More than 3 million adults in nine states would be at immediate risk of losing their health coverage should the GOP reduce the extra federal Medicaid funding that's enabled states to widen eligibility, according to KFF, a health information nonprofit that includes KFF Health News, and the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families. That's because the states have trigger laws that would swiftly end their Medicaid expansions if federal funding falls.

In this @jama.com Health Forum post, @larrylevitt.bsky.social explores why the incoming Trump administration and Republicans in Congress are likely to pursue budget cuts in #Medicaid and the #ACA and why such efforts are likely to boost the number of uninsured Americans: on.kff.org/3OEyE18

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-- KFF (@kff.org) December 5, 2024 at 11:48 AM