Marcella Maguire

Disabled Americans Fear What Medicaid Cuts Could Do to Them

Disabled Americans Fear What Medicaid Cuts Could Do to Them www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/w...

As we wait for votes, I'm researching the 9 circles of hell in Dante's Inferno for ways to describe what people will be going through if this bill passes. #handsoffMediciad

‘Little Lobbyists’ Urge Senators to Oppose Trump’s Bill Cutting Medicaid

Multiple Little Lobbyists families traveled to Washington, D.C., from across the country (Maggie and David traveled all the way from Alaska!) to deliver a simple message to their U.S. Senators:

DO NOT CUT A SINGLE DIME OFF #Medicaid!

Story via @nytimes.com
#ProtectMedicaid

CBO estimates that the House-passed reconciliation bill would cut Medicaid by $793 billion over a decade. Here's what that would mean state by state.
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As Congress Debates Cutting Medicaid, a Major Study Shows It Saves Lives

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The Three States That Are Especially Stuck if Congress Cuts Medicaid States that were once reluctant to expand Medicaid now have their state budgets tied to the fate of the program by constitutional amendments.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/u.... Not getting enough play. Three very red states need to keep Medicaid expansion in place or need a change to their state constitution.

KFF graphic showing "a Medicaid per capita cap would affect all states, though enrollment declines would vary by state." The graphic includes a map that shows the percent change in enrollment by FY 2034 under per capita cap financing.

The Republican-controlled House passed a budget resolution targeting cuts to #Medicaid of up to $880 billion or more over a decade to help pay for tax cuts.

Our new analysis examines the potential impacts of imposing a cap on federal spending per Medicaid enrollee: on.kff.org/41f9H2m

Reducing Federal Support for Medicaid Expansion Would Shift Costs to States and Likely Result in Coverage Losses Leadership in the House of Representatives has proposed substantial federal funding cuts to the Medicaid program over the next 10 years. This report focuses on the proposal to reduce the 90 percent fe...

Urban Institute: reducing the #Medicaid expansion match rate – as some GOP plans have proposed – would create a $44.3B funding shortfall for states in 2026. If states respond by dropping their expansions, up to 10.8 million people would become uninsured. www.urban.org/research/pub...

No, and the reason why is because writing is thinking.

It’s a process of discovery. Sometimes you only find out the exact thing you want to say when you have to actually articulate it. If I already knew what I wanted to say, I wouldn’t need to write!

The fight for Medicaid means we need new allies! Maybe you are all about housing and homelessness. But need to follow and support these awesome folks!#HCA2025

Trump’s Early Health Moves Signal Intent To Erase Biden’s Legacy. What’s Next Is Unclear. - KFF Health News President Donald Trump issued a flurry of executive orders and other actions on health care soon after reentering office. Other than signaling he intends to reverse many of Joe Biden’s moves, the orde...

President Donald Trump’s early actions on health care signal his likely intention to wipe away some Biden-era programs to lower drug costs and expand coverage under public insurance programs. What's next is unclear.

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“When we say Health Care for All, we mean ALL” @awright2care.bsky.social at Families USA conference. Solidarity…

Our annual Xmas movie! Love it!

Syringe services for people who inject drugs are enormously effective, but remain underused | National Institute on Drug Abuse December 1 is World AIDS Day, an opportunity to underscore the solid science behind the efficacy of syringe services programs, an important harm-reduction measure.

Excellent piece by #NIDA Director Nora Volkow laying out the evidence for syringe services including overdose prevention sites.

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Medicaid Facts: The public overwhelmingly opposes capping federal #Medicaid funding (as under block grants & per capita caps) per KFF polling. 71% oppose (and 86% of Medicaid enrollees oppose). 53% of Republicans/Republican-leaning independents also oppose. #healthpolicy
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Medicaid and Housing Related Services - Corporation for Supportive Housing

Want to know HOW your state is using Medicaid to cover Housing Related Services, the codes, the rates, the delivery systems. We have you covered there too! www.csh.org/hrs-programs/

Policy Brief: Summary of State Actions on Medicaid & Housing Services - Corporation for Supportive Housing A number of states are looking to both increase supportive housing capacity and quality. One component of improving quality could be developing more intensive supportive services. Many barriers exist ...

Want to know what your state is doing around covering housing related supports and services in Medicaid- CSH regularly updates our policy brief on the topic- www.csh.org/resource/pol...

Part of the X Exodus. I post about ending homelessness, Medicaid, harm reduction and bringing together the housing and homelessness sectors to achieve equitable, thriving communities. When not working its travel (Ireland, Italy), literature, film and how to balance life and work.

Thank you! I so miss the Irish literature and travel accounts I followed but had to leave the bad place.