A fight over Medicaid cuts is threatening GOP plans for Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’
Speaker of the House Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La.,speaks to reporters following a House Republican conference meeting at the U.S. Capitol on May 6. Republicans are…
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States try to revive Medicaid work requirements, worrying some low-income Americans
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks at a campaign rally for then-presidential candidate Donald Trump, in Nov., 2024. In January, Sanders announced plans to reprise…
House budget bill should preserve Medicaid’s ‘original purpose,’ says Rep. Jeff Hurd
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks to reporters just after House Republicans narrowly approved their budget framework, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday,…
How psychiatric patients get caught in a cycle of homelessness and spotty care
Montana State Hospital in Warm Springs, Montana is the state’s only psychiatric hospital for adults. Mental health advocates say it’s too hard to get someone…
States push Medicaid work rules, but few programs help enrollees find jobs
Congress could implement work requirements as part of revamping and downsizing Medicaid. vm/Getty Images/E+ hide caption toggle caption vm/Getty Images/E+ For many years, Eric Wunderlin’s…
Critics say GOP Medicaid cuts could slash fentanyl addiction treatment
A woman reached for a dose of methadone at the Behavioral Health Network opioid treatment clinic. Boston Globe via Getty Images/ hide caption toggle caption…
How cutting Medicaid would affect long-term care and family caregivers
Medicaid pays for nursing home care and for some in-home and community based care, such as aides like Lidia Vilorio, who gives her patient Martina…
Supreme Court hears case that could see more Planned Parenthood clinics closed
Alliance Defending Freedom lawyer John Bursch, representing South Carolina, speaks outside the U.S. Supreme Court as oral arguments are delivered in the case of Medina…
Supreme Court to decide if states can strip Planned Parenthood of Medicaid funds
The Supreme Court hears arguments Wednesday in a case that tests whether South Carolina can remove Planned Parenthood clinics from its state Medicaid program, even…
Dr. Mehmet Oz, Trump’s pick to lead Medicare and Medicaid, gets his Senate hearing
Dr. Mehmet Oz testifies before the Senate Finance Committee in Washington D.C. on Friday in his bid to be named administrator of the Centers for…