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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 ...
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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 ...

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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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 ...

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.

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 suit.

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 ...

Youngkin praises Virginia's economy, dismissing Democrats' concerns over Medicaid and job cuts

Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin said Thursday that Virginia's economy is thriving after ending its fiscal year with high ...
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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 ...
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 ...