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“I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position at Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services,” Kane posted on her LinkedIn page in mid-2024. “I’m thrilled to be going into public service and to be working on improving maternal health outcomes in Medicaid!”

Kane worked for a program that provided pre-natal advice and support for low-income women, many of them living in “maternity care” deserts where obstetricians are scarce. Officially, her project got going at the beginning of 2025. Just a month and a half later, Kane was among three staffers dropped from its small team, despite the Trump Administration’s insistence that its job cuts were “targeted” and would not affect staff working on Medicare or Medicaid issues.

 “I thought our work was bipartisan,” Kane told Joy Reid of MSNBC. “I’m just so angry. This model that has a lot of potential is just being gutted. What does that mean for all of the potential impacts we could have had?”

Date Posted: 3/10/25