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Judge orders RFK Jr.’s health department to stop sharing Medicaid data with deportation officials

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge ordered the nation’s health department to stop giving deportation officials access to the ...

As Medicaid, insurance marketplace face huge changes, Congress eliminates most Montana navigators

Just two months before sweeping changes to Medicaid and the insurance marketplace are set to happen, Congress’ decision to ...
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GOP eyes deeper Medicaid cuts as clinics sue Trump administration over funding loss

Efforts to cut Medicaid funding are intensifying on two fronts: In Congress, where Republicans are plotting another round of ...

Millions will lose Medicaid under Trump's tax law. Here's the final tally.

The CBO also estimated low-income Americans will lose about $1,200 per year due to Medicaid changes and reductions in food assistance.

Here’s how many Minnesotans may die because of Congress’ Medicaid cuts

When we hear about health policy changes in the news, usually the numbers we hear are related to insurance: How many people ...
Opinion

I rely on Medicaid to live. Trump's cuts make survival a privilege instead of a right.

This isn't about Medicaid fraud prevention. It's about making the process for people like me so exhausting that we give up or get left behind.

Judge blocks use of WA Medicaid data for immigration enforcement

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the federal government from using the Medicaid data of WA patients for immigration ...

Ohio bill mirrors federal push to ax Planned Parenthood's Medicaid dollars

After President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress blocked money for Planned Parenthood, Ohio lawmakers are following ...

Democrats lean on messages about Medicaid cuts

Democratic lawmakers have been spending Congress’ August recess talking about the Medicaid cuts in President Trump's newly passed tax and spending bill. We discuss whether their messaging strategy is ...
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Trump Administration and Congress Reduce Federal Health Spending at the Expense of States, Consumers, and Millions of Newly Uninsured

Sarah Enteen, CNM, sees a patient in Mass General Brigham’s mobile maternal care clinic. The budget reconciliation law and new federal regulations will impose substantial new costs and burdens on ...
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Congress must deliver real Medicaid reform - Baltimore Sun

Medicaid, a federal health insurance program for low-income Americans, costs taxpayers nearly $1 trillion annually. Per-enrollee spending has been rising by more than 9% per year.
Opinion

Republicans are making boogeymen of their own voters on Medicaid

President Trump has repeatedly promised his voters, “We’re not cutting Medicaid,” and he would veto a bill that would do that. The White House website repeats the claim that there will be no cuts to ...