Josh Schultz
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Health care strategist at Softheon. Posting about health policy and dogs. Only my views.
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📣 2026 #ACA Rate Change Project Update:
So far I've baked in preliminary filings for 6 states: MD, MA, NY, OR, VT & WA.
Carriers in these 6 are asking for 15.6% rate hikes on avg., of which around 4.6% is specifically due to the GOP letting IRA subsidies expire. 1/
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So far I've baked in preliminary filings for 6 states: MD, MA, NY, OR, VT & WA.
Carriers in these 6 are asking for 15.6% rate hikes on avg., of which around 4.6% is specifically due to the GOP letting IRA subsidies expire. 1/
acasignups.net/rate_changes...
2026 Rate Change Project
Every year, I spend months painstakingly tracking every insurance carrier rate filing (nealry 400 for 2025!) for the following year to determine just how much average insurance policy premiums on the ...
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June 6, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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GLP1 costs are showing up in ACA Rate filings as material premium rate increase drivers (NY State filings h/t @charlesgaba.com )
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Wonder how frequent and meaningful this is
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Wonder how frequent and meaningful this is
June 2, 2025 at 7:06 PM
GLP1 costs are showing up in ACA Rate filings as material premium rate increase drivers (NY State filings h/t @charlesgaba.com )
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Wonder how frequent and meaningful this is
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Wonder how frequent and meaningful this is
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HPM's Adrianna McIntyre chats with @wbur.org about potential implications of Medicaid cuts on children, work requirements, and more. @adrianna.bsky.social @hsph.harvard.edu
Why one family that relies on Medicaid has faith in President Trump
Families of infants and toddlers from around the country are in Washington, D.C. this week to tell lawmakers to protect Medicaid.
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May 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
HPM's Adrianna McIntyre chats with @wbur.org about potential implications of Medicaid cuts on children, work requirements, and more. @adrianna.bsky.social @hsph.harvard.edu
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The fight over whether to extend extra ACA subsidies could turn into a fight over fraud in the program — how much there is, and who’s responsible for it
Here’s what the Democrats think
www.huffpost.com/entry/aca-en...
Here’s what the Democrats think
www.huffpost.com/entry/aca-en...
Democrats Have A Suggestion For Another Place Republicans Can Fight Fraud
The bill is partly an attempt to shape a coming political debate about the Affordable Care Act’s future.
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March 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The fight over whether to extend extra ACA subsidies could turn into a fight over fraud in the program — how much there is, and who’s responsible for it
Here’s what the Democrats think
www.huffpost.com/entry/aca-en...
Here’s what the Democrats think
www.huffpost.com/entry/aca-en...
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Medicaid covers about one-fifth of all hospital spending. There's a hospital in pretty much every Congressional district, and it's often one of the biggest employers.
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March 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Medicaid covers about one-fifth of all hospital spending. There's a hospital in pretty much every Congressional district, and it's often one of the biggest employers.
www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...
www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...
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I visited this lab when at FDA — lead for pharmaceutical quality, key for investigations of contaminants in drug supply. If this move interrupts agency function, it’s a big deal.
DOGE terminates lease on FDA pharma quality lab in St. Louis that employs about 70 scientists - unclear on their fate endpts.com/doge-shutter...
DOGE terminates lease on FDA quality lab in St. Louis, and 29 other sites
DOGE says that it has terminated the leases of 30 FDA offices and buildings, including a 52,000 square-foot St. Louis-based lab that operates under the FDA's Office of Pharmaceutical Quality.
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March 5, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I visited this lab when at FDA — lead for pharmaceutical quality, key for investigations of contaminants in drug supply. If this move interrupts agency function, it’s a big deal.
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Stanford University announces hiring freeze amid concerns about federal funding cuts www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco...
Stanford University announces hiring freeze amid concerns about federal funding cuts
Officials at Stanford University announced a freeze on hiring, citing concerns about the Trump administration's plans to cut funding for scientific research.
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March 2, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Stanford University announces hiring freeze amid concerns about federal funding cuts www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco...
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NEW: RFK Jr.'s "radical transparency" means ending a 54-year-old transparency policy.
A Nixon-era policy gave the public the ability to comment on HHS decisions relating to “public property, loans, grants, benefits, or contracts.“ RFK Jr. ended that on Friday. www.lawdork.com/p/rfk-jr-rad...
A Nixon-era policy gave the public the ability to comment on HHS decisions relating to “public property, loans, grants, benefits, or contracts.“ RFK Jr. ended that on Friday. www.lawdork.com/p/rfk-jr-rad...
RFK Jr.'s "radical transparency" means ending a 54-year-old transparency policy
The Nixon-era policy gave the public the ability to comment on HHS decisions relating to “public property, loans, grants, benefits, or contracts.“ RFK Jr. ended that on Friday.
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February 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
NEW: RFK Jr.'s "radical transparency" means ending a 54-year-old transparency policy.
A Nixon-era policy gave the public the ability to comment on HHS decisions relating to “public property, loans, grants, benefits, or contracts.“ RFK Jr. ended that on Friday. www.lawdork.com/p/rfk-jr-rad...
A Nixon-era policy gave the public the ability to comment on HHS decisions relating to “public property, loans, grants, benefits, or contracts.“ RFK Jr. ended that on Friday. www.lawdork.com/p/rfk-jr-rad...
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Update:
State Department late yesterday revised the freeze on foreign aid, exempting medical and other humanitarian operations, although officials/advocates/workers are still waiting for details on new limits
Story here: www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
State Department late yesterday revised the freeze on foreign aid, exempting medical and other humanitarian operations, although officials/advocates/workers are still waiting for details on new limits
Story here: www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
January 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Update:
State Department late yesterday revised the freeze on foreign aid, exempting medical and other humanitarian operations, although officials/advocates/workers are still waiting for details on new limits
Story here: www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
State Department late yesterday revised the freeze on foreign aid, exempting medical and other humanitarian operations, although officials/advocates/workers are still waiting for details on new limits
Story here: www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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🎉 BOOM: 2025 #ACA Open Enrollment hits nearly 24.2M enrollees, nearly 26.0M with BHPs included; up 12.7% y/y, still time to #GetCovered in a few states!
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BOOM: ACA Open Enrollment hits nearly 24.2M QHPs, nearly 26M w/BHPs included!
A week or so ago the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a semi-final 2025 ACA Open Enrollment Period report, which noted that 23.6 million Americans had selected 2025 plan year cove...
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January 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM