In Washington's debate over enacting steep funding cuts to Medicaid, words are a central battleground. Many Republican lawmakers and conservative policy officials who want to scale back the joint ...

KOAA Colorado Springs, CO Lawmakers are signaling Medicaid will need to be cut to hit $1.5 trillion in cuts Posted: March 7, 2025 | Last updated: March 7, 2025 There are growing concerns this ...

Cynthia Williams is furious with the U.S. House Republicans' willing to slash Medicaid, the government-run insurance program for people with low incomes or disabilities. The 61-year-old Anaheim ...

More than three years ago, health insurance giant Centene Corp. settled allegations that it overcharged Medicaid programs in Ohio and Mississippi related to prescription drug billing. Now at least ...

Democrats and Republicans are accusing one another of “lying” about what a House Republican budget resolution means for Medicaid, and both sides have made misleading or speculative comments.

Last week, House Republicans adopted their budget resolution, the first step toward enacting a bill that would kick millions off Medicaid and cut food assistance from the Supplemental Nutrition ...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — Four years after South Dakota voters decided to expand eligibility for Medicaid, Republican lawmakers now want a crack at taking it away. The state Senate decided on Monday ...

EVANSVILLE – Eighth District congressman Mark Messmer voted for a budget plan that could slash $880 billion from the committee that oversees Medicaid: a program that provides health coverage for ...

Congressional Republicans may make work requirements for Medicaid part of President Donald Trump’s major overhaul of taxes and spending, a controversial policy that, in practice, may lead to ...

In Republican Rep. David Valadao ’s central California district, 6 out of 10 people use Medicaid to pay for doctor visits and emergency room trips. And one-third of the population is covered by ...

Kristen Ellingson poses for a portrait at her apartment in Hutchinson, Minn. on Feb. 13. She's wearing a wig that she goes out with since experiencing hair loss from her Lyme disease. (Richard ...

Her family’s insurance only covered around 20% of the procedure and without Arizona’s Medicaid program, Stevenson said she and her parents, who work in education and social work, would have ...