Nisha Kurani

Policy person.

[Katie Keith @Katie_Keith]

Well, that didn't take long: HHS is working on a new proposed rule on the Affordable Care Act. This is currently the *only* HHS action pending at OMB. Just as it did in 2017, the Trump administration looks to be moving quickly on ACA marketplace policies.

https://t.co/bmt2hrRcUq

[Nisha Kurani @nishakurani]

The more I talk about Medicaid openly w/ my peers, the more I learn how Medicaid helps people you don’t necessarily expect at various points of their lives. From those b/w jobs or school to artists and freelancers, to dually eligible seniors. And that’s what it is there for

[Larry Levitt @larry_levitt]

A figure that continually astonishes me: 66% of adults say they've been covered by Medicaid themselves, or have family members or close friends who have been covered by the program.

[Jeff Stein @jstein_sun]

NEW: Officials across the US government are privately warning that Musk's DOGE blitz appears to be violating numerous federal laws

Legal objections voiced at Treasury, Education, USAID, GSA, OPM, EEOC, OMB & elsewhere

Messages, audio, interviews all reveal internal concerns

Laws on budget, privacy, security, classification & more said by U.S. officials to be strained if not broken

[Asma Khalid @asmamk]

“The Gaza thing has not worked. It’s never worked,” Trump told reporters today, as he reiterates that he wants to see Jordan and Egypt take in Palestinians.

[Max Ghenis @MaxGhenis]

The @uscensusbureau has taken down American Community Survey microdata.

Thankfully @nikhil_woodruff had a local copy, so we now store it on @ThePolicyEngine servers.

[Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney]

JUST IN: A federal judge in Washington says she's concerned that the White House is still implementing the spending freeze that she and a Rhode Island judge have ordered temporarily halted.

Judge AliKhan is inclined to issue a restraining order.

[Nisha Kurani @nishakurani]

This post lists out the data that has been taken down. These data sources are so critical for monitoring health, necessary
research, and even companies in the private sector. Under this admin, the decline of society continues with dismantling our knowledge centers.

[Cynthia Cox @cynthiaccox]

CDC's Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) -- which, since 1990, has tracked high school students' behaviors that can influence health and social outcomes (like smoking, drug use, and dietary habits) -- is now offline

[Nina Turner @ninaturner]

2020: attacks on “BLM”
2022: attacks on “CRT”
2024: attacks on “woke”
2025: attacks on “DEI”

BLACK.

THEY MEAN BLACK.

[CaliforniaHealthline @CalHealthline]

“If the FDA says raw milk is now legal and the CDC comes through and says it advises drinking raw milk, that’s a recipe for mass infection,” said Angela Rasmussen, a virologist and co-editor-in-chief of the medical journal Vaccine.

@StephArmour1 reports: https://t.co/BY6dQbzPhO

[Larry Levitt @larry_levitt]

With limited exceptions, Medicaid does not charge premiums at all. And, most of the public has a favorable view of the program.

https://t.co/qgQL2AY8tC

https://t.co/N7CKzc6D1a

[Paul E Williams @PEWilliams_]

I don’t think most people, even those who follow housing, realize just how much production volume comes out of agency lending. If you pause them the outcome is a literal recession.

[ProPublica @propublica]

New: Those who need therapy often have to pay out of pocket or go without care, even if they have health insurance. Hundreds of mental health providers told us they fled networks because insurers made their jobs impossible and their lives miserable. https://t.co/yvjivq0ivS

[Joan Alker @JoanAlker1]

👀1st day of Florida's unwinding trial reveals that state's eligibility system (Deloitte) was incorrectly programmed and women were getting cut off 2 months postpartum and NOT getting the 12 months legislature adopted.👀 The state knew as of April 2023
https://t.co/8ibpepL4NF

[I Smoked Mitch McConnell's Brain @BlackKnight10k]

Now that Trump is officially the oldest presidential candidate ever, I expect the media to spend weeks focusing on his age and his mental capacity.

[KFF @KFF]

Today, the @US_FDA approved the first-ever over-the-counter daily birth control pill in the U.S. — Opill. The move will allow people to buy the pills without a prescription. Opill could be on pharmacy shelves by the end of the year.

[UCLA Center for Health Policy Research @UCLAchpr]

@AAPIData Fear of gun violence was prominent among AANHPI communities, with 2 in 3 saying they were very or somewhat worried about being victims of gun violence in the 2021 CHIS, even before the 2023 mass shootings. Read the @AAPIData & @UCLAchpr report: https://t.co/nROjHMWRRR #dataequity

[Jen Kates @jenkatesdc]

In just a few hours, at 11:59pm, the #COVID19 public health emergency in the U.S. will end, bringing with it the end to several flexibilities and pandemic provisions. Here's our timeline of what ends when, w/@jcubanski @cynthiaccox, jen_tolbert.
https://t.co/viqsol9PdA

[Katie Keith @Katie_Keith]

I could not be prouder or more grateful to my brilliant @oneillinstitute colleagues for launching this #HealthCare Litigation Tracker! This tool has been my dream since I started writing for @Health_Affairs. Now you too can keep tabs on the lawsuits shaping health policy today!

[KFF Health News @KFFHealthNews]

Henry Ruhl of Perry, Iowa, lost his wife, Fran, in January 2022. A few weeks after her death, he was startled by a notice saying her estate owed more than $226,000 to Iowa’s Medicaid program for care she received.

📝: @tonyleys https://t.co/X4RxifWDX2