Should Medicaid funding be cut? What new poll finds as Congress considers changes
Most Americans do not want Medicaid funding to be cut, according to a new poll, which comes as Congress is weighing changes ...
What New Government Funding Bill Means for Medicaid, Medicare
Republicans unveiled the new continuing resolution bill this weekend in hopes of avoiding a government shutdown Friday.
PolitiFact1h
Can House Republicans cut $880 billion without slashing Medicaid? It’s likely impossible.
A Republican House resolution directed a committee to propose ways to reduce the deficit by at least $880 billion over a decade. Lawmakers have taken Medicare off the table for cuts, which makes it ...
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities3h
Streamline Eligibility to Connect People to Benefits, Improve Program Integrity, and Reduce Improper Payments
Testimony of Jennifer Wagner, Director of Medicaid Eligibility and Enrollment, Before the Government Operations Subcommittee ...
Governing12h
Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Mapped by Congressional District
Medicaid covers nearly half of all births in the U.S. and 80 million children. But the age and working status of recipients ...
Health Insurance: Trump Administration Takes Aim at 'Improper Enrollments'
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a proposed rule to "address the troubling amount of improper ...
Fierce Healthcare19h
CMS deletes Medicare Advantage vision statement, signaling another shift from health equity
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) wiped away the agency’s stated intentions for the future of Medicare ...
Wisconsin Examiner6h
Medicaid cut proposals could hike costs for Wisconsin, reduce care, or both, advocates say
Proposals that lower the federal share of Medicaid would require states to pick up a larger share of the cost or else reduce ...
The Mercury7h
PLANNING AHEAD: Paul Ryan and the history of Medicaid block grant proposals
Explained briefly, block grants would basically give stated amounts to the states for their Medicaid programs and then leave ...
Crain's Detroit Business6h
Rural hospitals at risk for closure as financial pressure mounts
The report, released earlier this month, said six of Michigan’s 64 rural hospitals face imminent risk of closure. Another 14, ...
Elon Musk Teases Big Cuts to Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare
Trump’s billionaire DOGE chief claims, without evidence, there’s $700 billion in “waste and fraud” he can cut from America’s core safety net programs.
Nature16h
Public-health experts should be more political, not less
Health has always been political, long before Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr took power. Denying this is what’s been ...