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June 26, 2025 | Blog Post | Suzanne Wikle

Senate Doubles Down on House Plan to Take Health Care Away from Millions

The Senate bill cuts nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid and Marketplace health care, ultimately leaving at least 16 million uninsured and millions more with higher costs to keep their health insurance.

May 16, 2025 | Blog Post | Suzanne Wikle

Eligible People Will Lose Medicaid Coverage Through Reconciliation Process

The proposed changes include introducing work requirements, shifting costs to states and individuals, and increasing red tape--all of which would cut off eligible people from critical health coverage.

May 6, 2025 | News Clip | Suzanne Wikle

Report: Medicaid cuts could impact 1 in 4 CO child care workers

By Eric Galatas (Excerpt) Suzanne Wikle, associate director of state health policy and advocacy at the Center for Law and Social Policy, said no one could take $880 billion in federal funding out of the system and still provide health insurance to the same number…

April 30, 2025 | Blog Post | Suzanne Wikle

Medicaid Cuts Come Into Focus: Millions Stand to Lose Health Care

As Congress considers slashing up to $880 billion from Medicaid, new details reveal plans to impose harmful “work requirements,” eliminate eligibility for legal immigrants, and restructure funding through risky per capita caps. These proposed changes will lead to mass disenrollment

April 18, 2025 | News Clip | Suzanne Wikle

Donald Trump’s war on children

By Catherine Rampell (Excerpt) This article addresses the assault on immigrant children and cites a CTAN fact sheet and a Medicaid infographic published by CLASP. >> Read the full article here

March 11, 2025 | News Clip | Suzanne Wikle

These states get up to half of their revenue from the federal government

By Daniel de Visé, USA TODAY (EXCERPT) Meanwhile, Congressional budget resolutions call for massive cuts in federal funding, potentially forcing states to make “incredibly hard decisions” about Medicaid and other programs, according to a report from the left-leaning Center for Law and Social Policy. Read the full…

February 26, 2025 | Blog Post | Suzanne Wikle

State Legislators Will Face Impossible Decisions if Congress Cuts $2 Trillion  

By Suzanne Wikle  Congress is setting state policymakers up to face incredibly hard decisions about everything from health care cuts, deciding who should go hungry, and supporting their rural communities.   Both the Senate and House of Representatives have put enormous budget cuts on the table.…

February 4, 2025 | Blog Post | Suzanne Wikle

Proposals to Aid the Wealthy Come at the Expense of Health Care and Food Assistance for Millions

The debate about the tax package is really about whether making billionaires and large corporations wealthier is more important than health care and food for millions of Americans.

October 25, 2024 | Blog Post | Suzanne Wikle

As 2025 Marketplace Open Enrollment Begins, Congress Must Act to Keep Insurance Affordable 

In 2024, a record 21.4 million people received their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplaces. Enrollment gains among Black, Latino, and people with low incomes drove the increased enrollment. Sustaining the policy choices that led to record enrollment and adding in long…

August 23, 2024 | Blog Post | Suzanne Wikle

2023 Health Insurance Rates Likely to Fall After Recent Record Highs

2023 data from the Census Bureau may show an increase in uninsurance as millions of people were disenrolled from Medicaid starting in April 2023 when one of these provisions expired – with more threats ahead.

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