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@AP reporter covering health care policy. Reach me: [email protected] | Signal: AmandaSeitz.01 | Proud Ohio native

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When we visited this Texas region last month, people were scared to sign up for Medicaid, even if they live here legally. Now, the @AP has confirmed their fears. What does it mean for public health? .
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Immigrants in Texas's Rio Grande Valley are avoiding medical care due to intensified deportation efforts under the Trump administration.
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Latest for @AP: ICE officials will have access to all 79 million Medicaid enrollees' personal data, including addresses and ethnicities, according to an extraordinary agreement signed on Monday. w/ @kimberlykindy .
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will gain access to personally identifiable information for all of the nation’s 79 million Medicaid enrollees.
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RT @FarnoushAmiri: A WH official confirmed to AP that despite being ousted from WH, Waltz has spent last few months on the White House payr….
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On Monday, @SecKennedy praised $7-a-pop meals delivered to the homes of sick and elderly Americans. An @AP review found the meals are the type of heat-and-eat, ultraprocessed food he routinely criticizes.
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Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. raved in social media posts on Monday about the $7-a-pop meals that are delivered directly to the homes of Medicaid and Medicare enrollees.
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RT @tackettdc: How an empty North Carolina rural hospital explains a GOP senator's vote against Trump's tax bill via @AmandaSeitz https://….
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An empty hospital in Williamston, North Carolina, offers an evocative illustration of why Republican Sen.
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How will millions lose government health insurance under GOP's big bill? If you're a child, adult, an immigrant or a disabled a look at all the ways you may be at risk for @AP .
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Roughly 11.8 million adults and kids will be at risk for losing health insurance if Republicans’ domestic policy package becomes a law.
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RT @tackettdc: “The analysis found that 11.8 million more Americans would become uninsured by 2034 if the bill became law, an increase over….
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The changes made to President Donald Trump’s big tax bill in the Senate would pile trillions onto the nation’s debt load while resulting in even steeper losses in health care coverage, the nonparti...
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RT @bobjherman: Exact same stuff from 26 years ago. The illusion of change through voluntary pledges https://t.co/….
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Officers arrived and handcuffed Paola Clouatre, who handed her wedding ring to her husband for safekeeping.
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detained the wife of a Marine Corps veteran in Louisiana during a routine immigration appointment in New Orleans.
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RT @kimberlykindy: AP Exclusive: Trump officials ordered.@CMSGov to give deportation officials access to the personal health data of milli….
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President Donald Trump's administration has released to deportation officials the personal data for millions of Medicaid enrollees, including their immigration status.
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Amanda Seitz
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On Tuesday, Trump officials ordered @CMSGov to give deportation officials access to the personal health data of millions of Medicaid enrollees, raising legal and ethical concerns. My scoop for @AP w/ @kimberlykindy .
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President Donald Trump's administration has released to deportation officials the personal data for millions of Medicaid enrollees, including their immigration status.
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RT @FarnoushAmiri: What an @AP photo by Etienne Laurent of Sen. Alex Padilla being physically dragged away by the DHS secretary's security….
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A "crisis waiting for a crisis:" The CDC, a $9.2 billion-a-year agency tasked with reviewing life-saving vaccines, monitoring diseases & watching for budding threats to Americans’ health, is without a clear leader. My latest w/ @MikeStobbe for @AP .
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The CDC, a $9.2 billion-a-year agency tasked with reviewing life-saving vaccines, monitoring diseases and watching for budding threats to Americans’ health, is without a clear leader.
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Last year, Kyleigh Thurman shared how a Texas ER sent her home, still bleeding, with a doomed pregnancy. The feds concluded the ER violated the law. But the Trump admin, just yesterday, revoked a directive for ERs to provide emergency abortions.
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A federal investigation has found that a Texas hospital that repeatedly sent a woman who was bleeding and in pain home without ending her nonviable, life-threatening pregnancy violated the law.
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Amanda Seitz
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RT @samstein: (Reuters) - Staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were left baffled on Monday after the head of the U.S. disaster….
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The remark was made during a briefing by David Richardson, who has led the Federal Emergency Management Agency since early May.
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As @SecKennedy embarks on a study of autism, some families living with the disorder are hopeful. Others are terrified. More in my look at what families with autism what you to know for @AP .
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U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s stark comments about children with autism have splintered a community of millions of people who are living with the disorder.
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