Edwin Park
@edwincpark.bsky.social
Health policy especially Medicaid, CHIP and the Affordable Care Act. Research Professor at the Center for Children and Families (CCF) at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy.
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Edwin Park
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· Sep 19
Medicaid, CHIP, and Affordable Care Act Marketplace Cuts and Other Health Provisions in the Budget Reconciliation Law, Explained
Editor’s Note: this brief was updated on August 13, 2025 to reflect additional Congressional Budget Office coverage estimates of the reconciliation law issued on August 11, 2025 In partnership with…
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ICYMI: from Georgetown CCF and CHIR our comprehensive analysis of the budget reconciliation law's draconian #Medicaid, CHIP, ACA Marketplace cuts as well as other health provisions. We now have an easier-to-print PDF version. ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/07/22/m...
This plan doesn't extend the expiring enhanced Marketplace credits at all & instead contributes $ to HSAs for enrollees who may not even have HSAs & can't use that $ for premiums. By appropriating cost-sharing reductions, it further lowers underlying credit amounts & raises premium costs even more.
Thune says Republicans will hold a vote on the Cassidy-Crapo health care plan Thursday as a counterproposal to Dems three-year extension of ACA tax credits
December 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This plan doesn't extend the expiring enhanced Marketplace credits at all & instead contributes $ to HSAs for enrollees who may not even have HSAs & can't use that $ for premiums. By appropriating cost-sharing reductions, it further lowers underlying credit amounts & raises premium costs even more.
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A few thoughts on new Medicaid work req guidance from CMS
Topline it says v. little so states remain in a bind with huge demands and little guidance to go on.
But some takeaways:
1. Confirms that states will have access to 90/10 fed match for new IT systems (vendors are 😀).
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Topline it says v. little so states remain in a bind with huge demands and little guidance to go on.
But some takeaways:
1. Confirms that states will have access to 90/10 fed match for new IT systems (vendors are 😀).
🧵
The Trump Administration has released preliminary guidance on mandatory Medicaid work requirements. We will read and share thoughts soon here and on our website ccf.georgetown.edu
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December 8, 2025 at 11:05 PM
A few thoughts on new Medicaid work req guidance from CMS
Topline it says v. little so states remain in a bind with huge demands and little guidance to go on.
But some takeaways:
1. Confirms that states will have access to 90/10 fed match for new IT systems (vendors are 😀).
🧵
Topline it says v. little so states remain in a bind with huge demands and little guidance to go on.
But some takeaways:
1. Confirms that states will have access to 90/10 fed match for new IT systems (vendors are 😀).
🧵
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Senators Crapo & Cassidy have now released bill language for their health "plan". Besides nothing on expiring Marketplace credits and HSAs, it adds 3 harmful #Medicaid cuts from House version of H.R. 1 that were dropped in final law due to Senate rules (1/x): www.finance.senate.gov/download/hea...
[2025-12-08] Download: Health Care Freedom for Patients Act | The United States Senate Committee on Finance | The United States Senate Committee on Finance
[2025-12-08] Download: Health Care Freedom for Patients Act | The United States Senate Committee on Finance
www.finance.senate.gov
December 9, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Senators Crapo & Cassidy have now released bill language for their health "plan". Besides nothing on expiring Marketplace credits and HSAs, it adds 3 harmful #Medicaid cuts from House version of H.R. 1 that were dropped in final law due to Senate rules (1/x): www.finance.senate.gov/download/hea...
Senators Crapo & Cassidy have now released bill language for their health "plan". Besides nothing on expiring Marketplace credits and HSAs, it adds 3 harmful #Medicaid cuts from House version of H.R. 1 that were dropped in final law due to Senate rules (1/x): www.finance.senate.gov/download/hea...
[2025-12-08] Download: Health Care Freedom for Patients Act | The United States Senate Committee on Finance | The United States Senate Committee on Finance
[2025-12-08] Download: Health Care Freedom for Patients Act | The United States Senate Committee on Finance
www.finance.senate.gov
December 9, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Senators Crapo & Cassidy have now released bill language for their health "plan". Besides nothing on expiring Marketplace credits and HSAs, it adds 3 harmful #Medicaid cuts from House version of H.R. 1 that were dropped in final law due to Senate rules (1/x): www.finance.senate.gov/download/hea...
Senate Republican health "plan" doesn't extend expiring enhanced Marketplace premium credits at all. Just $ for Health Savings Accounts while cutting federal #Medicaid $ for states using their own funds to cover undocumented immigrants & prohibiting Medicaid coverage of gender affirming care (1/2)
December 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Senate Republican health "plan" doesn't extend expiring enhanced Marketplace premium credits at all. Just $ for Health Savings Accounts while cutting federal #Medicaid $ for states using their own funds to cover undocumented immigrants & prohibiting Medicaid coverage of gender affirming care (1/2)
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NEW: Rural health is in crisis. Congress created a $50B rescue package and gave states just weeks to compete for a slice of it.
$3.75B hinges on whether states pass a series of Trump-approved policies, including restrictions on SNAP.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
$3.75B hinges on whether states pass a series of Trump-approved policies, including restrictions on SNAP.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
‘Sort of blackmail’: Billions in rural health funding hinge on states passing Trump-backed policies
Democrats and health advocates described the strategy as highly unusual, and some fear it could be wielded to favor political allies.
www.politico.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
NEW: Rural health is in crisis. Congress created a $50B rescue package and gave states just weeks to compete for a slice of it.
$3.75B hinges on whether states pass a series of Trump-approved policies, including restrictions on SNAP.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
$3.75B hinges on whether states pass a series of Trump-approved policies, including restrictions on SNAP.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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Proposed changes to public charge rules are expected to reduce participation in public programs.
A recent KFF/NYT poll found 1 in 10 immigrant adults say they disenrolled from or avoided enrolling in assistance programs due to immigration-related fears: https://on.kff.org/4pmhzK8
A recent KFF/NYT poll found 1 in 10 immigrant adults say they disenrolled from or avoided enrolling in assistance programs due to immigration-related fears: https://on.kff.org/4pmhzK8
December 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Proposed changes to public charge rules are expected to reduce participation in public programs.
A recent KFF/NYT poll found 1 in 10 immigrant adults say they disenrolled from or avoided enrolling in assistance programs due to immigration-related fears: https://on.kff.org/4pmhzK8
A recent KFF/NYT poll found 1 in 10 immigrant adults say they disenrolled from or avoided enrolling in assistance programs due to immigration-related fears: https://on.kff.org/4pmhzK8
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The decision by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to downgrade its recommendations to protect infants from hepatitis B is a dangerous move that will harm children.
Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT
Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT
December 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The decision by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to downgrade its recommendations to protect infants from hepatitis B is a dangerous move that will harm children.
Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT
Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT
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A key mission of @kff.org public opinion work is to amplify the voices of the people directly impacted by healthy policy debates. Today we release a great example of this- a survey of ACA Marketplace Enrollees
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2025 KFF Marketplace Enrollees Survey | KFF
This survey explores how ACA Marketplace enrollees expect to respond if their premium payments doubled as expected in 2026 when enhanced premium tax credits are set to expire. About a third would very...
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December 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
A key mission of @kff.org public opinion work is to amplify the voices of the people directly impacted by healthy policy debates. Today we release a great example of this- a survey of ACA Marketplace Enrollees
www.kff.org/public-opini...
www.kff.org/public-opini...
Even if an above-the-line deduction where you don’t have to itemize, it would provide the biggest benefit to those with the highest incomes/in highest tax brackets while providing no or modest benefits to those with lower incomes (who now most benefit from the enhanced Marketplace credits). 1/2
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is proposing a new tax deduction for healthcare costs as lawmakers face an end-of-year deadline to address an expiring Affordable Care Act tax credit.
Read more: https://taxnotes.co/48llQHP
Read more: https://taxnotes.co/48llQHP
December 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Even if an above-the-line deduction where you don’t have to itemize, it would provide the biggest benefit to those with the highest incomes/in highest tax brackets while providing no or modest benefits to those with lower incomes (who now most benefit from the enhanced Marketplace credits). 1/2
H.R. 1's rural health fund was always an inadequate & temporary fig leaf for rural hospitals. But then Trump Admin capped payments to providers at 15%. Now it provides little info about states' applications raising questions about where the $ will really go. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Feds Promised ‘Radical Transparency’ but Are Withholding Rural Health Fund Applications - KFF Health News
Proposals from states that have shared their applications to a new $50 billion rural health program include using drones to deliver medication, installing refrigerators to expand access to healthy pro...
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December 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
H.R. 1's rural health fund was always an inadequate & temporary fig leaf for rural hospitals. But then Trump Admin capped payments to providers at 15%. Now it provides little info about states' applications raising questions about where the $ will really go. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
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Some Republicans now eyeing *January* as next chance to get something done -- after crushing premium hikes for ~20M have already taken effect.
December 2, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Some Republicans now eyeing *January* as next chance to get something done -- after crushing premium hikes for ~20M have already taken effect.
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NEW: Hopes fade in Congress for a health care deal before premiums soar in January
Two weeks before recess, they're nowhere close.
Senate to vote on a bill of Dems' choosing; expected to fail.
Enhanced ACA funds set to expire, as many Republicans want.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Two weeks before recess, they're nowhere close.
Senate to vote on a bill of Dems' choosing; expected to fail.
Enhanced ACA funds set to expire, as many Republicans want.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Hopes fade in Congress for a health care deal before premiums soar in January
Billions of dollars in tax credits under the Affordable Care Act are poised to expire at the end of the year. Lawmakers in both parties say they're nowhere close to a deal to renew them.
www.nbcnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:40 PM
NEW: Hopes fade in Congress for a health care deal before premiums soar in January
Two weeks before recess, they're nowhere close.
Senate to vote on a bill of Dems' choosing; expected to fail.
Enhanced ACA funds set to expire, as many Republicans want.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Two weeks before recess, they're nowhere close.
Senate to vote on a bill of Dems' choosing; expected to fail.
Enhanced ACA funds set to expire, as many Republicans want.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
From @kff.org updated analysis of the harmful impact of H.R. 1's restrictions on state use of provider taxes to finance their #Medicaid programs including the mandatory reduction in existing provider taxes in most Medicaid expansion states starting in October 2027: www.kff.org/medicaid/5-k...
December 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
From @kff.org updated analysis of the harmful impact of H.R. 1's restrictions on state use of provider taxes to finance their #Medicaid programs including the mandatory reduction in existing provider taxes in most Medicaid expansion states starting in October 2027: www.kff.org/medicaid/5-k...
Doulas Provide Crucial Care to Mothers. #Medicaid Cuts Could Change That www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/n...
Doulas Provide Crucial Care to Mothers. Medicaid Cuts Could Change That.
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November 30, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Doulas Provide Crucial Care to Mothers. #Medicaid Cuts Could Change That www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/n...
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Gone are the days of seniors walking down the road from their house to see the town doctor. https://cnn.it/3MdyJuI
November 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Gone are the days of seniors walking down the road from their house to see the town doctor. https://cnn.it/3MdyJuI
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When a politician says: we’ll deregulate health insurance and send you a “freedom account” check, ask: freedom to buy what? If insurers don’t offer real policies or can cherry-pick only healthy people, that money is a coupon for a store that’s not open.
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 PM
When a politician says: we’ll deregulate health insurance and send you a “freedom account” check, ask: freedom to buy what? If insurers don’t offer real policies or can cherry-pick only healthy people, that money is a coupon for a store that’s not open.
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I was genuinely interested to see President Trump's health plan today. Guess we'll have to wait longer.
November 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I was genuinely interested to see President Trump's health plan today. Guess we'll have to wait longer.
When the G.O.P. #Medicaid Cuts Arrive, These Hospitals Will Be Hit Hardest www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
When the G.O.P. Medicaid Cuts Arrive, These Hospitals Will Be Hit Hardest
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
When the G.O.P. #Medicaid Cuts Arrive, These Hospitals Will Be Hit Hardest www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
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During the last major reduction in federal Medicaid spending, all states reduced spending on home care by serving fewer people, cutting benefits, or reducing payment rates.
States may use similar methods in the future: https://on.kff.org/48so73J
States may use similar methods in the future: https://on.kff.org/48so73J
November 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
During the last major reduction in federal Medicaid spending, all states reduced spending on home care by serving fewer people, cutting benefits, or reducing payment rates.
States may use similar methods in the future: https://on.kff.org/48so73J
States may use similar methods in the future: https://on.kff.org/48so73J
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maybe they can be shamed sometimes? www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump admin backs off idea to force SNAP users to reapply
Officials will rely on state standards that are already in place to ensure eligibility, despite USDA chief Brooke Rollins’ comments last week.
www.politico.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
maybe they can be shamed sometimes? www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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Secretary Kennedy, speaking to a bipartisan group of governors, has mixed up Medicare and Medicaid, and implied the people who will lose the latter are either unauthorized immigrants, dual eligible, or people who “don’t want to get a job.”
November 21, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Secretary Kennedy, speaking to a bipartisan group of governors, has mixed up Medicare and Medicaid, and implied the people who will lose the latter are either unauthorized immigrants, dual eligible, or people who “don’t want to get a job.”
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The Trump Administration is abandoning plans for the biggest-ever cut to Social Security Disability Insurance, which would have hit older workers hardest.
The rule would have devastated up to 1.5 million workers' financial stability, retirement security & access to health care.
wapo.st/4o48J24
The rule would have devastated up to 1.5 million workers' financial stability, retirement security & access to health care.
wapo.st/4o48J24
Social Security scraps plan to limit disability benefits after uproar
The policy would have fundamentally altered who qualifies for the two federal disability programs by eliminating or limiting a person’s age as a factor to consider.
wapo.st
November 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The Trump Administration is abandoning plans for the biggest-ever cut to Social Security Disability Insurance, which would have hit older workers hardest.
The rule would have devastated up to 1.5 million workers' financial stability, retirement security & access to health care.
wapo.st/4o48J24
The rule would have devastated up to 1.5 million workers' financial stability, retirement security & access to health care.
wapo.st/4o48J24
I also have a new blog on CMS guidance issued on Nov 14th indicating in part how CMS will implement H.R. 1's restrictions on state use of provider taxes to help finance their #Medicaid programs, which will shift costs to states and lead to damaging Medicaid cuts: ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/11/18/c...
CMS Issues New Guidance on H.R. 1’s Restrictions on State Use of Provider Taxes to Finance Medicaid
On November 14, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued new guidance with some new detail about how it will implement provisions in H.R. 1 — the budget reconciliation la…
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November 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I also have a new blog on CMS guidance issued on Nov 14th indicating in part how CMS will implement H.R. 1's restrictions on state use of provider taxes to help finance their #Medicaid programs, which will shift costs to states and lead to damaging Medicaid cuts: ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/11/18/c...
New blog on a Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation model to implement recent White House pricing agreements with manufacturers. While we now know how the model will interact with the #Medicaid rebate program, several key questions remain unanswered: ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/11/18/s...
Several Key Questions about Trump Administration’s Drug Pricing Deals and Their Impact on Medicaid Remain Unaddressed
On November 6, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) model to implement pricing agreements with two drug ma…
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November 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
New blog on a Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation model to implement recent White House pricing agreements with manufacturers. While we now know how the model will interact with the #Medicaid rebate program, several key questions remain unanswered: ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/11/18/s...