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The effort to expand Medicaid aims to increase healthcare access for low-income individuals by covering those at or below 138% of the poverty line, addressing current system gaps. While nearly 63,000 ...
Medicaid, What’s At StakeMedicaid is a massive federal and state-funded program that provides health and long term care coverage to low-income people. It covers one in five people nationwide ...
Rick Scott is leading a charge to reduce Medicaid spending by an additional $313 billion with an amendment to President Donald Trump's tax and spending megabill in the Senate.
Senator Thom Tillis is breaking with Trump, warning the tax bill could end Medicaid coverage for thousands. Find out who’s at risk.
Proposed cuts to Medicaid could undo advances in treatment for opioid use disorders, risking more overdoses, deaths and stress on the U.S. health system ...
A key moderate House Republican could oppose the GOP's reconciliation bill over Senate changes to Medicaid.
In the debate over Medicaid reform, one dubious claim keeps getting tossed around. But the evidence for it is weak.
RICHMOND — After a recent bout with cancer, Del. Terry Austin has softened his stance on Medicaid expansion.
Senate Republican leaders substantially increased the size of a rural hospital relief fund and rewrote controversial language freezing health care provider taxes in a late-night bid to keep Preside… ...
Republicans claim 4.8 million Americans on Medicaid who could work choose not to. The GOP's work-requirement legislation could sweep up disabled people who say they're unable to hold jobs.
The bill had included Medicaid cuts but is subject to a rule that bars “extraneous” provisions, according to the Senate Parliamentarian.
COLUMBUS — As Congress debates Medicaid cuts, Gov. Mike DeWine has left the door open for Ohio to drop coverage for more than 770,000 people. The governor kept trigger language in the state’s ...