Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will be granted access to the personal information of millions of Medicaid enroles in an effort to track down anyone who may be in the US illegally. The agreement between the Department of Homeland Security and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services was described by a DHS spokesperson as an initiative to ensure undocumented immigrants don't receive Medicaid benefits. ICE agents would be able to see the personal information of about 79 million Medicaid enrol ...

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Joining us now, director of economics at the budget lab at Yale, Ernie Tedeski, and former Democratic congressman and vote senior adviser Max Rose. Denver is still with us. Mr.. Tedeski, tell me, um, when JD Vance goes and sells this bill, is he is he being honest about it by not laying out fully what it's going to mean for Medicaid? So, this bill is going to have costs and benefits to people. You know what we found at the budget lab was that if you just focus on the tax bill, um it's a major transfer of re ...

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Medicaid Overview - Medicaid covers nearly a quarter (25%) of Americans and costs over $800 billion [1] - Medicaid initially started small but has expanded significantly over time [1][5] - Medicaid's funding logic, involving federal assistance to states, has made it both contentious and prone to expansion [6] - Each state's Medicaid program is unique, tailored to its population [7] Healthcare Coverage in the US - Most working-age adults obtain insurance through employers, while others rely on public programs like Medicaid and Medicare [9] - The Affordable Care Act (ACA) created the healthcaregov marketplace, offering tax credits to make insurance affordable for those ineligible for Medicaid but lacking employer coverage [10] - The US healthcare system is described as "patchwork," with recent years seeing record lows in the number of uninsured individuals [10] Potential Impact of Policy Changes - Proposed changes are estimated to cause 87 million (8700000) people to become uninsured due to work requirements and administrative barriers [11] - An estimated 42 million (4200000) people could lose coverage because tax credits for the marketplace are not being extended, making it unaffordable [11] - Medicaid has grown to fill gaps in employer-based coverage, but this gap is now expected to widen [12]

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Watch: Medicaid began as a welfare program, but 60 years later it covers one in five Americans. https://t.co/XJrUiC56O2 ...

Under the One Big Beautiful Bill, the federal government will spend 15% less on Medicaid over the next decade, totalling $1trn. An estimated 10.9m people could lose health insurance. There will be less quantifiable changes, too https://t.co/GvQSbrS4Vr ...

Financial Performance - Elevance Health cut its profit outlook for the year [1] Healthcare Industry Dynamics - Higher medical costs in Affordable Care Act plans impacted Elevance Health [1] - Lower reimbursement from Medicaid impacted Elevance Health [1]

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