GOP must cut Medicaid or Medicare to achieve budget goals, CBO finds
The nonpartisan bookkeeper said there’s no other way to cut $1.5 trillion from the budget over the next decade.
WA must leverage Medicaid funds for long-term care residents
Two-thirds of Washington nursing home residents rely on Medicaid funding. But our investments in that program have stopped ...
Illinois lawmakers brace for possible federal cuts to Medicaid
This is it. This is absolutely it. This is the line. Medicaid stays or goes as the program that we’ve know it right now,” ...
Here’s the Medicaid math facing Republicans seeking $880 billion in deficit reduction
House Republicans have a plethora of options to make marginal changes to the Medicaid program to meet their goals to cover ...
Medicaid cuts would ‘decimate’ D.C. hospitals, health leaders say
Potential cuts to Medicaid could eviscerate the finances of some D.C. hospitals and threaten the crucial services they ...
Medicaid spending is under scrutiny. Here’s what that means for WA
Lawmakers are now eyeing cuts to a broad range of programs including Medicaid. Here's how that could impact people and health ...
Republicans once maligned Medicaid. Now some see a program too big to touch
There's a mid-March deadline to avoid a partial government shutdown, and hesitation is surfacing among congressional ...
Fired federal workers and Medicaid recipients: Congress’s invite list for Trump’s address
It’s a long-standing tradition for lawmakers to invite guests to a president’s address to Congress to send a message.
As GOP eyes Medicaid cuts, Trump tries to avoid the political third rails
The president has said his administration “won’t touch” entitlement programs. Past efforts to do so have backfired on Trump and other politicians.
Republican Lawmakers And Trump Administration Take Aim At Medicaid Spending
House Republicans passed a budget plan that seeks to extend tax cuts enacted in 2018 and reduce Medicaid spending. The ...