The single most important action Congress can take this year to advance equity in health coverage & care is closing the Medicaid #coverage gap. It's the only policy being considered for #BuildBackBetter that would provide coverage to people who have no pathway to coverage. (1/9) Sen. Manchin says it’s “not fair” if the federal government pays the full cost of covering people in the 12 states with a coverage gap since states that already expanded pay 10 percent of expansion’s costs. (2/9)

Thread: Language in leaked draft of the Senate COVID-19 bill could cause hundreds of thousands of people to lose #Medicaid during the public health crisis by weakening the “maintenance of effort” provision in the bipartisan Families First Act. 1/ Families First increases #Medicaid state match and requires that states maintain coverage for current beneficiaries and those that become eligible during the crisis. 2/