Shalina Chatlani
@chatlanis.bsky.social
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Health care reporter for Stateline. Investigations, bikes, and dumplings. Schatlani (at) stateline dot org. Follow me on TikTok! https://www.tiktok.com/@shalinathewriter and instagram -- @shalina.chatlani
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I really wanna have some background calls with experts who have their ears to the ground on local #healthcare challenges, as well as researchers looking at healthcare costs, access to medicine, and social determinants of health, and equity. Who should I talk to? #medicine #businessofhealthcare
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President Donald Trump’s new tax and spending law will likely force more than half the states to reduce payments to doctors and hospitals that treat Medicaid patients, a change critics say will be particularly harmful to rural hospitals.

@chatlanis.bsky.social reports:
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Trump’s new law will limit payments to hospitals that treat low-income patients • Stateline
President Donald Trump’s new tax and spending law will likely force more than half the states to reduce payments to doctors and hospitals that treat Medicaid patients.
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westvirginiawatch.com
Beginning in 2026, veterans will have to prove they are working, volunteering, participating in job training, or looking for work for at least 80 hours a month to keep their food stamps beyond three months, unless they qualify for another exemption, reports @chatlanis.bsky.social.
New work rules could deny food stamps to thousands of veterans • West Virginia Watch
NEW YORK — After a year in the U.S. Navy, Loceny Kamara said he was discharged in 2023, because while on base he had developed mental health issues, including severe anxiety and nightmares, and had…
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At least 12 states, including Colorado, have received federal approval to restrict recipients of SNAP from using their benefits to purchase certain foods such as soda and candy. Colorado is the first state led by a Democrat to receive the controversial waiver.
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A dozen states win approval to restrict soda, candy for SNAP recipients | Colorado Newsline
At least 12 states, including Colorado, have received federal approval to restrict recipients of SNAP from buying soda and candy.
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@chatlanis.bsky.social reports: Beginning in 2026, military veterans will have to prove they are working, volunteering, participating in job training, or looking for work for at least 80 hours a month to keep their food stamps, unless they qualify for another exemption.
stateline.org/2025/08/12/n...
New work rules could deny food stamps to thousands of veterans • Stateline
Beginning in 2026, military veterans will have to prove they are working, volunteering, participating in job training, or looking for work for at least 80 hours a month to keep their food stamps beyon...
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