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Wed Jul 2, 2025, 04:12 PM Jul 2025

17 million Americans losing their health coverage is a national emergency [View all]

...and that national catastrophe is, incredibly, being deliberately engineered by republicans.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1 6h
The Senate version of the Republican tax would wipe out many of the strides made by the Affordable Care Act in reducing the number of uninsured Americans — resulting in at least 17 million Americans losing their health coverage, according to nonpartisan estimates and experts.

Democrats @TheDemocrats 7h
Trump's budget cuts Medicaid by over $1 TRILLION.

Not sure which health care programs will be impacted? Here’s what Medicaid is known as in your state 🧵


Alabama: Alabama Medicaid
Alaska: Alaska Medicaid
Arizona: Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS)
Arkansas: Arkansas Medicaid
California: Medi-Cal
Colorado: Health First Colorado
Connecticut: Connecticut Medicaid
Delaware: Delaware Medicaid
Florida: Florida Medicaid
Georgia: Georgia Medicaid
Hawaii: Hawaii QUEST Integration
Idaho: Medicaid
Illinois: Illinois Medicaid
Indiana: Indiana Medicaid
Iowa: Iowa Medicaid
Kansas: KanCare
Kentucky: Kentucky Medicaid
Louisiana: Louisiana Medicaid Program
Maine: MaineCare
Maryland: Maryland Medicaid
Massachusetts: MassHealth
Michigan: Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
Minnesota: Minnesota Medical Assistance
Mississippi: Mississippi Health Benefits
Missouri: MO HealthNet (Medicaid)
Montana: Montana Medicaid
Nebraska: Nebraska Medicaid
Nevada: Medicaid
New Hampshire: New Hampshire Medicaid
New Jersey: New Jersey FamilyCare
New Mexico: Medicaid
New York: New York Medicaid
North Carolina: North Carolina Medicaid
North Dakota: North Dakota Medicaid
Ohio: Ohio Medicaid
Oklahoma: SoonerCare
Oregon: Oregon Department of Human Services/Oregon Health Authority
Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Medical Assistance (MA) (Medicaid)
Rhode Island: Rhode Island
South Carolina: Healthy Connections
South Dakota: South Dakota Medicaid
Tennessee: TennCare
Texas: Texas Medicaid
Utah: Utah Medicaid
Vermont: Vermont Medicaid
Virginia: Medicaid
Washington: Apple Health (Medicaid)
Washington, D.C.: DC Medicaid
West Virginia: West Virginia Medicaid
Wisconsin: BadgerCare Plus
Wyoming: Wyoming Medicaid

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