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Josh Schultz

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Health care strategist at Softheon. Posting about health policy and dogs. Only my views.

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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 06/06/2025
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Formerly Richard Mayhew @dmaanderson.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
GLP1 costs are showing up in ACA Rate filings as material premium rate increase drivers (NY State filings h/t @charlesgaba.com ) @colemandrake.bsky.social @dludwinski.com @kellyanderson.bsky.social @sarahhcross.bsky.social Wonder how frequent and meaningful this is
rate filing from United Healthcare Insurance Company of New York 

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Changes in state-mandated benefits related to network adequacy requirements and biomarker testing requirements account for 0.1% of the requested rate change. Additionally, a 1.1% impact can be attributed to coverage of medically necessary GLP-1s.

The impact of the expiration of the American Rescue Plan Act expanded subsidies and the CMS Marketplace Integrity and Affordability Proposed Rule account for 8.6 percent of the requested rate change.
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Harvard Health Policy and Management @harvardhpm.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
HPM's Adrianna McIntyre chats with @wbur.org about potential implications of Medicaid cuts on children, work requirements, and more. @adrianna.bsky.social @hsph.harvard.edu
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Why one family that relies on Medicaid has faith in President Trump
Families of infants and toddlers from around the country are in Washington, D.C. this week to tell lawmakers to protect Medicaid.
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Citizen Cohn / Jonathan Cohn @citizencohn.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
The fight over whether to extend extra ACA subsidies could turn into a fight over fraud in the program — how much there is, and who’s responsible for it Here’s what the Democrats think www.huffpost.com/entry/aca-en...
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Democrats Have A Suggestion For Another Place Republicans Can Fight Fraud
The bill is partly an attempt to shape a coming political debate about the Affordable Care Act’s future.
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Larry Levitt @larrylevitt.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Medicaid covers about one-fifth of all hospital spending. There's a hospital in pretty much every Congressional district, and it's often one of the biggest employers. www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...
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Joshua Sharfstein @drjoshs.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
I visited this lab when at FDA — lead for pharmaceutical quality, key for investigations of contaminants in drug supply. If this move interrupts agency function, it’s a big deal.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Stanford University announces hiring freeze amid concerns about federal funding cuts www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco...
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Stanford University announces hiring freeze amid concerns about federal funding cuts
Officials at Stanford University announced a freeze on hiring, citing concerns about the Trump administration's plans to cut funding for scientific research.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
NEW: RFK Jr.'s "radical transparency" means ending a 54-year-old transparency policy. A Nixon-era policy gave the public the ability to comment on HHS decisions relating to “public property, loans, grants, benefits, or contracts.“ RFK Jr. ended that on Friday. www.lawdork.com/p/rfk-jr-rad...
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RFK Jr.'s "radical transparency" means ending a 54-year-old transparency policy
The Nixon-era policy gave the public the ability to comment on HHS decisions relating to “public property, loans, grants, benefits, or contracts.“ RFK Jr. ended that on Friday.
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Citizen Cohn / Jonathan Cohn @citizencohn.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Update: State Department late yesterday revised the freeze on foreign aid, exempting medical and other humanitarian operations, although officials/advocates/workers are still waiting for details on new limits Story here: www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Trump Administration Scales Back Order To Stop Foreign Assistance
A new directive from Secretary of State Marco Rubio says medical and humanitarian operations can continue, though the precise meaning of what's allowed remains unclear.
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 17/01/2025
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