Most adults on Medicaid already work, because you can't use Medicaid to pay your rent or your grocery bills. It's health insurance that pays your medical bills if you get sick.

In KY, the avg person who is subject to this new coverage-contingent paperwork is a 40yr old woman in a household of 3 with a high school degree or less making $4k per year. She works part time, cares for loved ones, and will need to fill out monthly forms to keep her insulin.

NEW GALLUP POLL: the pendulum has swung drastically since last year. 🟢 just 30% want immigration decreased (55% last year) 🟢 79% of Americans think immigration is GOOD for the country (record high) 🟢 Path to citizenship (78%) beats mass deportation (38%)

Tomorrow!

My favorite 100mile ultra is underway! If you've never been to the San Juans in Colorado, do yourself a favor and get there. Silverton is a sterling town, and ever trail around it is perfection.

Homelessness jumps again in Kentucky amid: - No longer exempt from SNAP work reporting - New Medicaid work reporting - Massive cuts to housing assistance proposed by Trump admin - Street camping is illegal - KY still 200K+ homes short of need kentuckylantern.com/2025/07/11/new…

NEW: Nearly one year after House Bill 5 went into effect, Kentucky has seen 425 "unlawful camping" charges across 30 counties. That’s an average of more than one unhoused person cited or arrested for unlawful camping each day.

Good conversation happening right now in the KY Appropriations and Revenue Committee about natural disaster resiliency. We wrote about the need for an office of disaster resiliency, and other preemptive things three years ago after the flooding in EKY. kypolicy.org/kentucky-must-…

Check out the ACF request for state applications for the *new* TANF pilot. The pilot will select up to five states to test innovative approaches aimed at promoting work and reducing government dependency. Application deadline is August 15. Learn more: peerta.acf.hhs.gov/content/reques…

This is a great synopsis of why the OBBBA's Rural Health Fund was poorly designed, and will not mitigate the impact of the Medicaid cuts as much as was initially suggested.

TPC estimates that the 2025 Budget Reconciliation Act (OBBBA) will increase federal debt by $4.5 trillion—10 percent of GDP—by 2034. tpc.io/46qHtpC

Worst birthday ever. 🎂🧵

Big downward revision for jobs in May & June. A lot of tariff-sensitive and immigrant-dependent industries slowed way down. In July, health care & social assistance made up 94% of growth - the very industry that will see large cuts in the next 10yrs wapo.st/458s9wR

US federal budget deficits will be nearly $1 trillion higher over the next decade than projected in January by the Congressional Budget Office as a result of tax and spending legislation and tariffs, a budget watchdog said reut.rs/3JIleSo

"The passage of OBBBA marks yet another instance of tax legislation out of step with public preferences and the country’s needs." -> brookings.edu/articles/when-…