#uninsured — Public Fediverse posts

NC braces for Medicaid work requirement cases https://www.byteseu.com/1974808/ #CMS #DepartmentOfSocialServices #DSS #FoodAssistance #GeneralAssembly #Greensboro #GuilfordCounty #Health #HealthInsurance #legislation #Medicaid #MedicaidExpansion #MedicaidUnwinding #MedicaidWorkRequirements #NationalAssociationOfMedicaidDirectors #NCMedicaid #NCDHHS #OneBigBeautifulBill #Politics #PresidentDonaldTrump #RobertWoodJohnsonFoundation #snap #SocialServices #TrumpAdministration #uninsured #UrbanInstitute

#DarrenSoto stated on October 13, 2025 in an X post:
#Florida will be the “hardest hit” state in the country if enhanced #AffordableCareAct subsidies expire.

Florida’s #insurance hikes and #uninsured rates will be among nation’s largest if #ACA credits expire

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/oct/20/darren-soto/florida-aca-cost-increase-uninsured-highest/

Some, scared off by the complexity of picking a #HealthInsurance policy & by the #PriceTag, tumble over the edge & go without #insurance, in a #health system where the rate for an ER visit can be thousands, if not tens of thousands, of dollars.

Today, an estimated 15% of 26-year-olds go #uninsured, which, acc/to an analysis by the health research group KFF, is the highest rate among Americans of any age.

#US #healthcare #eugenics #DeathCare #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #ACA #Obamacare

The #Senate plan to slash #Medicaid & #ACA marketplace #funding could lead to nearly 12 million more people without insurance by 2034, the #CBO estimates. That in turn would harm the finances of #hospitals, #NursingHomes & #community #health centers—which would have to absorb more of the cost of treating #uninsured people—& may force them to reduce services & employees, as well as close facilities.

#Trump #Republicans #Healthcare #medical #insurance #LowIncome #elderly #disabled #plutocracy

#Trump's #OneBigBeautifulBill cuts federal #spending on #Medicaid & #AffordableCareAct marketplaces by ~$1 trillion over a decade, acc/to the #nonpartisan #CBO, threatening the physical & financial #health of tens of millions of #Americans.

The bill, which the #Senate passed Tues, would reverse many of the health coverage gains of #Biden & #Obama, whose policies made it easier for millions of people to access #healthcare & reduced the US #uninsured rate to record lows.

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/07/02/nx-s1-5453870/senate-republicans-tax-bill-medicaid-health-care

Ignominious #Bill Passed By an Inglorious Body. #Millions will lose #health #insurance, BUT top 1% - #billionaires - get a big #tax break. #Senate Votes to Comfort the Comfortable and Afflict the #Afflicted. The bill #SENATE #republicans #maga #JDVance passed on Tuesday is probably going to kill a lot of people...the cuts to #Medicaid and #AffordableCareAct projected to leave 12M #Americans newly #uninsured. https://www.thebulwark.com/p/an-ignominious-bill-passed-by-an-inglorious-body-afflict-afflicted-comfort-comfortable-trump-republicans-medicaid-bbb #SNAP #schools #education #food #insecurity #politics #GOP

The #CBO estimates the Senate bill would increase the deficit by nearly $3.3T from 2025 to 2034, a nearly $1T increase over the #House-passed bill, which CBO has projected would add $2.4T to the debt over a decade.

The analysis also found that 11.8 million more Americans would become #uninsured by 2034 if the bill became #law, an increase over the scoring for the House-passed version of the bill, which predicts 10.9M more people would be without #health #coverage.

#Trump

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that, by imposing #Medicaid #WorkRequirements, the bill would eventually increase the #uninsured population by at least 8.6M. At first, #Republicans tried to defend this outcome on the grounds that it would affect only lazy people who refuse to work. This is clearly untrue, however.

#law #HealthInequity #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #Trump #eugenics

#SJFD to charge $427 fee for #emergency #medical services or #EMS on 1/1/2026. It aims to recover costs for increased demands in #SanJose. #Uninsured residents may qualify for reduced fees or waivers under the “compassionate billing” provision. #FirstResponder

https://sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-considers-charging-first-responder-fee-emergency-medical-services-ems/

Over 600,000 people in #Washington are #uninsured, and many more are underinsured. Whole Washington is pushing for a single-payer #healthcare system to guarantee everyone access to care.

This year, two bills have the most support, with 11 Senate co-sponsors and 17 in the House. The #grassroots campaign is gaining momentum, especially after COVID revealed healthcare #inequality. The goal is to create a model for nationwide change. But it all depends on public pressure.

https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/inside-the-campaign-to-win-universal-healthcare-in-washington-state/

#HouseRepublicans Float #Medicaid Cuts & More to Finance #Trump’s Huge Agenda

Trump wants a massive tax cut & #immigration crackdown bill. Now #Republicans must decide what to cut to help pay for it.

#Congress #law #USpol #healthcare #WealthGapHealthGap #HealthCarePrices #HealthCareCosts #HealthInsurance #Uninsured #HealthInequity #economy #PersonalFinance
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/us/politics/trump-tax-cuts-immigration-house-republicans.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

#Trump Medicare pick Dr. #Oz says #uninsured 'don’t have right to #health' in resurfaced clip

https://www.alternet.org/news-politics/dr-oz-trump-medicare/

*US vs Geisinger*

7. How would patients be hurt by the transaction?
Hospitals compete to attract patients to their facilities by offering high quality care, a broad #scope of #services, #amenities, #convenience, customer service, and attention to patient satisfaction. This competition improves access to #healthcare, reduces wait times, and improves the quality of care for all patients, including commercially insured, #Medicare, #Medicaid, and #uninsured #patients. #Hospitals also compete to be included in health insurers’ networks and this #competition enables insurers to #negotiate lower #reimbursement rates and other terms that reduce healthcare costs, all for the benefit of patients. This transaction permanently and fundamentally alters the competitive relationship between #Geisinger and #Evangelical by linking them together in a number of ways that, taken together, raise the likelihood of coordination and reduce #Geisinger
#incentivetocompete #aggressive against each other... The transaction is likely to lead to #highprices, #lowquality, and #reducedaccess to high-quality #inpatient hospital services for patients in central Pennsylvania. In addition, the transaction creates incentives for Geisinger to raise prices to commercial insurers and other #purchasers inpatient acute care...

https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1301586/dl

*US vs Geisinger*

7. How would patients be hurt by the transaction?
Hospitals compete to attract patients to their facilities by offering high quality care, a broad #scope of #services, #amenities, #convenience, customer service, and attention to patient satisfaction. This competition improves access to #healthcare, reduces wait times, and improves the quality of care for all patients, including commercially insured, #Medicare, #Medicaid, and #uninsured #patients. #Hospitals also compete to be included in health insurers’ networks and this #competition enables insurers to #negotiate lower #reimbursement rates and other terms that reduce healthcare costs, all for the benefit of patients. This transaction permanently and fundamentally alters the competitive relationship between #Geisinger and #Evangelical by linking them together in a number of ways that, taken together, raise the likelihood of coordination and reduce #Geisinger
#incentivetocompete #aggressive against each other... The transaction is likely to lead to #highprices, #lowquality, and #reducedaccess to high-quality #inpatient hospital services for patients in central Pennsylvania. In addition, the transaction creates incentives for Geisinger to raise prices to commercial insurers and other #purchasers inpatient acute care...

https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1301586/dl

*US vs Geisinger*

7. How would patients be hurt by the transaction?
Hospitals compete to attract patients to their facilities by offering high quality care, a broad #scope of #services, #amenities, #convenience, customer service, and attention to patient satisfaction. This competition improves access to #healthcare, reduces wait times, and improves the quality of care for all patients, including commercially insured, #Medicare, #Medicaid, and #uninsured #patients. #Hospitals also compete to be included in health insurers’ networks and this #competition enables insurers to #negotiate lower #reimbursement rates and other terms that reduce healthcare costs, all for the benefit of patients. This transaction permanently and fundamentally alters the competitive relationship between #Geisinger and #Evangelical by linking them together in a number of ways that, taken together, raise the likelihood of coordination and reduce #Geisinger
#incentivetocompete #aggressive against each other... The transaction is likely to lead to #highprices, #lowquality, and #reducedaccess to high-quality #inpatient hospital services for patients in central Pennsylvania. In addition, the transaction creates incentives for Geisinger to raise prices to commercial insurers and other #purchasers inpatient acute care...

https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1301586/dl

*US vs Geisinger*

7. How would patients be hurt by the transaction?
Hospitals compete to attract patients to their facilities by offering high quality care, a broad #scope of #services, #amenities, #convenience, customer service, and attention to patient satisfaction. This competition improves access to #healthcare, reduces wait times, and improves the quality of care for all patients, including commercially insured, #Medicare, #Medicaid, and #uninsured #patients. #Hospitals also compete to be included in health insurers’ networks and this #competition enables insurers to #negotiate lower #reimbursement rates and other terms that reduce healthcare costs, all for the benefit of patients. This transaction permanently and fundamentally alters the competitive relationship between #Geisinger and #Evangelical by linking them together in a number of ways that, taken together, raise the likelihood of coordination and reduce #Geisinger
#incentivetocompete #aggressive against each other... The transaction is likely to lead to #highprices, #lowquality, and #reducedaccess to high-quality #inpatient hospital services for patients in central Pennsylvania. In addition, the transaction creates incentives for Geisinger to raise prices to commercial insurers and other #purchasers inpatient acute care...

https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1301586/dl

*US vs Geisinger*

7. How would patients be hurt by the transaction?
Hospitals compete to attract patients to their facilities by offering high quality care, a broad #scope of #services, #amenities, #convenience, customer service, and attention to patient satisfaction. This competition improves access to #healthcare, reduces wait times, and improves the quality of care for all patients, including commercially insured, #Medicare, #Medicaid, and #uninsured #patients. #Hospitals also compete to be included in health insurers’ networks and this #competition enables insurers to #negotiate lower #reimbursement rates and other terms that reduce healthcare costs, all for the benefit of patients. This transaction permanently and fundamentally alters the competitive relationship between #Geisinger and #Evangelical by linking them together in a number of ways that, taken together, raise the likelihood of coordination and reduce #Geisinger
#incentivetocompete #aggressive against each other... The transaction is likely to lead to #highprices, #lowquality, and #reducedaccess to high-quality #inpatient hospital services for patients in central Pennsylvania. In addition, the transaction creates incentives for Geisinger to raise prices to commercial insurers and other #purchasers inpatient acute care...

https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1301586/dl

#SCOTUS allows #HHS to divert funds over #abortion referrals

The #SupremeCourt Tues cleared the way for the #Biden admin to strip millions of #HealthCare dollars from #Oklahoma over its refusal to direct patients to info about #abortions — a federal req that the state says would be at odds w/its strict #AbortionBan.

Last yr, the Biden admin diverted $4.5M from OK’s #FamilyPlanning prgm, which primarily serves #LowIncome or #uninsured patients.

#law #ReproductiveRights
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/03/oklahoma-abortion-funding-supreme-court-title-x/

The states with the most #uninsured #Americans, mapped

https://www.axios.com/2024/08/06/uninsured-americans-texas-map

PSA: #CDC ending free Bridge Access Program #COVID #vaccine shots for un(der)insured in August ☹️😡
#BridgeAccessProgram #uninsured #underinsured

Daily Beast: CDC Will No Longer Supply Free COVID-19 Vaccines for Uninsured Adults
https://www.yahoo.com/news/cdc-no-longer-supply-free-190431029.html

Meanwhile, FLiRT COVID variants spreading ☹️
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/new-covid-19-flirt-variants-identified-what-you-need-to-know/ar-BB1maLLp

PSA: #CDC ending free Bridge Access Program #COVID #vaccine shots for un(der)insured in August ☹️😡
#BridgeAccessProgram #uninsured #underinsured

Daily Beast: CDC Will No Longer Supply Free COVID-19 Vaccines for Uninsured Adults
https://www.yahoo.com/news/cdc-no-longer-supply-free-190431029.html

Meanwhile, FLiRT COVID variants spreading ☹️
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/new-covid-19-flirt-variants-identified-what-you-need-to-know/ar-BB1maLLp

PSA: #CDC ending free Bridge Access Program #COVID #vaccine shots for un(der)insured in August ☹️😡
#BridgeAccessProgram #uninsured #underinsured

Daily Beast: CDC Will No Longer Supply Free COVID-19 Vaccines for Uninsured Adults
https://www.yahoo.com/news/cdc-no-longer-supply-free-190431029.html

Meanwhile, FLiRT COVID variants spreading ☹️
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/new-covid-19-flirt-variants-identified-what-you-need-to-know/ar-BB1maLLp

PSA: #CDC ending free Bridge Access Program #COVID #vaccine shots for un(der)insured in August ☹️😡
#BridgeAccessProgram #uninsured #underinsured

Daily Beast: CDC Will No Longer Supply Free COVID-19 Vaccines for Uninsured Adults
https://www.yahoo.com/news/cdc-no-longer-supply-free-190431029.html

Meanwhile, FLiRT COVID variants spreading ☹️
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/new-covid-19-flirt-variants-identified-what-you-need-to-know/ar-BB1maLLp

PSA: #CDC ending free Bridge Access Program #COVID #vaccine shots for un(der)insured in August ☹️😡
#BridgeAccessProgram #uninsured #underinsured

Daily Beast: CDC Will No Longer Supply Free COVID-19 Vaccines for Uninsured Adults
https://www.yahoo.com/news/cdc-no-longer-supply-free-190431029.html

Meanwhile, FLiRT COVID variants spreading ☹️
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/new-covid-19-flirt-variants-identified-what-you-need-to-know/ar-BB1maLLp

#US. #poverty rose in 2022 while fewer were #uninsured, Census Bureau says

https://ground.news/article/us-official-poverty-rate-was-115-in-2022-census-bureau-says_5881de

#FactOfTheDay: Older children have higher rates of uninsurance than younger children. And US rates are higher than California rates.

Learn more: https://www.kidsdata.org/topic/774/health-insurance-age-10k/bar#fmt=1183&loc=2,1&tf=156&pdist=7&ch=484,1439,551&sort=loc

#HealthInsurance #HealthCare #ChildHealth #PublicHealth #Medicaid #Uninsured #Data #Teens

#Monetary Tightening and U.S. #BankFragility in 2023: Mark-to-Market Losses and #Uninsured #Depositor Runs? https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4387676 "We analyze U.S. banks’ asset exposure to a recent rise in the #InterestRates with implications for #FinancialStability #GlobalFinancialSystem #SystemicRisk #UnisuredDebt #SVB Us #BankingSystem

Steven van Metre drew my attention to this paper in his youtube podcast in which he explains that 180 #US #banks risk facing the same faith as #SVB
#finance #uninsured #leverage #risk
https://youtu.be/M9TeqAzFTuQ

Eli Lilly cuts insulin prices after years of outrage https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/03/eli-lilly-to-match-medicares-35-insulin-cost-cap-after-furor/ "Lilly said that people with commercial #insurance can ... have an automatic cap of $35 per month if they purchase their #insulin at participating retail pharmacies. People without insurance can go to htpps://InsulinAffordability.com and download a Lilly Insulin Value Program savings card to get insulin for $35 per month." Eli Lilly is more progressive than the current US administration. #uninsured #diabetes #diabetic

New Online Tool Provides Health Snapshot of All 435 U.S. Congressional Districts #Congress #Healthcare #Data #Race #uninsured #medicare #AffordableCareAct #uninsured #govdocs https://www.bespacific.com/new-online-tool-provides-health-snapshot-of-all-435-u-s-congressional-districts/

#ActionAlert

From #MomsRising, https://MomsRising.org

The #InflationReductionAct caps #insulin at $35 for #Medicare recipients 65+. But thanks to pols & #BigPharma, millions of people with #diabetes on private insurance must still pay much more for insulin — often more than they can afford. And #uninsured people, forced to pay full price, likely can't afford even discounted care.

Tell #Congress to #savelives by capping insulin's cost. Sign the petition.

https://action.momsrising.org/sign/insulincaps

#activism

#Healthcare + #insurance are #HumanRights. Full stop. One of the hardest things I see as a #pediatrician for #uninsured #children are the catastrophic health outcomes when a child becomes ill enough to admit to the hospital due to an entirely preventable condition. Equipment + medications should be accessible to all children, esp those w/complex medical needs. It’s infuriating that systems create this and heartbreaking to see the impact on kids. We must continue to build better systems. #equity

As a #pediatrician for #uninsured #immigrant children I see #inequities + injustices. I also see what’s possible when we center dignity + humanity. We work to build a more just, sustainable system by creating access + raising awareness. Every Dec we also center joy + #giving. This year we’re serving 125 families w/food, hygiene items, blankets, toys + more. Each family also gets $100 gift cards for extra support. We are less than $1000 from our goal if you’d like to help: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1W35HC69WSQU2?ref_=wl_share

@Jchaparromd

Plus: #physicians get reimbursed for their clinical management and time

Minus: feeding the #healthcarecost beast w disproportional impact on #uninsured/#underinsured

#hottake #mychart #inbasket #physicianburnout