Edwin Park

Health policy including #Medicaid. Research Professor @GeorgetownCCF @McCourtSchool. Opinions my own. Also EdwinCPark on Bluesky.

[Nicole LaFond @Nicole_Lafond]

As Trump's advisers brainstorm cuts to Medicaid/SNAP, Republicans are reportedly worried about how it’ll look to gut social safety net programs in order to extend tax cuts that primarily benefited those making $400,000 or more a year (as they should be).
https://t.co/V6L3KN6J1l

[Edwin Park @EdwinCPark]

Congressional GOP leaders are increasingly open about targeting #Medicaid for draconian cuts in 2025 as I have been warning about. But these cuts are not inevitable. House/Senate margins are tight, Medicaid is more popular than ever & 2017 shows that such cuts can be stopped.

[Edwin Park @EdwinCPark]

Yesterday House Budget Committee Chair Arrington urged using budget reconciliation to cut mandatory health care spending. Now GOP Senator Cornyn expresses support for block granting #Medicaid next year. He says "Block grants make a lot of sense." https://t.co/VkQnFCovBz

[Akeiisa Coleman @ACintheDC]

As election day unfolds, Medicaid is top of mind for me. The difference in how #Medicaid could be impacted under either major candidate are starkly different. https://t.co/GfZedTYxTk

[Edwin Park @EdwinCPark]

@mcbridetd But you can repeal much of the Affordable Care Act, including seriously weakening pre-ex protections, and gut rest of Medicaid through budget reconciliation/50 votes in Senate if there is a Trump White House/GOP Congress just like was tried in the failed 2017 effort.

[Edwin Park @EdwinCPark]

Election results could mean major changes in #Medicaid https://t.co/8ANBCikhTd

[Ronald Brownstein @RonBrownstein]

Not leaving much confusion about what the plan is if Republicans obtain unified control of DC. Again: every GOP alternative to #ACA has had two pillars: allowing insurance co's to again segregate health from sick & big cuts in Medicaid. Cumulative result-millions more uninsured

[Edwin Park @EdwinCPark]

Republicans are serious about cutting people’s health care https://t.co/7t6Ipw2wI4

[Edwin Park @EdwinCPark]

"Massive reform" sounds very much like the 2017 failed GOP repeal/replace plan: eliminate the ACA coverage expansions, roll back the ACA's pre-existing condition protections & market reforms, and gut the rest of #Medicaid through block grants/per capita caps.

[Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur]

“No Obamacare?” one attendee asked Johnson.

“No Obamacare,” Johnson responded, rolling his eyes. “The ACA is so deeply ingrained, we need massive reform to make this work and we got a lot of ideas on how to do that.”

Footage obtained by @NBCNews 👇

https://t.co/ATkIc5VNxs

[Bruce Lesley @BruceLesley]

Remembering the health care fights in Trump’s first term…

Despite campaign promises in 2015 not to cut Medicaid, Trump proposed in 2017 to slash Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) by hundreds of billions of dollars.

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[Edwin Park @EdwinCPark]

Thread: this important NY Times interactive story highlights the stories of people who rely on #Medicaid but the outcome of the election will determine whether Medicaid will likely face dire cuts next year.

[Edwin Park @EdwinCPark]

Finally top priority for a second Trump Administration & Congressional Republicans is making the 2017 tax cuts for high-income/corporations permanent. But complex Senate budget rules means that Medicaid is likely a target for massive cuts to pay for them: https://t.co/Izx1ikTQ2L

[Edwin Park @EdwinCPark]

Thread: this important NY Times interactive story highlights the stories of people who rely on #Medicaid but the outcome of the election will determine whether Medicaid will likely face dire cuts next year.

[Edwin Park @EdwinCPark]

Medicaid Is Not a Top Campaign Issue. But for These Voters, It’s Crucial. https://t.co/jVKMQZK7HD

[Edwin Park @EdwinCPark]

As a result, many fewer people would have health coverage through #Medicaid or have access to the care they need, including the children with disabilities, low-income seniors and new mothers highlighted in the NY Times interactive article.

[Edwin Park @EdwinCPark]

Medicaid Is Not a Top Campaign Issue. But for These Voters, It’s Crucial. https://t.co/jVKMQZK7HD

[Edwin Park @EdwinCPark]

Must-read from @CitizenCohn on how #Medicaid "could get hammered" in a second Trump Administration

[Jonathan Cohn @CitizenCohn]

Trump always says he won’t cut Medicare and Social Security

He doesn’t make the same claim about Medicaid

There’s a reason for that https://t.co/GKV9EjJiQE