump Families of infants and toddlers from around the country are in Washington, D.C. this week to tell lawmakers to protect Medicaid.

HPM's Adrianna McIntyre chats with @wbur.org about potential implications of Medicaid cuts on children, work requirements, and more. @adrianna.bsky.social @hsph.harvard.edu

Why these caregivers say Medicaid is vital to families : Here & Now Anytime This week, families of infants and toddlers rally in Washington, D.C., in favor of protecting Medicaid as the program faces potential cuts by President Trump and House Republicans. Two caregivers shar...

HPM's Adrianna McIntyre speaks with @npr.org about the impact of Medicaid on low-income families and people with disabilities as the program faces potential cuts by President Trump and House Republicans. @adrianna.bsky.social @hsph.harvard.edu

Podcast: Behind the phony Medicaid work requirement A conversation with Dr. Benjamin Sommers, a physician and economist at Harvard University. Our discussion gets to the root of why we're once again debating work requirements in Medicaid.

HPM's Ben Sommers discusses Medicaid and what might happen if Republicans succeed in sharply cutting back the program in this episode of the GoozNews podcast. @gooznews.bsky.social

"While price increases for branded drugs may not occur immediately, they could become substantial if tariffs persist, raising health insurance premiums." HPM's David Blumenthal co-authors this @hbr.org piece.

"'It feels like the academic equivalent of nuclear war,' said Dr. Michael Barnett, an associate professor of health policy at the school of public health. 'Nukes have been launched and there’s just increasingly complete devastation'". @hsph.harvard.edu

This BIDMC article discusses findings of a recent study published in @jama.com, bit.ly/3HhgqSN, focusing on cuts to food stamps and the link to rising food insecurity and declining health in the US. Study co-authors include HPM's Sara Bleich and Jose Figueroa (@joefigs.bsky.social).

This week on The Codcast, HPM's John McDonough and Paul Hattis of the Lown Institute are joined by Northeastern University's Tiffany Joseph to discuss her new book, ‘Not All In: Race, Immigration, and Healthcare Exclusion in the Age of Obamacare.’ @hsph.harvard.edu

What People Get Wrong About Psychological Safety Psychological safety—a shared belief among team members that it’s OK to speak up with candor—has become a popular concept. However, as its popularity has grown, so too have misconceptions about it. Su...

"Ironically, talking less about psychological safety and more about the goal and the context and why everyone’s input matters is the first step in building psychological safety." HPM's Michaela Kerrissey discusses this and more in her latest @hbr.org piece.

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Many in autism community say Health Secretary Kennedy doesn't understand their needs Advocacy groups say it’s important to tell parents of newly diagnosed children about the many possibilities open to their kids.

Although Kennedy has pledged a 'massive testing and research effort' to find causes of autism, HPM's Ari Ne’eman says, "research dollars would be better spent investigating ways to support autistic people in their daily lives, such as addressing barriers to jobs and education." @nbcnews.com