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.
Russell T. Vought, President Trump’s nominee to run the Office of Management and Budget, said he supported work requirements for the program that supports low-income Americans.
Protect Our Care, a liberal advocacy group, is launching a $10 million “Hands Off Medicaid” campaign that targets 17 GOP lawmakers.
House GOP leaders are eying Medicaid cuts exceeding $2 trillion, but some lawmakers and analysts warn they will face tough resistance from back home.
Lawmakers in both chambers Wednesday considered the future of the low-income health care program, set to expire if they don’t take action.
President Donald Trump has long proposed cutting Medicaid, which covers healthcare for lower-income Americans.
Gov. Mike Braun has defended his administration's directive to stop advertising Medicaid programs, saying it's a "broken program" and suggests the government needs to do a better job running Medicaid before drawing new people into the program.
The burden of Republican-proposed Medicaid cuts could disproportionately fall on rural Arizonans who rely on the program.
Trump’s executive order halts an effort to cap the copayment for generic medications at $2 for Medicare beneficiaries.
South Dakota officials expect Medicaid enrollment will decrease this year as the state uses a new method to identify applicants who are no longer eligible for the state-federal health care insurance.
A new pilot program is offering free Medicaid benefits to about 4,000 19- and 20-year-olds with intellectual, physical or mental disabilities.
Medicaid expansion in Montana is set to expire in June, and lawmakers are trying to figure out what comes next.Some options presented Wednesday in Helena includ