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“We need the legislature, we need the governor especially, we need the federal administration. And we need the California voters. So what is it gonna take to win that political majority against the $200 million or whatever it is that the insurance industry will spend against us?” – Michael Lighty
Can California Beat the Odds
and Ditch For-Profit Health Care?
Featuring Michael Lighty
President, Healthy California Now
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Breaking News in Healthcare Reform
“Congress delayed implementation of the most devastating of those cuts till 2028, and hospitals, their armies of lobbyists and many allies on Capitol Hill are already gearing up to use the next two and a half years to persuade lawmakers to rescind them.”
How Hospitals Could Still Escape the Megabill’s Medicaid Cuts
Politico | Robert King, Amanda Chu, David Lim | July 14, 2025
“More than 22 million people — about 92% of ACA enrollees — received a federal subsidy this year that reduced their insurance premiums…. Without the credits, average out-of-pocket premiums in 2026 would rise by more than 75%….”
Why 22 Million People May See a ‘Sharp’ Increase in Health Insurance Premiums in 2026
CNBC | Greg Iacurci | July 11, 2025
“Over the next 10 years, the federal changes are estimated to cost [California] $28.4 billion and result in 3.4 million Californians losing coverage, according to an estimate from Gov. Gavin Newsom and state health officials.”
Higher Premiums and Lost Coverage: How Trump’s Budget Will Change Health Care in California
CalMatters | Ana B. Ibarra, Kristen Hwang | July 10, 2025
“Services that aren’t traditionally profitable — such as women’s health and pediatric care — will be the hardest to sustain….”
Rural Hospitals Brace for Painful Choices After Trump’s Medicaid and Obamacare Cuts
NBC News | Berkeley Lovelace Jr. | July 9, 2025
“Coverage against measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox, polio and pertussis is declining in more than 30 states, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.”
The Diseases That Could Return as Vaccination Rates Decline — And Why You Should Care
CNN | Katia Hetter | July 9, 2025
“…Republicans will reconsider a provision that would end the federal government’s 90 percent cost share of funding for new enrollees in states that expanded Medicaid under the Democrats’ 2010 health care law.”
Ron Johnson Believes He Will Get ‘Second Bite of the Apple’ on Medicaid Cuts
Politico | Benjamin Guggenheim | July 8, 2025
“Planned Parenthood stated in its lawsuit that ‘The Defund Provision is a naked attempt to leverage the government’s spending power to attack and penalize Planned Parenthood and impermissibly single it out for unfavorable treatment.’”
Federal Judge Rules Against Medicaid Cuts to Planned Parenthood
Healthcare Innovation | Mark Hagland | July 7, 2025
“‘Kids are the canaries in the coal mine…. When kids’ health changes, it’s because they’re at increased vulnerability, and it reflects what’s happening in society at large.’”
American Kids Have Become Increasingly Unhealthy Over Nearly Two Decades, New Study Finds
Associated Press | Laura Ungar, Jonel Aleccia | July 7, 2025
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