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.
Gov. Mike Braun has defended his administration's directive to stop advertising Medicaid programs, saying it's a "broken program" and suggests the government needs to do a better job running Medicaid before drawing new people into the program.
President Donald Trump has long proposed cutting Medicaid, which covers healthcare for lower-income Americans.
The burden of Republican-proposed Medicaid cuts could disproportionately fall on rural Arizonans who rely on the program.
Disability advocates are preparing to fend off potentially seismic cuts to Medicaid now that President Donald Trump is back at the White House and Republicans are in control on Capitol Hill.
Medicaid expansion in Montana is set to expire in June, and lawmakers are trying to figure out what comes next.Some options presented Wednesday in Helena includ
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.
By scrapping Biden-era rules, lawmakers can tame a projected $817 billion in federal expenditures over the coming decade.