President Donald Trump’s signature budget legislation would punish 14 states that offer health coverage to people in the U.S. without authorization. The states, most of them Democratic-led, provide insurance to some low-income immigrants — often children — regardless of their legal status. Advocates argue the policy is both humane and …
Read More »House Republicans Pass Monumental Trump Tax Plan, Targeting Safety Net and Raising Debt Ceiling
In a razor-thin 215-214 vote, House Republicans passed a landmark piece of legislation Thursday that advances the core of President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda: trillions in tax cuts, tougher work requirements for safety net programs like Medicaid and SNAP, and a $4 trillion increase in the nation’s debt ceiling. The …
Read More »Congressional Budget Agency Projects Sweeping Medicaid Cutbacks in States under GOP Plans
The Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday that potential major cuts and changes to Medicaid under consideration by Republicans could mean states would have to spend more of their own money on the program, reduce payments to health care providers, limit optional benefits and reduce enrollment. The end result, under some …
Read More »The House Speaker’s Eyeing Big Cuts to Medicaid. In His Louisiana District, It’s a Lifeline.
When Desoto Regional Health System took out $36 million in loans last year to renovate a rural hospital that opened in 1952, officials were banking on its main funding source remaining stable: Medicaid, the joint federal-state health program for low-income people and the disabled. But those dollars are now in …
Read More »State-by-State Report by Dems Projects Millions of People Could Lose Medicaid Coverage
A report released Thursday by Democrats details how many people in each state would lose access to Medicaid if Republicans in Congress were to cut the program by one-third — a scenario some GOP lawmakers have floated as an option to help pay for tax cuts, though one so sweeping …
Read More »GOP Tax Cut Plans May Depend on Savings From Medicaid. What Is It and Who Relies On It?
Republicans in Congress have gotten a crash course in Medicaid during the last few weeks, as they eye the health care program for lower-income Americans as a source for hundreds of billions of dollars in savings to pay for tax cuts. The 72 million Americans who rely on Medicaid, especially …
Read More »House GOP Budget Vote Faces Rebellion from Conservative Hardliners
Speaker Mike Johnson is forging ahead with a House vote this week on a multi-trillion-dollar budget resolution, a key test for President Donald Trump’s economic agenda. However, a group of conservative hardliners is threatening to derail the vote, citing concerns over insufficient spending cuts. Conservatives Revolt Over Spending Cuts Four …
Read More »Trump Revokes Biden-Era Health Policies in Day 1 Executive Orders
President Donald Trump wasted no time reshaping U.S. health care policy during his first day back in office. On Monday, Trump signed a sweeping executive order aimed at dismantling several Biden-era health care initiatives, signaling a shift in priorities for his second term. The order targeted a range of policies …
Read More »Biden Administration Unveils Plan To Cover Weight Loss Meds Under Medicare, Medicaid
Jennifer Shutt The Biden administration announced Tuesday it’s reinterpreting federal law to allow Medicare and Medicaid patients access to anti-obesity medications to reduce their weight over the long term. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid’s proposed rule, which the Trump administration would need to finalize before it would take effect, …
Read More »Biden Administration Implores States To Slow Medicaid Cuts After More Than 1M Enrollees Dropped
Hannah Recht, KFF June 13, 2023 Too many Americans are losing Medicaid coverage because of red tape, and states should do more to make sure eligible people keep their health insurance, the Biden administration said Monday. More than a million Americans have lost coverage through the program for low-income and …
Read More »Federal Authorities Move To Close Drug-Pricing Loophole
Marty Schladen, Ohio Capital Journal Years after the potential for abuse was flagged in Ohio, the federal agency that oversees Medicaid is moving to close a loophole that likely is worth billions to prescription drug middlemen. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services last week proposed a new rule that …
Read More »Clock Winds Down For Georgians To Requalify For Medicaid With Coverage For Up To 500,000 At Risk
Jill Nolin, Georgia Recorder Some people know what Alysia Cutting is talking about when she brings up Medicaid unwinding as she moves from one community event to the next in southwest Georgia. But for most of them, word of the renewal process starting up again – and the potential they …
Read More »Millions Of Kids Could Lose Health Coverage As States Purge Medicaid Rolls
Special to the Capital-Star, Pennsylvania Capital-Star By Christine Vestal Millions of parents who take their children to the doctor this year will hear devastating news: “Your Medicaid coverage has been canceled.” That’s because all 50 states are undertaking the biggest reshuffling of health insurance coverage since the Affordable Care Act …
Read More »GOP Debt Limit Bill Could Put Over 10 Million at Risk of Losing Medicaid: Analysis
Jake Johnson, Common Dreams The House GOP leadership’s newly released debt ceiling legislation would have potentially devastating impacts on Medicaid recipients across the United States, putting more than 10 million low-income people at risk of losing health coverage under the program. That’s according to a detailed analysis of the bill …
Read More »Georgia Set To Launch Work Requirements For Medicaid
Andy Miller and Sam Whitehead Georgia is set to become the only state to have work requirements for Medicaid coverage. Republican Gov. Brian Kemp’s reelection — and a surprising Biden administration decision not to appeal a federal court ruling — have freed the state to introduce its plan that would …
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