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Rachel Rosales
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PhD Student, Brown School of Public Health
Medicaid Policy & Health Economics
Honored to be named a 2025–2026 IRP National Dissertation Awardee! Grateful for the opportunity to advance my research on policies shaping Medicaid delivery systems and their impact on adolescents. Thank you @irpwisc.bsky.social!
Congratulations to IRP 2025–2026 National Dissertation Awardees Menna Mburi of UNC Chapel Hill and Rachel Rosales of @brownpublichealth.bsky.social‬! The award supports outstanding dissertation projects that explore issues of poverty and economic mobility in human services.
June 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Reposted by Rachel Rosales
Five for-profit, publicly traded companies – Centene, Elevance (formerly Anthem), UnitedHealth Group, Molina, and CVS Health – account for 50% of Medicaid MCO enrollment nationally. www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...
A Look at Medicaid Enrollment and Finances of the Five Largest Medicaid Managed Care Plans | KFF
This brief examines enrollment and financial data through the end of September 2024 from quarterly company earnings reports and calls, financial filings, and other company materials as well as from na...
www.kff.org
February 4, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Reposted by Rachel Rosales
Yesterday's effort to freeze federal #Medicaid $ for states shows the dire threats Medicaid faces but also how forceful public pushback can protect the program. Similar pushback is needed to block draconian Medicaid cuts now being discussed by House GOP leaders: ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/01/20/h...
House Budget Committee Circulates New Detailed List of Budget Reconciliation Options Including Draconian Medicaid Cuts Within House Republican Caucus
On Friday, January 17, Politico and other news outlets reported that the House Budget Committee distributed to the House Republican Caucus a new 50-page list of mandatory spending and tax proposals…
ccf.georgetown.edu
January 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Reposted by Rachel Rosales
Democrats are calling on Trump officials to “restore full operations at NIH,” warning that it’s threatening medical research.

“Without quick corrective action, the consequences of further disruption could be disastrous,” @raskin.house.gov @vanhollen.senate.gov and Sen. Alsobrooks write.
January 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM