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RT @KFFHealthNews: About 68% of Americans said they favored a Medicaid work requirement in a recent @KFF poll. That dropped to 35% when the….

RT @votelandry: The effects of this big stupid bill will be devastating for so many people in Louisiana. This is not debatable. (This artic….

RT @JSODonoghue: Here's a very detailed look at what the Medicaid cut means for rural Louisiana residents in the Mississippi Delta (one of….

RT @hberkes: NEW From @chatlanis @stateline_news @KKrisberg @pubhealthwatch : The “big, beautiful bill” would cause 11.8 million more Amer….

RT @pubhealthwatch: U.S. House passes Trump's tax bill, which mostly benefits the rich & cuts $1 trillion from Medicaid. Experts say the c….

RT @AFTunion: Context matters. Who is fighting for opportunity for all Americans? Who is fighting to grow power and wealth for a few on the….

When I was at @deltahealthcent in rural MS a month ago looking at health care in the rural south, I saw this article from the Boston Globe in the 1960s. *This* is how doctors and politicians framed health care then. Now close to 12 million could lose their Medicaid.

Read our investigation into the reality of work requirements in the Delta and rural America from @stateline_news and @pubhealthwatch

In 2015, the year before Louisiana expanded Medicaid, the uninsured rate among working-age adults in East Carroll Parish was nearly 35%. By 2021, that number was 12.7%. “Why are we going back?” provider Jennifer Newton asked. “We’ve made so much progress.”

Census data typically undercounts the number of people on Medicaid. State data we reviewed showed that in 2023 almost half the state relied on Medicaid. That means Congressional Republicans are likely underestimating the gravity of these cuts.

Also in Greenville, Jennifer Morris, 44, struggles with debilitating headaches from a disorder --hemicrania continua. She gets Medicaid via her disability to pay for her meds. She's worried it could go away. And she certainly needs work flexibility.

Over in Greenville, MS, where the state did not expand Medicaid to adults, April McNair, 45, had a baby 17 yrs ago. She was kicked off right after giving birth. She had complications and got a $2,500 bill. “I ended up with a significant bill, all bc I did not have Medicaid.”

Residents say they're working as much as they can! Single mom of two, Nevada Qualls, works as a cashier in city hall in Lake Providence. Even a city job can't give her health insurance. So she relies on #Medicaid expansion in Louisiana.

Congressional Republicans want to impose work requirements on working-age adults with Medicaid. People in the Delta ask - where are the jobs? . “We have one bank. We have one supermarket,” she said. “Transportation isn’t easy either.” - Rosie Brown, local community organizer

@chatlanis + @Kkrisberg report that across the Delta, people say there are no jobs here, transportation is difficult, and internet access is subpar. "We have a lot of patients that are one health issue away from either. being bankrupt," said Dr. Brent Smith, in Greenville, MS.

Over 11.8M could lose #healthcare as @realDonaldTrump's #bigbeautifulbill would cut $1T from #Medicaid over the next decade. People in the Delta say – national leaders are completely out of touch with the reality of what it’s like to live in rural America.

RT @pubhealthwatch: Trump's “big, beautiful bill” would explode the U.S. uninsured rate. In rural Louisiana, where Medicaid expansion has….