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Fighting Back: State Responses to Federal Attacks on Health Care in 2026 and the Advocacy Road Ahead

In 2025, Congress enacted the most damaging Medicaid cuts in history and let enhanced premium tax credits (EPTCs) that made health coverage affordable for 22 million Americans expire. The consequences are already visible: states that have approved their FY2027 budgets are cutting provider rates, restricting enrollment, and spending tens of millions just to implement H.R. 1’s new administrative mandates — and […]