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NEW: Speaker Johnson confirms he’s planning a third GOP reconciliation package for the final quarter of 2026 - as Rs have been eyeing "the plan is to do one in the fall for FY26 budget year and we can also squeeze in a third one for FY27 before this Congress is up,” he says on

Interesting analysis from Adam Gaffney and colleagues on the costs of setting up Medicaid work requirements. They looked at previous state spending per beneficiary. healthaffairs.org/content/forefr…

New: During a meeting with Mods in the WH, Trump told members that if they want to win elections, they shouldn’t touch: Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security “But we’re touching Medicaid in this bill,” one member responded to Trump, per 3 sources. notus.org/congress/recon…

For the few years I've been covering jobs reports, and one sector typically rises above the rest, quietly hiring by the thousands: Health care. How taking care of humans became the biggest employer in America, and what it means for the rest of us. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Great story/charts from Lydia DePillis Christine Zhang on how health care ate the American economy. This pair of maps is especially striking.

Wisconsin passed a budget in the middle of the night that, among other things, increased provider taxes to the maximum permitted value, so they would be grandfathered before the House votes on reconciliation wpr.org/news/tony-ever…

Read Emily Badger on how the effort to win Sen. Murkowski's vote means the GOP bill now rewards states with the highest SNAP error rates. nytimes.com/2025/07/02/ups…

People often describe the big health care lobbies as all-powerful. But they were largely ineffective this time.

That letter from 16 vulnerable House Republicans — about how they won't vote for the Senate's Medicaid cuts — is a pretty crazy read today. Everyone on this letter voted for the bill. notus.org/congress/the-s…

Defenders of Medicaid cuts are misunderstanding a study I worked on statnews.com/2025/07/03/ore… via STAT

NEW TONIGHT: @IRS says that churches can now endorse candidates from the pulpit, carving out an exemption to a decades-old ban on politicking by tax-exempt nonprofits. nytimes.com/2025/07/07/us/…

The word was “schlong.”

The ACA was not popular when it passed (remember death panels), but it was more popular than the “ OBBB” is today.

NEW: The V.A. was under pressure to slash spending. Then it started to feed Department of Government Efficiency misleading budget cuts, inflating its progress. nytimes.com/2025/07/14/us/…

Today's Medicare physician payment rule is worth a look--lots of major policy changes.

I'm not under any illusions that anyone cares much about this but for those who are interested here's transcript of my exchange this morning with White House budget chief Russ Vought: Me So I just checked the DOGE website. They claim $190 billion in savings for the American

Latest for The Associated Press: 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/ kimberly kindy apnews.com/article/immigr…

NEW: Republicans are split on extending Obamacare tax breaks as higher costs loom Calls are growing from GOP lawmakers in purple and red areas to extend the funds. But divisions run deep—many conservatives are dead set against it. Big decision ahead ⏰ nbcnews.com/politics/congr…