KFF Experts: Election Results Raise Pressure to Reverse Medicaid Cuts
In a KFF webinar reported by Kansas Reflector, health policy experts discussed how Tuesday's Democratic election wins could shape healthcare policy. KFF's Larry Levitt said Democrats face high expectations to reverse Medicaid cuts from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and restore ACA premium subsidies, but face a likely Trump veto and limited time before the 2028 election cycle slows Congress. Washington health policy reporter Amanda Seitz said Republicans view the Medicaid cuts as a signature achievement and doubted Trump would reverse them, but said rulemaking on Medicaid, including a court challenge to the definition of Medicaid frailty and work requirements set to take effect January 1, should be watched closely. KFF Health News' Julie Rovner noted Democrats have released an 84-page healthcare policy paper but questioned how they would pay for reversing roughly a trillion dollars in Medicaid cuts and hundreds of billions in ACA subsidy costs.