If Medicaid funding is significantly reduced, states may struggle to afford providing the current scope of required benefits for older adults and adults with disabilities, much less optional Medicaid ...

On May 22, House Republicans passed their budget reconciliation omnibus — the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” — which would cut hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicaid, among other ...

The adverse effects that we’re most concerned about are things that will increase the likelihood that eligible people will ...

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President Donald Trump’s pledge to make new but pricey weight-loss drugs widely available for low-income Americans isn’t panning out as planned. Trump promised last year that obese Americans on ...

Here are the differences in eligibility, coverage, costs, and enrollment periods between Medicare and Medicaid.