Republicans’ Modest Medicaid Changes
The House bill extracts savings through various good-government measures instead of revisiting repealing Obamacare. Source link
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Joni Ernst Just Made Her Awful Response to Medicaid Cuts Even Worse
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is suing New Jersey’s acting Attorney General Alina Habba and a Department of Homeland Security special agent on allegations of false arrest and malicious…
Medicaid Reform Falls Short for People with Disabilities
The Senate should include reforms to ensure that the program can return to its original purpose of supporting the most vulnerable. Source link
Ernst draws groans at Iowa town hall after retort on Medicaid cuts, saying 'we all are going to die'
Republican Sen. Joni Ernst was met with shouts and groans when she said "we all are going to die" as she addressed potential changes to Medicaid eligibility at a town hall in north-central…
Joni Ernst Stoops to Shocking Low When Told Medicaid Cuts Will Kill
Republican Senator Joni Ernst had a particularly unhinged response to questions from her constituents at a town hall in Parkersburg, Iowa, on Friday. Ernst was asked about the GOP’s budget…
House Republicans tighten Medicaid rules to stop scams, save taxpayers more than $10 billion
Big battles over taxes and Medicaid policy may have dominated the headlines, but tucked inside House Republicans' budget bill are a series of good-government changes that backers say will…
Johnson accuses Democrats of 'twisted the facts' on Medicaid changes
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday that Democrats are lying about the impact President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" will have on Medicaid, casting a pall over the legislation and…
Why Medicaid work requirements place extra burdens on low-income families
Republican lawmakers have been battling over a bill that includes massive tax and spending cuts. Much of their disagreement has been over provisions intended to reduce the cost of…
Medicaid Enrollment Should Decline
It is currently too high because of abuse and mission creep. Source link
Only Two Republicans Were Brave Enough to Vote Against Medicaid Cuts
In March, Musk walked into what he understood to be an ambush, facing heated backlash from Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins, and Transportation…
Republican Torched for Falling Asleep Amid Debate on Medicaid Cuts
Republicans want to add work requirements to Medicaid, but having to work themselves is apparently a problem. Representative Ralph Norman was caught falling asleep in his chair late…
The Republicans’ Medicaid Cuts Could Cause a Rural Unemployment Crisis
Those problems led 136 rural hospitals, or about 3 percent, to close between 2010 and 2021. Almost three-fourths of those were in states that hadn’t expanded Medicaid through the…
JD Vance’s Surprise Admission About Trump, Medicaid Boomerangs on Him
Then, in a 2017 op ed for The New York Times, Vance argued that the GOP bill would shift large numbers of people “from Medicaid to the private market” without ensuring that they can…
Could Medicaid Cuts Lead Republicans to Break With Trump?
The move comes after Trump’s first choice for the ambassadorship, Representative Elise Stefanik, withdrew her name from consideration after the Republican majority in the House of…
Republicans split on approach to curbing Obamacare Medicaid expansion
House Republicans are struggling to coalesce around a proposal for scaling back the expansion to Medicaid made under Obamacare as they search for savings for President Trump's "big,…
Lawmaker demands answers to reports Musk seeking Treasury payment access
Democrat lawmakers have demanded an explanation from the Trump administration as to why tech entrepreneur Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is reportedly seeking…
Texas counties have least health insurance coverage
Texas has 19 out of the 20 counties across the U.S. with the highest proportion of their population aged under 65 having no health insurance, according to a new study. The investigation…
Should Medicare, Medicaid cover anti-obesity drugs? Doctors speak out
In what may be one of his final major acts in the White House, President Joe Biden has proposed extending Medicare and Medicaid to cover the costs of anti-obesity drugs increasingly used…
L.A. County gears up for Trump with millions in funding for immigrants, transgender residents
Gearing up for another Trump presidency, Los Angeles County supervisors will funnel millions in funding to beef up support for immigrants and transgender residents, who could be targeted…
Greg Abbott threatens hospital over doctor's viral video on migrants
Texas Governor Greg Abbott responded to a doctor's viral video denouncing a requirement for hospitals to collect immigrant patient data by appearing to threaten to withdraw funding. The…