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Republicans Call Medicaid Rife With Fraudsters. This Man Sees No Choice but To Break the Rules.
MISSOULA, Mont. — As congressional Republicans finalized Medicaid work requirements in President Donald Trump’s budget bill,…
Georgia Shows Rough Road Ahead for States as Medicaid Work Requirements Loom
Every time Ashton Alexander sees an ad for Georgia Pathways to Coverage, it feels like a…
Journalists Dig Into Megabill’s Slashing of Medicaid. Plus, How To Avoid Tick Bites.
KFF Health News Nevada correspondent Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez discussed the potential impact of Medicaid cuts on…
Doulas, Once a Luxury, Are Increasingly Covered by Medicaid — Even in GOP States
As a postpartum doula, Dawn Oliver does her best work in the middle of the night.…
To Keep Medicaid, Mom Caring for Disabled Adult Son Faces Prospect of Proving She Works
Four years before Kimberly Gallagher enrolled in Medicaid herself, the public health insurance program’s rules prompted…
GOP Governors Mum as Congress Prepares To Slash Medicaid Spending for Their States
Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News The last time a Republican-controlled Congress and President Donald Trump moved…
Federal Proposals Threaten Provider Taxes, Key Source of Medicaid Funding for States
Republican efforts to restrict taxes on hospitals, health plans, and other providers that states use to…
What Are ‘Improper’ Medicaid Payments, and Are They as High as a Trump Official Said?
Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact “One out of every $5 or $6 in Medicaid [payments] is improper.” Russell…
A Medicaid Patient Had a Heart Attack While Traveling. He Owed Almost $78,000.
On Christmas Day at the WaTiki indoor water park, Hans Wirt was getting winded from following…
In Arizona County That Backed Trump, Conflicted Feelings About Cutting Medicaid
GLOBE, Ariz. — Like many residents of this copper-mining town in the mountains east of Phoenix,…
Medicaid work requirement could spell trouble for vulnerable groups
Verification process could be burdensome and result in coverage losses, critics warn By Truman Lewis of…
Trump Won’t Force Medicaid to Cover GLP-1s for Obesity. A Few States Are Doing It Anyway.
CHARLESTON, S.C. — When Page Campbell’s doctor recommended she try an injectable prescription drug called Wegovy…
Journalists Unpack Drug Prices, Threats to Medicaid, and the Fluoridation of Water
Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed the FDA’s phasing out of fluoride…
Californians Receiving In-Home Care Fear Medicaid Cuts Will Spell End to Independent Living
OAKLAND, Calif. — With a Starbucks coffee cup in her hand and a half gallon of…
The GOP’s Trying Again To Cut Medicaid. It’s Only Gotten Harder Since 2017.
It has been nearly eight years since Sen. John McCain’s middle-of-the-night thumbs-down vote torpedoed Republican efforts…
GOP Medicaid plan adds work requirements
Republicans want to enforce 80-hour monthly work or training for Medicaid recipients By James R. Hood…
Cutting Medicaid Is Hard — Even for the GOP
The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner @julierovner.bsky.social Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief…