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Shalina Chatlani

@chatlanis.bsky.social
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Health care reporter for Stateline. Investigations, bikes, and dumplings. Schatlani (at) stateline dot org. Follow me on TikTok! www.tiktok.com/@shalinathewriter and instagram -- @shalina.chatlani

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Stateline @stateline.org · 17/09/2026
Some Democratic-led states are fighting to enforce their own health and safety standards at ICE detention centers, @chatlanis.bsky.social reports. stateline.org/2026/09/17/s...
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States fight to inspect federal immigrant detention facilities • Stateline
Concerned about conditions in federal immigrant detention facilities but often barred from entering them, some Democratic-led states are fighting to enforce their own health and safety standards at th...
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Kelcie Moseley-Morris @kelciemmorris.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Great story today from @chatlanis.bsky.social about the effects of losing ACA subsidies in places like rural Mississippi, where rates of diabetes, heart disease and other health problems — and poverty rates — are high.
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Cheaper health insurance changed their lives. Then it went away. • Stateline
Part 1 of an occasional series on how people are being affected by the expiration of Affordable Care Act subsidies. EDWARDS, Miss. — Every now and then a freight train rumbles through, creaking and gr...
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Kansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 26/08/2026
Cheaper health insurance changed their lives. Then it went away. | via @chatlanis.bsky.social #ksleg
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Cheaper health insurance changed their lives. Then it went away. • Kansas Reflector
The number of people enrolled in ACA plans, also known as Obamacare, has declined since the subsidies expired and coverage became more expensive.
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Stateline @stateline.org · 25/08/2026
The end of pandemic-era subsidies pushed millions of Americans off the Affordable Care Act, but Mississippians struggling with diabetes have been hit especially hard, @chatlanis.bsky.social reports. stateline.org/2026/08/25/c...
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Cheaper health insurance changed their lives. Then it went away. • Stateline
Part 1 of an occasional series on how people are being affected by the expiration of Affordable Care Act subsidies. EDWARDS, Miss. — Every now and then a freight train rumbles through, creaking and gr...
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New Hampshire Bulletin @newhampshirebulletin.com · 20/08/2026
The number of refugees admitted to the United States during the first 10 months of the fiscal year is on pace to hit its lowest level on record, according to a new analysis. From @chatlanis.bsky.social via @stateline.org
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Refugee admissions on track to hit record low • New Hampshire Bulletin
The number of refugees admitted to the United States during the first 10 months of the fiscal year is on pace to hit its lowest level on record, according to a new analysis.
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Georgia Recorder @georgiarecorder.com · 19/08/2026
The U.S. has admitted 10,258 refugees — nearly all of them white South Africans — in the first 10 months of the fiscal year. Story by @chatlanis.bsky.social with @stateline.org.
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Refugee admissions on track to hit record low • Georgia Recorder
The number of refugees admitted to the United States during the first 10 months of the fiscal year is on pace to hit its lowest level on record, according to a new analysis. The new numbers reflect a ...
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Stateline @stateline.org · 17/08/2026
The U.S. has admitted 10,258 refugees — nearly all of them white South Africans — in the first 10 months of the fiscal year, @chatlanis.bsky.social reports. stateline.org/2026/08/17/r...
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Refugee admissions on track to hit record low • Stateline
The number of refugees admitted to the United States during the first 10 months of the fiscal year is on pace to hit its lowest level on record, according to a new analysis. The new numbers reflect a ...
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 17/08/2026
Celebrations erupted in Cameroon after the nation won its first Women's Africa Cup of Nations title, beating Malawi 3–0 in the final.
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Stateline @stateline.org · 11/08/2026
More than a dozen states have enacted laws designed to keep ICE away from schools. But an arrest outside a Baltimore school in June shows the limits of state and local authority when it comes to immigration enforcement, @chatlanis.bsky.social reports. stateline.org/2026/08/11/s...
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States, cities try to keep ICE out of schools • Stateline
On June 11,  ICE agents trailed a car into the parking lot of Commodore John Rodgers Elementary/Middle School in Baltimore. For the family riding in that car, an everyday school drop off quickly devol...
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Kansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 12/08/2026
States, cities try to keep ICE out of schools | via @chatlanis.bsky.social #ksleg
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States, cities try to keep ICE out of schools • Kansas Reflector
Since President Donald Trump began his second term, more than a dozen states have enacted laws designed to keep ICE away from schools.
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 13/08/2026
States, cities try to keep ICE out of schools. @chatlanis.bsky.social reports for @stateline.org? buff.ly/wdJ9Q7K
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States, cities try to keep ICE out of schools • Wisconsin Examiner
More than a dozen states have enacted laws designed to keep ICE away from schools. But state and local authority is limited
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Sofia Resnick @sofiaresnick.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
What care can look at an anti-abortion pregnancy center, by @chatlanis.bsky.social and me: stateline.org/2026/08/07/i...
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‘I wanted the pregnancy. It was just so scary.’ • Stateline
Hailey Allred and Jessica Perigo don’t know each other, but last year they were both financially insecure and living in abortion-ban states, where reproductive health clinics and maternity wards have ...
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Trump administration plans to deport more than 500 migrant children within days, senator warns thehill.com/policy/healt...
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Trump administration plans to deport more than 500 migrant children within days, senator warns
The Trump administration is planning to bypass legal protections and hastily deport more than 500 unaccompanied migrant children, a top Democratic senator warned Thursday.  Sen. Ron Wyden (D-O…
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Kansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 12/06/2026
As ICE presence at World Cup looms, fans and local leaders prepare | via @chatlanis.bsky.social #ksleg
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As ICE presence at World Cup looms, fans and local leaders prepare • Kansas Reflector
As World Cup games begin, the planned presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents is casting a pall over an event that is supposed to bring the world together
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
STAT+: Medicare’s mum on GLP-1s, and Massachusetts sues United www.statnews.com/2026/06/01/m...
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Medicare’s mum on GLP-1s, and Massachusetts sues United
We've been asking Medicare for weeks about the cost of giving seniors $50 obesity drugs.
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 01/06/2026
Migrants detained at ICE facilities launch hunger strikes to protest conditions. @chatlanis.bsky.social reports. buff.ly/L4CbcSg
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Migrants detained at ICE facilities launch hunger strikes to protest conditions • Wisconsin Examiner
In at least four states, migrants detained in ICE facilities have launched hunger strikes in recent weeks to protest conditions
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New Hampshire Bulletin @newhampshirebulletin.com · 26/05/2026
Budget constraints are forcing liberal-leaning states that spend their own money on healthcare for noncitizens to scale back that aid, as they grapple with federal Medicaid cuts and the expiration of federal subsidies that helped people buy Obamacare plans. @chatlanis.bsky.social via @stateline.org
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States that cover healthcare for immigrants scale back • New Hampshire Bulletin
Budget constraints are forcing liberal-leaning states that spend their own money on healthcare for noncitizens to scale back that aid, as they grapple with federal Medicaid cuts and the expiration of…
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 26/05/2026
ICYMI: States that cover healthcare for immigrants scale back, reports @chatlanis.bsky.social for @stateline.org.
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States that cover healthcare for immigrants scale back • Wisconsin Examiner
The 2025 sweeping tax and spending bill cuts federal Medicaid spending and places new eligibility restrictions on lawfully present immigrants.
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 29/05/2026
Migrants detained at ICE facilities, including in Michigan, launch hunger strikes to protest conditions michiganadvance.com/2026/05/29/r... From @chatlanis.bsky.social
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Migrants detained at ICE facilities, including in Michigan, launch hunger strikes to protest conditions • Michigan Advance
In at least four states, migrants detained in ICE facilities have launched hunger strikes in recent weeks to protest the conditions in which they are being held. An ongoing hunger and labor strike at ...
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Tennessee Lookout @tennesseelookout.com · 13/05/2026
An increasing number of conservative states — including Tennessee — are mandating that state and local social service providers verify and report the immigration status of the people they serve, @chatlanis.bsky.social reports for @stateline.org: tennesseelookout.com/2026/05/13/r...
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Red states press social service workers into immigration enforcement • Tennessee Lookout
An increasing number of conservative states are mandating that state and local social service providers verify and report the immigration status of the people they serve — in some cases threatening…
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Kansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 14/05/2026
Local health officials prepare for influx of World Cup fans | via @chatlanis.bsky.social #ksleg
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Local health officials prepare for influx of World Cup fans • Kansas Reflector
Health officials from the U.S. cities hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup say they are preparing to deal with infectious diseases, heat-related illness, and an array of other health threats when millions ...
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Tennessee Lookout @tennesseelookout.com · 14/05/2026
ICYMI: An increasing number of conservative states, including Tennessee, are mandating that state and local social service providers verify and report the immigration status of the people they serve. @chatlanis.bsky.social reports for @stateline.org: tennesseelookout.com/2026/05/13/r...
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Red states press social service workers into immigration enforcement • Tennessee Lookout
An increasing number of conservative states are mandating that state and local social service providers verify and report the immigration status of the people they serve — in some cases threatening…
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Kansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 20/04/2026
Trump says he’s going after Medicaid fraud, but is mostly focusing on blue states | via @chatlanis.bsky.social #ksleg
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Trump says he’s going after Medicaid fraud, but is mostly focusing on blue states • Kansas Reflector
The Trump administration is taking aim at what it calls rampant fraud in state Medicaid programs. But by focusing almost exclusively on Democratic-led states, it has handed ammunition to critics who s...
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Stateline @stateline.org · 22/04/2026
In three conservative states, residents voted to amend their state constitutions to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. Now Republican lawmakers want voters to alter or scrap those amendments in upcoming elections, @chatlanis.bsky.social reports. stateline.org/2026/04/22/r...
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Republican lawmakers in 3 states want voters to alter or scrap Medicaid expansion • Stateline
Republican lawmakers in 3 states want voters to alter or scrap Medicaid expansion
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 13/04/2026
Medicaid expansion boosted access to opioid addiction treatment medication, study says. @chatlanis.bsky.social has the story, from @stateline.org
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Medicaid expansion boosted access to opioid addiction treatment medication, study says • Wisconsin Examiner
States that expanded access to Medicaid saw increased access to lifesaving opioid addiction treatment medication
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Stateline @stateline.org · 31/03/2026
From @chatlanis.bsky.social: In June, 11 U.S. cities will welcome millions of fans for soccer’s World Cup. But this year, the conflict in the Middle East and the congressional impasse over funding are creating additional complications. stateline.org/2026/03/31/t...
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The World Cup is around the corner. Are cities and states prepared? • Stateline
In June, 11 U.S. cities will welcome millions of fans for soccer’s World Cup. Staging the planet’s most popular sporting event is never easy, but this year the conflict in the Middle East and the cong...
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Shalina Chatlani @chatlanis.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
In June, 11 U.S. cities will welcome millions of fans for soccer’s World Cup. @statesnewsroom.com @stateline.org stateline.org/2026/03/31/t...
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The World Cup is around the corner. Are cities and states prepared? • Stateline
In June, 11 U.S. cities will welcome millions of fans for soccer’s World Cup. Staging the planet’s most popular sporting event is never easy, but this year the conflict in the Middle East and the cong...
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Shalina Chatlani @chatlanis.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
I covered the #nokings protest in #nyc this weekend, alongside @statesnewsroom.com reporters across the country! We all submitted our tape and I put it together into this video of our coverage. Check it out! #news www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbrI...
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States Newsroom covers No Kings protests
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Vickie Hinkley @vickiehinkley.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Nice video: Participant Interviews - Not getting enough views. Check'em out #NOKINGS #MARCH28th #StatesNewsroom
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States Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com · 29/03/2026
For the third time in less than a year, millions of people gathered across the U.S. to participate in #NoKings rallies protesting the policies of the Trump administration. For a recap of Saturday's demonstrations, check out this video. via @chatlanis.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbrI...
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States Newsroom covers No Kings protests
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Shalina Chatlani @chatlanis.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
I’m covering the #nokings protest in #nyc today. There’s easily what feels like 100,000+ people here. Stay tuned for updates with @statesnewsroom.com @stateline.org
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Anita Wadhwani @anitawadhwani.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Nashville journalist arrested by ICE granted $10K bond, remains detained while feds considers appeal An attorney for Estefany Rodriguez says she has been subject to “inhumane and difficult treatment” in detention tennesseelookout.com/2026/03/16/n... @tennesseelookout.com
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Nashville journalist arrested by ICE granted bond, remains detained while feds considers appeal • Tennessee Lookout
Estefany Rodríguez, the Nashville reporter arrested by ICE, was granted a $10,000 bond Monday but remains detained in Louisiana.
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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 16/03/2026
‘I feel desperate’: Minnesota woman suffering medical emergency stuck in Texas detention minnesotareformer.com/2026/03/16/i...
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‘I feel desperate’: Minnesota woman suffering medical emergency stuck in Texas detention • Minnesota Reformer
Andrea Pedro-Francisco was supposed to have surgery more than a month ago. A cyst on her ovary has swelled to nearly the size of a tennis ball and is now at risk of rupturing or cutting off blood supp...
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 16/03/2026
Bike and walking trails lose hundreds of millions under Trump. More from @chatlanis.bsky.social at @stateline.org
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Bike and walking trails lose hundreds of millions under Trump • Wisconsin Examiner
President Donald Trump has targeted hundreds of millions in federal grants for biking and pedestrian projects; further cuts could be coming.
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Shalina Chatlani @chatlanis.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Residents of cities like #philadelophia, #nyc, #atlanta, and #kansascity... how do you feel about the fact that the World Cup is coming to your town?
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Wisconsin Examiner @wisconsinexaminer.com · 16/03/2026
3 states and New York City join global disease response network. Reporting from @chatlanis.bsky.social at @stateline.org.
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3 states and New York City join global disease response network • Wisconsin Examiner
Public health departments of at least three states and New York City are joining the global alert network of the World Health Organization
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Shalina Chatlani @chatlanis.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
The joy of having lived in queens the past two years is this -- sitting in a cafe in my neighborhood on a Sunday where I can order chai -- yes, actual chai -- and where a Bengali grandma in a beautiful saree walks in smiling and singing ghazals. A type of warmth I haven't encountered elsewhere.
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Kelcie Moseley-Morris @kelciemmorris.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
The first news video I contributed to is here. @chatlanis.bsky.social is so good at this!
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Shalina Chatlani @chatlanis.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
I report on #healthcare for @stateline.org and sometimes we do shorter stories on interesting research and studies about insurance coverage, medical access, state policies, and federal impacts on state healthcare priorities. If you're a researcher and with studies to share, please DM me! Pls repost
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States Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com · 10/03/2026
Public funding for crisis pregnancy centers has grown exponentially, but oversight hasn’t. States Newsroom’s investigation is ongoing. If you’ve had an experience with a crisis pregnancy center, please get in touch: cpcproject@statesnewsroom.com www.newsfromthestates.com/tags/crisis-...
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Crisis Pregnancy Centers Series | News From The States
Billion Dollar Baby Bump: A States Newsroom 50-state investigation examining the tax records of more than 1,600 crisis pregnancy center organizations nationwide and state and federal budgets found the...
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Kansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 07/03/2026
Taxpayer dollars flood pregnancy centers. Oversight hasn’t followed. | via @acvollers.bsky.social, @kelciemmorris.bsky.social, @nhassanein.bsky.social, @chatlanis.bsky.social and @sofiaresnick.bsky.social #ksleg
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Taxpayer dollars flood pregnancy centers. Oversight hasn't followed. • Kansas Reflector
States Newsroom conducted a 50-state investigation examining state and federal budgets, as well as the tax records of these organizations, finding that while the magnitude of public funding for them i...
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Nada Hassanein @nhassanein.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
State & federal funding to anti-abortion pregnancy centers is growing — but oversight isn't. New series sheds light: newsfromthestates.com/tags/crisis-pregnancy-centers-series by @kelciemmorris.bsky.social @acvollers.bsky.social @chatlanis.bsky.social @amandavhernan.bsky.social & me
State & federal funding to anti-abortion pregnancy centers is growing — but oversight isn't. New series sheds light. (Illustration by David Jack Browning for States Newsroom)
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Shalina Chatlani @chatlanis.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
🚨 NEW @statesnewsroom.com found 21 states funneled ~ half $1B to crisis pregnancy centers. by @kelciemmorris.bsky.social @acvollers.bsky.social y.social @nhassanein.bsky.social y.social @sofiaresnick.bsky.social @amandavhernan.bsky.social and myself! www.newsfromthestates.com/article/taxp...
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Sofia Resnick @sofiaresnick.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
NEW SERIES: The magnitude of state & federal funding to anti-abortion pregnancy centers is growing while oversight is not, by @kelciemmorris.bsky.social @acvollers.bsky.social @nhassanein.bsky.social @chatlanis.bsky.social @amandavhernan.bsky.social and me www.newsfromthestates.com/tags/crisis-...
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Crisis Pregnancy Centers Series | News From The States
Billion Dollar Baby Bump: A States Newsroom 50-state investigation examining the tax records of more than 1,600 crisis pregnancy center organizations nationwide and state and federal budgets found the...
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Kansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 23/02/2026
Some states are helping to make Obamacare plans more affordable | via @chatlanis.bsky.social #ksleg
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Some states are helping to make Obamacare plans more affordable • Kansas Reflector
At least 10 Democratic-leaning states are using their own money to help people buy Obamacare health plans, at least partially replacing the federal tax credits that expired at the end of last year.
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Shalina Chatlani @chatlanis.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
I'm a health reporter at @stateline.org and @statesnewsroom.com. I'm looking for experts and researchers following the effects of #ACA subsidy expiration and #Medicaid coverage loss on chronic illness, specifically #diabetes. DM's are open and open to research links. s chatlani AT stateline dot org
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Shalina Chatlani @chatlanis.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
At least 10 Democratic-leaning states are using their own money to help people buy Obamacare health plans, at least partially replacing the federal tax credits that expired at the end of last year. stateline.org/2026/02/18/s...
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Some states are helping to make Obamacare plans more affordable • Stateline
At least 10 Democratic-leaning states are using their own money to help people buy Obamacare health plans, at least partially replacing the federal tax credits that expired at the end of last year.
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Louise Norris @louisenorris.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
18 states already have reinsurance programs for their individual health insurance markets, & Oklahoma plans to join them in 2028: www.healthinsurance.org/glossary/rei... Reinsurance is more important now than it was for the last 5 years, since premium subsidies are no longer available >400% FPL.
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What is reinsurance? | healthinsurance.org
Reinsurance is essentially insurance for insurance companies. Just like individuals count on their insurance company to cover a portion of their medical bills if and when they have a claim, reinsuranc...
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Shalina Chatlani @chatlanis.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
I'm a health reporter at @stateline.org and @statesnewsroom.com. I'm looking for experts and researchers following the effects of #ACA subsidy expiration and #Medicaid coverage loss on chronic illness, specifically #diabetes. DM's are open and open to research links. s chatlani AT stateline dot org
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Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 09/02/2026
Via @chatlanis.bsky.social and @stateline.org: As the Trump administration intensifies its immigration crackdown, health care workers say ICE is increasing its presence in health care facilities, deterring people from seeking medical care, creating chaos and jeopardizing safety. ow.ly/tUiL50YbNQL
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Health care workers want ICE out of hospitals, and blue states are responding | Alabama Reflector
As the Trump administration intensifies its immigration crackdown, health care workers in multiple states say ICE is increasing its presence in health care facilities, deterring people from seeking me...
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