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RFK Jr. Wrong on Medicare, Medicaid During Senate Confirmation Hearing
RFK Jr. appears unfamiliar with basics of Medicare, Medicaid during Senate confirmation hearings
RFK Jr. Has a Lot to Learn About Medicaid
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 changes to Medicaid, his testimony to the Senate Finance Committee revealed Wednesday.
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 Down After Donald Trump Funding Freeze
After President Donald Trump ordered a freeze on federal grants and loans, Medicaid's portals went down Tuesday afternoon, causing recipients to panic about their health insurance coverage. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed the Medicaid outage Tuesday on X, formerly Twitter, but said payments would not be impacted.
Reeves pushes income tax elimination, opposes Medicaid expansion in State of the State address
Amid a likely debate between Mississippi House and Senate leaders over plans to slash state taxes, Republican Gov.
Why is the Medicaid website portal down? Are payments affected?
The Medicaid website was down, but the portal was expected to be back up shortly, said White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. She wrote on X that no payments had been affected and that they were still being processed and sent.
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 states discovered Tuesday they could no longer access money they rely on to provide care for some of the nation’s neediest families and children.
States Say Medicaid Access Cut, White House Says No Payments Disrupted
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -At least three U.S. lawmakers said on Tuesday healthcare providers were blocked from the Medicaid payment portal after the Trump administration announced a federal funding pause, even as the White House said the program was exempted.
Cutting Medicaid, Taxing Scholarships and Killing Invasive Plants: A Guide to the G.O.P. Wishlist
Chief among congressional Republicans’ priorities is an extension of the 2017 tax law, most of which is set to expire at the end of the year. A full extension is projected to cost about $4.6 trillion over the next 10 years by renewing tax rate cuts for individuals. Any other costs listed below would be on top of that amount.
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Many new moms in Texas don’t know they qualify for a year of Medicaid, doctors say
When Gov. Greg Abbott signed House Bill 12 into law in May 2023, Texas became the 41st state to extend postpartum Medicaid to 12 months. It was a victory years in the making, after several sessions of advocacy from health care providers, maternal health experts and moms themselves.
Sheehan: MDHHS actions threaten Michigan’s public mental health system
We urge MDHHS to withdraw its contract termination notices and return to the negotiating table with the state’s public mental health system in good faith.
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Medicaid work requirements likely to be a priority for Republicans in Congress, NC legislature
North Carolina was the 40th state to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. Lambeth said lawmakers in some of the holdout states have been impressed with North Carolina’s decision to pass expansion with a provision to create a workforce development program for beneficiaries.