Trump’s War on Medicaid Will Institutionalize Millions of People
In August 1981, then-President Ronald Reagan signed a bill into law that allowed the development of state-level programs to help disabled people live outside institutions like nursing homes. Known as Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waivers,
Trump and Medicaid: Everything to know about the low-income health insurance program
Medicaid is a joint federal and state program that provides health care coverage to low-income individuals and families. It services over 79 million Americans.
Does Donald Trump's Funding Freeze Impact Medicaid? What We Know
Just one day after the White House announced the federal funding freeze, the Medicaid payment portal went down, according to Trump's Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
Medicaid Portals Are Down Across All 50 States Amid Trump Funding 'Pause'
After declining to name Medicaid as a program safe from the Trump administration's woke "freeze," press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the sites should be back up shortly.
US Medicaid System Disrupted After Trump Freezes Federal Aid
Government officials from across the US said states were locked out of the Medicaid payments system after President Donald Trump’s administration ordered a freeze to federal funds.
What To Know About How Trump’s Funding Freeze Screwed Up Medicaid Portals In All 50 States
In the wake of mass chaos and reports of Medicaid payment portals being shut down in states across the U.S., a federal judge on Tuesday evening temporarily paused a portion of the Trump administration directive to halt the disbursement of federal loans and grants.
Are deep Medicaid cuts in store for the nation's poor? Here's what Kennedy would do.
Democrats worry the Trump administration plans deep cuts to Medicaid. If confirmed, here's what Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans ...
'Nothing Is off the Table' for DOGE Cuts—Even Medicaid, TD Bank Predicts
The new Department of Government Efficiency can't go after Medicare or Social Security. That leaves Medicaid in a vulnerable ...
With federal funding in limbo, CT Dems propose Medicaid expansion
CT Dems unveiled a $250M plan to raise Medicaid reimbursement rates, saying ‘we can’t stop doing our jobs’ amid federal ...
Confusion reigns for states trying to secure Medicaid dollars
At least 20 states were unable to draw funds from an HHS payment system hours after the White House ordered a pause on the ...
How Robert F. Kennedy Wants to Change Medicaid
President Donald Trump's new appointee to head US Human and Health Services, Robert F. Kennedy, is likely to make some ...
Head Start and Medicaid providers hit glitches as Trump freezes federal money
As the White House paused federal grants and loans in a far-reaching executive order, early childhood education centers and ...
RFK Jr. Has a Lot to Learn About Medicaid
Trump’s pick for health secretary showed a poor understanding of a key part of the job.
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Bill Cassidy focuses on Medicaid in questioning Trump nominee RFK Jr.
While Democrats blasted Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for previous comments on vaccines and some Republicans teed him up for stump ...
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Lawmakers again propose extending postpartum Medicaid
A bipartisan group of lawmakers support a bill to extend the mother’s postpartum coverage period to a year, but it faces ...