"The Republican budget measure known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law by President Donald Trump last July, is expected to cut federal Medicaid spending by $911 billion over 10 years. And it could contribute to an increase of more than 14 million in the number of uninsured people, many of whom will go to already crowded emergency rooms to get care they can’t pay for."
https://kffhealthnews.org/health-care-costs/medicaid-cuts-distressed-hospitals-aid-california/
#healthcare #medicaid #hospitals #RuralHealth #CostsOfCare #USpol
Hundreds of hospitals nationwide are bracing for Medicaid cuts as a result of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Some state lawmakers are eyeing loans and other forms of financial aid to distressed hospitals in rural and urban areas, as healthcare providers warn of cuts to critical services and scramble for funding.
✅ One concrete action you can do to help patients is to sign on to the letter that #MEAction has sent to RFK Jr, Secretary of HHS, urging him to recognize people with ME/CFS and Long COVID as “medically frail” so that access to Medicaid is protected.
"Protect Medicaid Access"
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/freakin-frail?mc_cid=c993407feb
#USPol #Medicaid #MEcfs #LongCovid #Disability #ChronicIllness #FrailAndFurious
If you want to learn more about Medicaid issues there's an "Ask Me Anything" session on #MEAction's instagram tomorrow, May 5, at 3 PM EDT
I'm not on Instagram myself so I can't help with details about how to watch but here's the link to their instagram account:
https://www.instagram.com/meactnet/
#USPol #Medicaid #MECFS #LongCovid #Disability #ChronicIllness #FrailAndFurious
"There is a list of conditions for people on Medicaid that qualify for people with exemptions, but understandably, not every serious health issue is on there.
Notably absent is Long Covid, a post-infectious disease caused by a Covid infection that can very much impact someone’s ability to work."
#USPol #Healthcare #Medicaid #LongCovid #MEcfs #ChronicIllness
In case you missed it:
"Trump’s New Medicaid Work Requirements Are Here
It’s just cruelty"
🚨 "Medicaid work requirements do not increase employment. Instead, the administrative burden of work requirements only serves to kick people off this governmental health insurance."
#USPol #Healthcare #Medicaid #Disability #ChronicIllness #Nebraska
The state says their plan to check Medicaid receipents monthly work hours won't save the state money, even if people lose their health coverage.
The state agency overseeing Medicaid is hiring 400 employees to check the eligibility of the 500,000 low-income Hoosiers getting their health insurance through the Healthy Indiana Plan.
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