Proposed Medicaid Changes Could Have Major Impact on Recent Coverage Improvements

Jul 03
Jul 03, 2025

The Senate on July 1 narrowly passed a bill that would lead to deep Medicaid cuts, causing health insurance trade groups to express concern and warn of a major upheaval in the market. The bill was even more drastic than the House version that passed in May and occurred soon after a Commonwealth Fund analysis found that between 2013 and 2023, all 50 states and Washington, D.C., saw a decline in the uninsured rate.

Sara Collins, a senior scholar and vice president at the Commonwealth Fund, said during a media briefing on June 17 that proposed federal policy changes and those already implemented “threaten to reverse the improvements achieved by states, exacerbate areas of slippage and deepen geographic, income and racial and ethnic disparities and health outcomes.”
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Tim Casey

Tim has been a reporter and editor for newspapers, websites and magazines for more than 20 years, including 10 years covering health care business topics. He has a deep knowledge of the managed care industry and pharmacy benefit management. He also has experience covering medical conferences and clinical and legislative health care issues. In 2014, the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing selected Tim as one of 15 journalists to participate in a national symposium on the Affordable Care Act. Tim has a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Notre Dame and an M.B.A. from Georgetown University.