Elizabeth Owens

Feminist, Iowan, @coaccess gov't relations lead, formerly of @CO_CDHS @BellPolicy @AAUWPolicy and @DMRegister. Opinions my own.

[Elizabeth Owens @ElizabethOwens]

Young Coloradans can now receive three mental health counseling sessions for free | Colorado Public Radio https://t.co/c7bIn2UgUs

[Victoria Knight @victoriaregisk]

NO!!! No health reporter asked for this!!!!!!

[Colorado Access @coaccess]

Thank you, @RepDianaDeGette, @RepJasonCrow, and @Repgabeevans, for meeting us to hear our concerns about H.R. 1 implementation and the importance of mitigating unnecessary coverage loss. We are grateful for your time and for the chance to share what we’re seeing on the ground.

[Larry Levitt @larry_levitt]

New federal data shows that 23 million people have signed up for ACA coverage, 1.3 million fewer than last year as enhanced tax credits expire.

The number of people losing coverage will rise as people can't make their premium payments, which are more than doubling on average.

[Larry Levitt @larry_levitt]

There is no absolute drop-dead date for extending the enhanced ACA premium tax credits.
https://t.co/PrlV4cfSaJ

[Larry Levitt @larry_levitt]

There's been a lot of focus on our estimate that ACA enrollees will see their out-of-pocket premiums increase by 114% if enhanced tax credits expire. That may be a hard number to grasp. Another way of looking at it: What enrollees pay will go up by $1,016 on average.

[Colorado Access @coaccess]

Colorado’s special session wrapped up yesterday to address several provisions in OBBBA. COA proudly supported:

✅SB25B-002 to ensure Medicaid members can continue accessing critical care
✅SB5B-003 to expand the Healthy School Meals for All program to help fund SNAP

[Larry Levitt @larry_levitt]

As the job market stalls, remember that a major piece of the Republican tax and spending law that just passed is a work requirement for Medicaid enrollees.

[KFF Health News @KFFHealthNews]

NEW: Millions of Americans trying to get Medicaid could soon have to navigate byzantine state systems to prove they have jobs. See how Georgia’s system has played out.

@renurayasam + Sam Whitehead report. ⤵️ https://t.co/p3czT4ncOv

[Larry Levitt @larry_levitt]

Insurers are hiking ACA premiums by a median of 15% next year, based on early reports. ACA enrollees will see their out-of-pocket premiums skyrocket by an average of over 75% if enhanced premium tax credits are allowed to expire at the end of this year.
https://t.co/EjuNRaGKbO

[Steven Dennis @StevenTDennis]

A big winner: Families who inherit $30M+ from mom and dad.

[Larry Levitt @larry_levitt]

The Republican megabill has many parts and was never framed for the public as a health care bill. But, it is the biggest cutback in federal support for health coverage ever.

[Rachel Cohen Booth @rcobooth]

the warnings that Medicaid cuts will lead to hospitals and health clinics closing across the country and especially in rural areas is not hyperbole or hysteria. it's basic math

https://t.co/d5vCdbMdZR

[Jake Sherman @JakeSherman]

They did not get any changes in this bill after it came back to the House. Zero. The bill that they criticized as horrible is the bill that they will be voting on -- and many of them voting for -- this afternoon.

[Southern Equality @SouthernEqual]

We still have time to stop this bill! The budget reconciliation bill – also known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill” – is an attack on the health of all Americans, but will disproportionately impact low-income, disabled, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ folks. Take action: https://t.co/KedBbb1Ayn

[Governor Jared Polis @GovofCO]

I strongly oppose the proposed Medicaid healthcare cuts in the federal bill. These Republican-backed cuts are poised to kick hundreds of thousands of Coloradans off their health coverage, driving up costs for everyone, and threatening our rural hospitals.

[KFF @KFF]

⚡ KFF’s @cynthiaccox explains how millions of people are expected to lose health insurance coverage over the next decade with cuts to Medicaid and the ACA in the reconciliation bill, as well as other ACA changes not in the bill. #QuickTake https://t.co/TeeizHmmRj

[Igor Bobic @igorbobic]

Just an amazing way to legislate: after denouncing "waste, fraud, and abuse," the GOP reconciliation bill would actually incentivize it

All to win the vote of 1 senator https://t.co/0BD8caJ6L9 via @ArthurDelaneyHP

[Colorado Access @coaccess]

Today, the Senate passed the budget reconciliation pkg with significant cuts to Medicaid funding. This bill threatens to unravel the support network that countless CO families & communities rely on. Read the full statement from our president & CEO here: https://t.co/UYEDoKls8u

[Protect Our Care @ProtectOurCare]

Sen. Chris Murphy on @PodSaveAmerica: 17 million people will lose their health care both through Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act. That is a cataclysm. That's the equivalent population of like 12 U.S. states—and that will ultimately impact everybody, whether you have insurance or not.

[Judd Legum @JuddLegum]

7 things everyone should know about Trump's megabill:

1. Cuts $930 billion from Medicaid

2. 16 million lose health insurance

3. Slashes nutrition assistance for poor families by $186 billion

4. Lower incomes for bottom 40% of families

5. Increases deficit by $3.3 trillion

6. $45 billion for new immigration jails

7. Billions for defense contractors