Pennsylvania will need to spend $2 billion over the next five years to cover its expanded Medicaid program. And while lawmakers are worried about finding the money to foot the bill, the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services insists that doing so will lower costs in the long run.

After recovering more than $11 million in Medicaid fraud in 2024, lawmakers in Pennsylvania are trying to slow down fraudsters.

Many fear the $880 billion cut to Medicaid would shred the safety net that protects more than 3 million Pennsylvanians, mostly seniors and children.

Medicaid expenses are split between states and the federal government. In Pennsylvania, the federal government pays for 56% of Medicaid costs. The commonwealth picks up the other 44% of the bill (this ratio is different for every state and changes year to year).

A federal budget resolution that narrowly passed on partisan lines Tuesday could lead to major cuts to Medicaid. Now Pennsylvania Democrats and health care advocates are sounding the alarm about how those cuts could harm vulnerable people.

Plaskett said cuts to Medicaid will impact everyone, even those who are not enrolled in it. Online sources said cuts to the program could hurt keeping hospitals and clinicals afloat and it could impact states' budgets and local communities.

Nearly a quarter of Pennsylvanians are on Medicaid, the joint federal-state program that covers medical costs for poor people along with nursing home and personal care home expenses. If Republicans on Capitol Hill target Medicaid as they seek to slash federal spending by $2 trillion and enact $4.

Newly minted U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan swore he wouldn’t support gutting government benefits such as Medicaid that residents of his northeastern Pennsylvania district rely on. Then the first-term ...

Democratic members of Pennsylvania’s congressional delegation railed against the budget blueprint that passed the House on Tuesday night, warning it could result in steep cuts to Medicaid. But an Alto