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The Trump admin's new assault on the few benefits available to non-qualified immigrants

For RFK Jr. and Pam Bondi, deterring "illegal immigration" trumps all other public policy goals

Jul 16 •

OBBBA mitigations, Part 1: minimizing harm from work reporting requirements

The enactment of the Republicans’ monstrous budget bill in one sense sets politics and policy at odds, at least for Democrats.

Jul 10 •

June 2025

Republican Medicaid cuts mostly target the ACA Medicaid expansion

Republican legislators who wrote the Medicaid provisions of their monstrous megabill are acting on a simple belief: low-income nonelderly adults who…

Jun 20 •

Lies my Republican congressman told me about their cuts to Medicaid and Obamacare

Third and probably last in a series at nj.com.

Jun 16 •

Republicans' Radical Reactionary Redemption bill

It's always back to the future with them...

Jun 10 •

Halving the ACA's progress toward universal health coverage

More than halving, actually

Jun 4 •

May 2025

The Republican assault on health coverage for immigrants

The legislative aggression goes beyond barring coverage for the undocumented

May 28 •

Back to the future: A window on the ACA's off-exchange market

In the ARPA enhanced subsidy era, off-exchange enrollment in New Jersey dropped 30%

May 16 •

Republicans aim a double-barreled out-of-pocket cost blast at the not-quite poor

In both Medicaid and the ACA marketplace, enrollees with income modestly above 100% FPL will see costs increase

May 13 •

CBO likely underestimates coverage losses if Republicans defund the ACA Medicaid expansion

Estimate "seems low" -- KFF's Larry Levitt, Brookings' Matt Fiedler, and Georgetown's Edwin Park agree

May 8 •

Whatcha gonna do, Van Drew, Van Drew?

Will the formerly Democratic South Jersey House rep abandon his promise to protect Medicaid?

May 4 •

April 2025

House Republicans: We're not cutting Medicaid spending, we're just reducing it

Republicans are hiding the ball -- and fooling reporters -- by suggesting that states are free to pick up the offloaded cost.

Apr 29 •

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