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.
The burden of Republican-proposed Medicaid cuts could disproportionately fall on rural Arizonans who rely on the program.
President Donald Trump has long proposed cutting Medicaid, which covers healthcare for lower-income Americans.
Lawmakers in both chambers Wednesday considered the future of the low-income health care program, set to expire if they don’t take action.
Trump’s executive order halts an effort to cap the copayment for generic medications at $2 for Medicare beneficiaries.
Republican lawmakers are clawing at the door for another chance to take away the expanded income eligibility for Medicaid benefits that South Dakota voters put in the state constitution three years ago.
A new pilot program is offering free Medicaid benefits to about 4,000 19- and 20-year-olds with intellectual, physical or mental disabilities.
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.
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