Dems Quietly Pull Back on Medicaid for Illegal Immigrants
Taxpayers deserve better than symbolic compassion backed by shell games and ballooning deficits. Source link
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Appeals court allows Trump to halt Medicaid money for Planned Parenthood
A federal appeals court gave the Trump administration permission to block Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid money, ruling Thursday that a lower court's blockade was premature.…
Sorry, Democrats: Rural Hospitals Aren’t at Risk from Trump’s Reforms
Far from endangering rural hospitals, President Trump and Republicans in Congress are helping them by fixing a broken Medicaid system. Source link
Turnout for July 26 Families First protests against Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ and Medicaid cuts expected in all 50 states: What to know
On Saturday, July 26, tens of thousands of people, including large numbers of families, are expected to join Families First protests and rallies against the Trump administration’s…
Inside the Fight to Save SNAP and Medicaid
Experts also warn that some states will begin preemptively taking action to cut benefits ahead of time—many states have legislatures that meet on a biannual basis, and have constitutional…
Medicaid Cuts? Yes. But the GOP Is Quietly Cutting Medicare, Too.
PAYGO is not a term that crosses many lips in daily discourse. But it may soon be used more widely, as its impact resonates in the aftermath of the passage of the so-called One Big…
The “Undeserving Poor” Deserve Medicaid
In 2016, Charles Manson, then serving a life sentence for murdering or conspiring to murder seven people, developed a lesion on his large intestine, or possibly his colon or anus, that…
Trump Agriculture Chief Pushes Delusional Plan for Medicaid Recipients
Stocks tumbled on Monday as Donald Trump unveiled new tariff rates for a number of countries, taking a few steps closer, once again, to the brink of a global trade war. Trump in early…
GOP defends Medicaid cuts in Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ with weird talking points about basement dwellers
President Trump’s tax and spending bill just passed in the House and is now on its way to his desk to become law. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the legislation (aka the…
Rural hospitals brace for crisis as GOP bill slashes Medicaid funding
Rural hospitals in the U.S. already operate on a razor’s edge, but new cuts to Medicaid in the Republican appropriations bill could tip many of them into failure. The Republican megabill…
MAGA Rep Makes Wild Claim About Why It’s OK People Will Lose Medicaid
It doesn’t appear that the president’s “big, beautiful bill” will muster enough votes in time. Donald Trump has imposed a July 4 deadline on Congress to pass his signature legislative…
Trump Apparently Didn’t Know His Own Bill’s Extreme Medicaid Plan
It doesn’t appear that the president’s “big, beautiful bill” will muster enough votes in time. Donald Trump has imposed a July 4 deadline on Congress to pass his signature legislative…
Vance Says It Doesn’t Matter How Many People Lose Medicaid in Budget
The fate of the centerpiece legislation of President Trump’s agenda—the wildly unpopular, social safety net–slashing, “big, beautiful bill”—may rest in the hands of moderate Republican…
Thom Tillis Defends a Medicaid Scam
North Carolina’s senator pledges not to vote for any budget unless it allows his state to keep fleecing you. Source link
The Supreme Court Deals a Blow to Planned Parenthood’s Medicaid Lawfare
No longer can Planned Parenthood rely on legal activism to preserve its taxpayer revenue. The responsibility now shifts to Congress to do what the states have started. Source link
Trump’s Fury at Thom Tillis Backfires, Wrecking His Vile Medicaid Scam
President Trump is raging at GOP Senator Thom Tillis for telling the truth about the Senate version of his budget bill, which could knock 10 million people off Medicaid. Trump threatened…
Explosive Medicaid Growth Calls for Significant Reforms
Given the growing size of the federal government’s debt, Congress must oblige the states to pay more for programs they want to expand. Source link
Republicans dismiss Democrats' warning that changes to Medicaid will leave millions uninsured
Congressional Republicans on Sunday embraced the proposed changes to Medicaid in the "big, beautiful bill" that Democrats and a few GOP lawmakers warn will leave millions of Americans…
Republicans rewriting Medicaid overhaul to get Trump's agenda bill past Senate parliamentarian
Senate Republicans are rewriting changes to Medicaid after the chamber's rules referee flagged them as out of bounds for the filibuster-proof "big, beautiful bill." Source link
Supreme Court allows states to cut Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood
States can block the country’s biggest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood, from receiving Medicaid money for health services such as contraception and cancer screenings without facing…
Joni Ernst’s Sick Response to Medicaid Cuts Has Tanked Her Career
Will Iowa Senator Joni Enst call it quits after her humiliating defense of Donald Trump’s budget bill? Several Republican aides, consultants, and strategists told The Wall Street Journal…
The GOP's big bill would bring changes to Medicaid for millions
Republican Sen. Josh Hawley has been clear about his red line as the Senate takes up the GOP's One Big Beautiful Bill Act: no Medicaid cuts. Source link
Trump administration gives personal data of immigrant Medicaid enrollees to deportation officials
President Donald Trump's administration this week provided deportation officials with personal data -- including the immigration status -- on millions of Medicaid enrollees, a move that…
RFK Jr. Hands Medicaid Data to ICE as It Ramps Up War on Immigrants
The Trump administration is giving the personal data of Medicaid-enrolled immigrants to the Department of Homeland Security, according to the Associated Press. The Department of Homeland…