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Dear John,
In this week’s newsletter:
* Senate Finance Committee Reconciliation Updates [#4]
* Bi-Weekly Resilience Sessions [#9]
Policy Updates: Senate Finance Committee Reconciliation Package
On Monday, the Senate Finance Committee (SFC) released their proposed budget reconciliation package. Below are updates in the here are the updates you'll find in the Senate bill:
NEW :
* Section 71110 Eliminates Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) eligibility for many types of legal immigrants. This includes: refugees, asylees, parolees, certain abused spouses and children; certain victims of trafficking. People who are undocumented are already ineligible for Medicaid and CHIP. The only immigrants who would be eligible for Medicaid would be Lawful Permanent Residents (after a 5-year or longer waiting period); certain Cuban immigrants; and individuals living in the United States under a Compact of Free Association (CoFA), and lawfully residing children and pregnant people in states that opt to provide coverage for them.


* Section 71112 Lowers Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) for “Emergency Only” services for immigrants in the Medicaid Expansion category. This provision would lower the FMAP rate for emergency services provided to low-income adults who are ineligible for full scope Medicaid because of their immigration status. Under the Senate bill, rather than the higher FMAP rate for this expansion group, states would receive the same rate as for the traditional Medicaid groups. This shifts costs to the states for providing services that federal law requires them to provide.
CHANGES:
* Section 70104 modifies the child tax credit (CTC) provisions slightly. The provision in the House bill denies the CTC to children if any parent lacks a Social Security Number. This version allows the CTC if at least one parent has an SSN, a mild improvement to a persistently harmful provision.

* Section 71111 modestly alters the FMAP penalty. The Senate bill reduces the Medicaid expansion FMAP to 80 percent for any state that provides financial assistance to purchase health coverage from a state general fund to an immigrant who is not: a qualified immigrant, or a lawfully residing child or pregnant person in states that opt to cover coverage for them in Medicaid or CHIP. This is a modest improvement to the House version which penalized states that opted to provide coverage for lawfully pregnant kids/pregnant people under CHIP, or that covered persons granted humanitarian parole into the U.S.
STAYS THE SAME :
* The rest of the provisions in the SFC proposal stay the same as in the House-passed bill. This includes making most immigrants ineligible for Medicare and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) (other than green card holders, certain Cubans and people residing under COFA). Reasonable opportunity periods under Medicaid would become optional for states and immigrants not qualified for Medicaid and earning under 100% of federal poverty could no longer enroll in ACA coverage. Immigrants without Social Security Numbers would be ineligible for many tax credits and exemptions.
For additional reading to the below summaries, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) has live updates [[link removed]] that address these and other provisions while the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) has updated its side by side [[link removed]] analysis and PIF has updated its analysis [[link removed]] of the benefit provisions.
Self-Care: Bi-weekly Resilience Sessions
Next Friday, June 20, at 1:00 PM ET is our final session of “Moving Stillness: Grounding in Times of Chaos,” a free bi-weekly virtual space [[link removed]] to recharge your batteries, find healing in community, and build balance in turbulent times. Chalene Jones ( Taijiwithchalene.com [[link removed]] ) will facilitate Taiji and Qi Gong practices, as well as reflective space to help advocates feel restored and revitalized for the work ahead. To help prepare you, Chalene has shared two videos demonstrating the kinds of movements we’ll engage in in each session. Sessions will be held every other week through June. All levels and abilities are welcome! No equipment or experience necessary. Check out the videos below to learn more and practice on your own, and register for upcoming sessions.
Seated Grounding Flow [[link removed]] Standing Tiger Walk [[link removed]]
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