Texas lawmakers are looking to spend billions of dollars over the next two years to create a school voucher-like program, cut property taxes, raise teacher pay, shore up water infrastructure and continue the state’s border crackdown,

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.

Seven employees were fired after accessing tens of thousands of Medicaid and food stamp accounts and stealing at least $270,000.

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission reported Friday that the data of more than 61,000 residents has been exposed in an incident.

Health care bills relating to cannabis, hospital transparency and Medicaid are on the docket for the 89th Texas Legislature.

After missing a Jan. 1 deadline, lawmakers still have time to approve administrative costs before applying for $400 million in federal summer meal assistance.

Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision to reject this program for 2024 left kids without the help they need, even as the state enjoys historic budget surpluses.

Republicans in Washington are working on plans to shrink Medicaid, the nearly $900-billion-a-year government health insurance program that covers 1 in 5 Americans.

The burden of Republican-proposed Medicaid cuts could disproportionately fall on rural Arizonans who rely on the program.

While the federal government and the states jointly fund Medicaid, each state runs its own program, subject to federal requirements. The federal government covers between 50 percent and 77 percent of the cost of insuring people with Medicaid, depending on the state.

The feds intend to appeal a judge's decision that would force them to recalculate UnitedHealthcare's Medicare Advantage (MA) star ratings. | The feds intend to appeal a judge's decision that would force them to recalculate UnitedHealthcare's Medicare Advantage star ratings.

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy were tasked by President-elect Donald Trump to lead an effort to find and cut federal spending. One budgetary item impacting all