DENVER — Seven years ago, Erica Green learned through a Facebook post that her brother had been shot. She rushed…
Tag: Medicaid
To patients, parents, and caregivers, proposed Medicaid cuts are a personal affront
TUSTIN — Cynthia Williams is furious with U.S. House Republicans willing to slash Medicaid, the government-run insurance program for people…
GOP lawmakers commit to big spending cuts, putting Medicaid under a spotlight – but trimming the low-income health insurance program would be hard
By Paul Shafer, Boston University and Nicole Huberfeld, Boston UniversityEfforts by Republicans in Congress to make steep spending cuts have…
Cutting Medicaid and federal programs are among 4 key Trump administration policy changes that could make life harder for disabled people
By Matthew Borus, Binghamton University, State University of New York While policy debates on immigration, abortion and other issues took…
Republican threatens to have Rep. Maxwell Frost removed from hearing for calling Trump a “grifter”
WASHINGTON D.C. — Tempers flared during an exchange between Republican congressmen and Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) at a House Oversight…
Republicans are eyeing cuts to Medicaid. What’s Medicaid, again?
In January, during a congressional hearing on his way to becoming secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services,…
Millions were booted from Medicaid. The insurers that run it gained revenue anyway.
By Phil Galewitz. California Healthline April 26, 2024 Private Medicaid health plans lost millions of members in the past year…
Southern lawmakers rethink long-standing opposition to Medicaid expansion
By Daniel Chang and Andy Miller, California Healthline February 16, 2024 As a part-time customer service representative, Jolene Dybas earns…
Is housing health care? State Medicaid programs increasingly say ‘yes’
By Angela Hart, California Healthline February 6, 2024 States are plowing billions of dollars into a high-stakes health care experiment…
States begin tapping Medicaid dollars to combat gun violence
By Samantha Young, California Healthline January 4, 2024 To tackle America’s gun problem, a growing number of states are using…
