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Good news on FMAP.

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A proposal receiving active consideration to lower the 90% federal matching share (FMAP) for new Medicaid enrollees in expansion states would unravel Medicaid expansion over time. The GOP budget bill needs to be viewed as a partial ACA repeal. www.axios.com/pro/health-c...

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In the FY2026 House R Leg Branch bill, Rs included a provision that’d make it impossible for GAO to bring suit against Trump’s illegal impoundments. This will never become law, and even if it did, others could still bring suit, but it shows their fealty to Trump and his illegal budgetary actions.

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A video of my recent @rwjf.bsky.social panel with @povertyscholar.bsky.social, Andrea Campbell and David Adler on Medicaid's past, present and future prospects. @jhppl.bsky.social @haroldpollack.bsky.social @russellsagefdn.bsky.social @thewatsonschool.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG2c...

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Medicaid is the nation’s single largest payer of behavioral health services. Most if not all of us have some lived experience with behavioral health challenges — whether ourselves or people close to us. Slashing Medicaid would devastate this population. www.statnews.com/2025/06/12/m...

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Today at 3pm! Join @povertyscholar.bsky.social (Cornell), Andrea Campbell (MIT), David Adler (RWJF) and me for a webinar on Medicaid's past, present and future at a critical moment in the program's trajectory. Event reg below. 1/2 @rwjf.bsky.social @watsoninstitute.bsky.social @jhppl.bsky.social

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Medicaid at 60: Discussion on the Program's Legacy and Future dukeupress.wordpress.com/2025/06/05/m...

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It is a hard, but important time to be thinking and talking collectively about Medicaid. Join us next week (June 12th) for a historically grounded, future facing discussion.

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#Medicaid covers about one in five people nationwide. Join @RWJF and @JHPPL on June 12 @ 3 p.m. ET as we discuss the program’s legacy and future. Speakers include @povertyscholar.bsky.social Andrea Campbell, David Adler and me. Register: bit.ly/4dsIsXR

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While formal ACA repeal is not on the agenda, the cuts in Medicaid & the marketplace demonstrate that conservative opposition to the ACA continues. In a 2018 @jhppl.bsky.social piece, @oberlanderunc.bsky.social & I explain why conservative opposition to the ACA has been so persistent. bit.ly/4mvuyYK

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Critical to understand here is that GAO has a role in assessing if DOGE and Trump are engaging in illegal impoundments. In fact, GAO did exactly that right before Trump's first impeachment. DOGE might be pursuing this illegal power grab to send a shot across the bows of one of its overseers.

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Last update on a daily basis: adamprzeworski.substack.com/p/week-13, also in the cumulative text: adamprzeworski.substack.com/p/diary.

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It's only May but I'm already excited about academic books on American politics & policymaking that will be published in the fall. Here are 5 titles I'm looking forward to reading. What else is on your list?

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ICYMI, part 2 — please share!

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The Trump budget cuts in program after program for people struggling to get by are unprecedented and far exceed the proposals from his 1st term, seen as Draconian then. Some specifics in the thread below.

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The "Medicaid at 60" special issue of @jhppl.bsky.social offers timely insights into the program's political strengths and vulnerabilities. Free & open access. @watsoninstitute.bsky.social

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At a moment in which the federal government’s capacity as a problem-solving institution is being eroded, it is useful to explore the political forces that shape the incentives (or lack thereof) of public officials to tackle the problems faced by everyday citizens.

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I'm excited to share issue briefs on the politics of problem solving by all-star authors: @donmoyn.bsky.social, B. Jones, S. Anzia, D. Carpenter, F. Lee, B. Canes-Wrone, L. Rothenberg, S. Teles, as well as A. Gerber & E. Patashnik. @ispsyale.bsky.social @watsoninstitute.bsky.social LINK BELOW!

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“Seductive Reasoning” in @nytimes.com in 2025! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/a...

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Here is WEEK 10: adamprzeworski.substack.com/p/week-10 Also included in the entire Diary: adamprzeworski.substack.com/p/diary

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Excellent news for @watsoninstitute.bsky.social and Brown University.

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This frame is a mistake. Democracy is a more efficient system than authoritarianism. They solve problems better than others, have stronger economic and health outcomes growth and fewer financial crises. Authoritarians look decisive because they miss problems and have to do big things to fix them.

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I recently discussed Medicaid's history, who it serves, and proposals to cut funding for the program with @russellsagefdn.bsky.social www.russellsage.org/news/rsf-vis... @watsoninstitute.bsky.social @brownupolisci.bsky.social

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Great new piece @pamherd.bsky.social @donmoyn.bsky.social on how administrative burdens can ⬇️ access to gov't programs for those who need them most: www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=... As fed gov't adds hurdles to Medicaid, SNAP, Social Security, etc, this becomes ever more urgent to address.

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What happens when a U.S. president violates the law — or the norms that make them work? We preview a new book from Jack Greenberg and @johnadearborn.bsky.social about congressional expectations of self-restraint. bit.ly/425Yxyw

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One of the long-forgotten policy backlashes I mention in my book Countermobilization was triggered by the McKinley Tariff of 1890 which led to a spike in consumer prices. Voters registered their anger in the 1890 midterms. Republicans lost 93 House seats and chamber control. shorturl.at/R3bSa

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American politics is unrecognizable in many ways but imposing direct, visible costs on well-organized, sympathetic constituencies still triggers backlash. apnews.com/article/soci...

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American politics is unrecognizable in many ways but imposing direct, visible costs on well-organized, sympathetic constituencies still triggers backlash. apnews.com/article/soci...

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Is the presidential pardon power absolute? Can presidents pardon themselves? How has the interpretation of the presidential pardon power evolved? Join us Tuesday, April 1 at 8 PM for a Zoom chat with Akhil Reed Amar and Alan Gerber. Register: bit.ly/3XyV7Sh

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I am saddened to learn of the passing of Beryl Radin, former @appam.bsky.social president. I took her course on organizational analysis at @goldmanschool.bsky.social. She was a leading scholar, an excellent teacher, and a wonderful person.

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Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show. @davidshor.bsky.social walks through what voter data reveals about the 2024 election — and how the American electorate is shifting. open.spotify.com/episode/2S6L... youtu.be/Sx0J7dIlL7c?...

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Medicaid has long had two political images: as "welfare medicine" and as a mainstream entitlement that serves a broad public constituency. Colleen Grogan and I discuss these images (and the tensions between them) in our 2003 @jhppl.bsky.social article. 1/2 read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...

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🚨Do pro-immigration reforms trigger backlash?🚨 In our new paper, we examine how Americans reacted to high-profile immigration reforms using an unexpected-event design and all possible daily surveys. In short: no backlash to DACA—but potential backlash to Trump’s Muslim Ban. doi.org/10.31219/osf...

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With a looming threat to Medicaid, @jhppl.bsky.social's special issue "Medicaid at 60" provides context to understand the program's remarkable growth since 1965 as well as its resilience & political vulnerability. Free & Open Access! @haroldpollack.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/issue/...

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One of the long-forgotten policy backlashes I mention in my book Countermobilization was triggered by the McKinley Tariff of 1890 which led to a spike in consumer prices. Voters registered their anger in the 1890 midterms. Republicans lost 93 House seats and chamber control. shorturl.at/R3bSa

submitted 111 days ago • 0 comments

Casablanca, Sound of Music, and Indiana Jones 1 & 3 did. The Producers. To Be and Not To Be. Cabaret.

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Medicaid at 60 special issue from JHPPL is out, ungated. All-star lineup includes: @povertyscholar.bsky.social @pamherd.bsky.social @laurawherryr.bsky.social @joefigs.bsky.social @charleywillison.bsky.social @ericpatashnik.bsky.social & more read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/issue/...

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Inbox: Medicaid at 60 issue of @jhppl.bsky.social just dropped. How timely. 😭 But seriously, read the amazing scholarship in this issue for in-depth understanding of the program's past, present, & future. @oberlanderunc.bsky.social @ericpatashnik.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/issue/...

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