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protectrihealth.bsky.social @protectrihealth.bsky.social · 3d

RHODE ISLAND’S HEALTH COVERAGE IS AT RISK. If enhanced tax credits expire in December 2025, the impact will be devastating for families, providers, and our state’s economy. Sign the petition to Congress to make the enhanced tax credits permanent: act.communitycatalyst.org/a/extend-eptcs?

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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities @centeronbudget.bsky.social · 8d

PTC enhancements, a central issue in the shutdown debate, “provide the greatest benefit for people who need the most help” says CBPP’s @gidlukens.bsky.social. “The tax exclusion for employer health coverage does the opposite.” #GreadRead via @latimes.com: www.latimes.com/business/sto...

Commentary: The GOP says the Obamacare subsidies at the center of the shutdown are unimportant. Millions of Americans would disagree

The ACA subsidies made healthcare affordable for millions of low-income households. In the shutdown debate, the GOP is lying about them.

www.latimes.com

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protectrihealth.bsky.social @protectrihealth.bsky.social · 15d

Congress failed us by gutting healthcare programs & refusing to make permanent the enhanced tax credits that help over 45,000 RIs afford coverage. Help make sure Congress hears us loud and clear: Lower healthcare costs now! Message our members today. Go to secure.everyaction.com/vLVkMy3HaEm6...

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Attorney General Peter F. Neronha @peterneronha.bsky.social · 15d

AG Neronha, coalition file motion for preliminary injunction to block defunding of Planned Parenthood and other health centers:

“We have no time to spare in shielding Americans from the harm these initiatives will cause.”

riag.ri.gov/press-releas...

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protectrihealth.bsky.social @protectrihealth.bsky.social · 15d

Enhanced Premium Tax Credits protect 20M+ people from medical bills that drain savings & wreck credit. Congress had the chance to act—instead, they chose cuts.

Urge Congress to make these tax credits permanent & repeal health care cuts: secure.everyaction.com/vLVkMy3HaEm6...

#CareNotCuts

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protectrihealth.bsky.social @protectrihealth.bsky.social · 17d

20M+ people can afford health insurance thanks to enhanced Premium Tax Credits. But if Congress doesn’t act now, these credits will expire, premiums will spike & families will lose coverage.

We’re joining @communitycatalyst.org in urging Congress to make PTCs permanent: commcat.io/46lV1B1

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protectrihealth.bsky.social @protectrihealth.bsky.social · 23d

Healthcare Champions State Rep June Speakman and State Senator Pam Lauria speak up for action on healthcare access and affordability! steveahlquist.substack.com/p/its-not-ju...

It’s not just Medicaid and Medicare at risk. This program for working-class Rhode Islanders has been cut.

...when the new bills arrive after the new year, 6 out of 7 households enrolled in HealthSource RI plans who receive premium support will discover an estimated 85% increase in their premium payments.

steveahlquist.substack.com

protectrihealth.bsky.social @protectrihealth.bsky.social · 28d

Along with the Coalition, several leading RI groups signed on to this call for action in Congress to make the enhanced premium tax credits permanent -- that's because these tax credits help people afford the coverage that they need to access quality healthcare.

protectrihealth.bsky.social @protectrihealth.bsky.social · 28d

Along with the Coalition, several leading RI groups signed on to this call for action in Congress to make the enhanced premium tax credits permanent -- that's because these tax credits help people afford the coverage that they need to access quality healthcare.

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Community Catalyst @communitycatalyst.org · 29d

20M+ people rely on enhanced Premium Tax Credits to afford health coverage. If they expire in 2025, premiums will spike, families will lose care, and costs will rise for everyone.

📢 Community Catalyst and 300+ groups nationwide are urging Congress: make ePTCs permanent. >> commcat.io/46lV1B1

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protectrihealth.bsky.social @protectrihealth.bsky.social · Sep 2

Cuts to Medicaid & ACA enhanced tax credits mean thousands of RIs will lose coverage. Protect Our Healthcare rallied w/ Senators Reed & Whitehouse to fight back. "We must work together & not stop until everyone has access & our nation recognizes healthcare as a human right!" (Izzy Irizarry, CPU)

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protectrihealth.bsky.social @protectrihealth.bsky.social · Jul 28

What will the largest cuts to healthcare in our nation's history mean for Rhode Island? www.providencejournal.com/story/news/h...

'Big Beautiful Bill' will bring largest health care cuts in history. How it will affect RI

Trump may call it beautiful, but the reconciliation bill will have an ugly impact on Rhode Island’s health care system, policy analysts say.

www.providencejournal.com

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Globe Rhode Island @globeri.bsky.social · Jul 21

Commentary by Weayonnoh Nelson-Davies: With the passage of legislation cutting federal assistance programs, all is not lost if we are willing to act boldly, writes the executive director of the Economic Progress Institute.

A way forward as new federal law slashes aid to Rhode Islanders - The Boston Globe

With the passage of legislation cutting federal assistance programs, all is not lost if we are willing to act boldly, writes the executive director of the Economic Progress Institute.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · Jun 28

Over 10 million Americans would lose their healthcare under Trump’s Tax Scam — and that doesn’t include the millions more who would lose their coverage because of GOP cuts to the Affordable Care Act.

Call your GOP senators: indivisible.org/resource/cal...

Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/no-cutt...

Protect Our Care on Bluesky: “BREAKING: New CBO score reveals GOP Senate bill slashes $930 BILLION from Medicaid - the largest cut in history.

That means 10M+ could lose coverage.

Earlier GOP plan: $700B
New plan: $930B

This is a full-scale attack on America's most vulnerable. #KillTheBill”

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protectrihealth.bsky.social @protectrihealth.bsky.social · Jun 17

protectrihealth.bsky.social @protectrihealth.bsky.social · Jun 16

It's not too late to tell your R.I. State Legislators: Act now to protect affordable healthcare! actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Tell your R.I. State Legislators: Act now to protect affordable healthcare!

Contact your state legislators today!

actionnetwork.org

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protectrihealth.bsky.social @protectrihealth.bsky.social · Jun 10

Protect affordable healthcare coverage for 40,000 HealthSource RI enrollees. Click to tell your R.I. State Legislators: Act now to protect affordable healthcare by passing the RI Individual Marketplace Affordability Act (H5996/S707)! actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Tell your R.I. State Legislators: Act now to protect affordable healthcare!

Contact your state legislators today!

actionnetwork.org

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · Jun 6

On June 6, 1944, 81 years ago, the US and allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy to liberate Europe from Hitler’s tyrannic rule. These brave soldiers gave their lives to defend democracy.

We must honor them by continuing the fight against authoritarianism and fascism in all its forms.

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WPRI 12 @wpri12.bsky.social · Jun 10

While Democrats are fighting proposed Medicaid cuts at the federal level, Rhode Islanders are facing their own cuts on the state level due to a change in the program’s income limit. @katewilkinson.bsky.social reports: ⤵️

700 Rhode Islanders to lose Medicaid coverage; state blames old mistake

A spokesperson for EOHHS says new income limits will take effect this month for new patients.

www.wpri.com

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protectrihealth.bsky.social @protectrihealth.bsky.social · Jun 5

Middle & low-income RIs are at risk of losing affordable HealthSource RI coverage when enhanced premium tax credits are ended. Email your own State Rep & Senator in the RI General Assembly for their support of the RI Marketplace Affordability Act H5996/S707! www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/05/m...

Proposed health care cuts threaten thousands of Rhode Islanders. We must protect their coverage. - The Boston Globe

By supporting the Individual Market Affordability Act, we have an opportunity to safeguard our residents from dramatic increases in their health insurance costs.

www.bostonglobe.com

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protectrihealth.bsky.social @protectrihealth.bsky.social · Jun 5

16 million people. That’s 1 in every 21 people in the U.S. who will lose health coverage as a result of the U.S. House budget bill now up for debate in the Senate. Dial 866-426-2631 to tell our RI Senators Reed & Whitehouse you support the fight to stop the termination of people's healthcare!

protectrihealth.bsky.social @protectrihealth.bsky.social · Jun 3

HealthSourceRI is a backstop to affordable coverage for 40,000 RIs at risk because Congress is letting enhanced premium tax credits expire at the end of 2025. Email your RI State Rep & Senator. Ask them to protect HSRI coverage by passing the RI Marketplace Affordability Act (H5996/S707)

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Rhode Island KIDS COUNT @rikidscount.bsky.social · May 28

Join us June 2 for a policy event focused on maternal + infant health!

Registration here: form.jotform.com/251284756929...

#RIFactbook #HealthEquityRI

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Community Catalyst @communitycatalyst.org · May 22

🚨BREAKING: Early this morning, the House passed the largest Medicaid cuts in history, leaving 15 million people at risk of losing care.

These cuts will devastate communities, families, local clinics, schools, and rural hospitals nationwide. Read our statement. >> commcat.io/4kuNQM6

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Economic Progress Institute — PVD, RI @epi-ri.bsky.social · May 19

Medicaid saves lives! Hear from a cancer survivor who credits it for saving his life. And support the RI Cong. Delegation in its efforts to save Medicaid.

Big shoutouts @protectrihealth.bsky.social, @weareripin.bsky.social, @reed.senate.gov, @whitehouse.senate.gov!

www.tiktok.com/@epi.ri/vide...

Medicaid saves lives! Remarks from Protect Our Healthcare Coalition press conference. May 16, PVD, RI.

TikTok video by Economic Progress Institute

www.tiktok.com

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