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Medicaid work requirements in reconciliation bill revive calls to update managed care texting ban
Stricter Medicaid eligibility checks look destined to be included in President Donald Trump-backed reconciliation legislation ...
Medicaid Cuts Are 'Heroic,' Speaker Mike Johnson Says: 4.8 Million Won't Lose Healthcare 'Unless They Choose To Do So'
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) doubled down on his defense of President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill", arguing ...
Expected Medicaid cuts in President Trump's tax bill draw the ire of Gov. Kathy Hochul, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
Gov. Kathy Hochul and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries spoke out Sunday against expected cuts to Medicaid in President ...
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What’s an ‘improper’ Medicaid payment, and is it as high as a Trump official said?
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reported in 2024 that Medicaid’s improper payment rate over the previous three years was less than 5.1%. A health policy analyst who worked for the White ...
Republicans want to add work requirements to Medicaid. Even some recipients with jobs are concerned
The Garner, North Carolina, resident works for a local home goods store up to 20 hours a week, typically. But she also ...
Advocates for kids, seniors, people with disabilities protest Trump's plan to cut Medicaid
Schwalm − president and CEO of the Tennessee Caregiver Coalition − noted that more than 1 million people in Tennessee care ...
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Medicaid cuts could impact Oregon more than most states, analysts say
President Donald Trump said in a social media post that he wants the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ on his desk by July 4.
Whitmer says nearly 1.5 million Michiganders at risk because of potential cuts to SNAP, Medicaid
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer claims the federal budget plan currently moving through Congress will cost Michiganders $900 million in ...