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Three Florida residents filed a federal lawsuit last week, alleging that state agencies aren’t adequately notifying low-income and disabled people that their public health insurance is ending.

Like all states, Massachusetts received enhanced federal Medicaid funding under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), the first major federal stimulus package passed by Congress...

When the public health emergency ends, nearly a quarter of Indiana residents on Medicaid could be at risk of losing their coverage. Heres what the state is doing to mitigate coverage gaps and the steps you need to take now.

>> absolutely if he votes for the mission to proceed he has violated his own words, not from years ago, from last week. this -- he also talked about how this bill shouldnt hurt arizona. and this bill does hurt arizona. and so you know there are a number of senators who have still expressed discomfort with in legislation. they are senators leading states who face massive amounts of coverage loss, massive premium increases from in legislation. from what we think is in the legislation. and so the r...

Number of senators who have still expressed discomfort with in legislation. they are senators leading states who face massive amounts of coverage loss, massive premium increases from in legislation. from what we think is in the legislation. and so the reality here is that we have just a few hours tomorrow to jam the phones. to call into congress to call senator collins, call senator murkowski, senator capito, senator murkowski have both said that they have deep concerns about in bill, that they ...

Senators, theyll have to make decisions about how much coverage loss are they okay with. this is a question snars get a lot. they dont want to give you a number saying i would be okay with x number of people losing coverage. thats a decision that will face senators this week as they think about their vote. >> time to do an important part of our job because the health and human services secretary did just that, sarah. he did put a number on it. he said no one will lose coverage and that premiums ...

That lots of people who would otherwise have been covered under current law are not going to be covered if a new bill comes in. >> i think its hard to tell. its just dependent how badly senators who said they cant support the bill or unsure want to get to yes. the fact of the matter is if its a big number similar to the house bill, 15 or 20 or 22 million people, thats likely to spook a lot of senators, some of whom are coming under pressure from their own republican kbm s governors. if theres a ...

And even if you walk a little bit back from how the cbo analysis is, that doesnt really matter, the fundamentals are a lot of coverage loss, and premiums dont go down. i think that is the real issue. >> shannon: all right, we do have this one cbo prediction that says by 2020, they are down by 30%, but the american metal so she and today it first do no harm. the draft legislation sets the standard on many levels, but what they go on to say is that they are worried about people losing access not t...

March. that 24 million number, particularly for moderates, so as this heads over to the senate now, this will certainly be a head line that everybody is paying attention to. one other key point, and i think this is noteworthy. when had you talk to senators involved in this process on the republican side of things, they made very clear, they are rewriting this bill. the only number that really mattered was making sure procedurally that could move forward, the deficit reduction bill but as we talk...

Especially from the right here specifically. obamacare-lite. thats not going to work when you try to congeal, as you were discussing earlier the republican party to get it through the house and then to the senate. >> its obamacare-lite and it will reduce coverage for individuals. two of the greatest challenges republicans could never accept with republican was nancy pelosis pass it before we see whats in it and the individual mandate. the reality is republicans in congress passed it before they ...