President Trump wants a massive tax cut and immigration crackdown bill. Now Republicans must decide what to cut to help pay for it.
Funding cuts and regulatory changes could radically reduce Medicaid, the largest program providing medical and health-related services to low-income people, as well as Medicare, federal health insurance for people 65 or older, and some under 65 with certain disabilities or conditions.
Protect Our Care, a liberal advocacy group, is launching a $10 million “Hands Off Medicaid” campaign that targets 17 GOP lawmakers.
Russell T. Vought, President Trump’s nominee to run the Office of Management and Budget, said he supported work requirements for the program that supports low-income Americans.
President Donald Trump has long proposed cutting Medicaid, which covers healthcare for lower-income Americans.
The burden of Republican-proposed Medicaid cuts could disproportionately fall on rural Arizonans who rely on the program.
You might not need to go to the emergency department on a cold night if you have a place to live,” said Monica Ogelby, Vermont’s Medicaid director.
House GOP leaders are eying Medicaid cuts exceeding $2 trillion, but some lawmakers and analysts warn they will face tough resistance from back home.
Trump’s executive order halts an effort to cap the copayment for generic medications at $2 for Medicare beneficiaries.
Lawmakers in both chambers Wednesday considered the future of the low-income health care program, set to expire if they don’t take action.
Republican lawmakers are clawing at the door for another chance to take away the expanded income eligibility for Medicaid benefits that South Dakota voters put in the state constitution three years ago.
South Dakota officials expect Medicaid enrollment will decrease this year as the state uses a new method to identify applicants who are no longer eligible for the state-federal health care insurance.