Some 900,000 Michigan residents on Medicaid could lose coverage if the decade-old expansion is reversed by the GOP-controlled Congress and President Donald Trump. The Democratic National Committee revealed estimated losses in 16 of 22 states that would be impacted by the elimination of the Medicaid expansion that took effect in April 2014 as part of the Affordable Care Act,

Funding cuts and regulatory changes could radically reduce Medicaid, the largest program providing medical and health-related services to low-income people, as well as Medicare, federal health insurance for people 65 or older, and some under 65 with certain disabilities or conditions.

House GOP leaders are eying Medicaid cuts exceeding $2 trillion, but some lawmakers and analysts warn they will face tough resistance from back home.

This safeguard now puts Medicaid expansion, which became law in the state in 2023, at risk, as congressional Republicans are reportedly considering changes to Medicaid to fund immigration initiatives and tax cuts desired by President Donald Trump.

Republicans from swing states and districts are ducking questions about their openness to cutting Medicaid in order to help pay for an extension of President Trump's tax cuts. Why it matters: Republican leadership can lose only a handful of votes,

Congress and Republican President Donald Trump have made it clear they intend to consider far-reaching policies to limit the scope of Medicaid in the name of slashing government spending.

But Illinois has a “trigger” law that would automatically end Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansions in the state if federal funding is cut — which means 931,169 Illinoisans would lose their health coverage, according to the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

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A menu of options being circulated by congressional Republicans also includes new tax cuts for corporations and the ultrawealthy.

Kennedy Jr. about his commitment to aiding rural hospitals during Kennedy’s confirmation hearing, it was one of the rare moments when both a Republican senator and President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Department of Health and Human Services appeared to be making sense.

A handful of Senate Republicans from rural Georgia have signed onto a new bipartisan attempt to fully expand Medicaid through a conservative-friendly option that gained traction last year after a decade of firm GOP resistance.