Millions face loss of health care coverage through Medicaid
February 26, 2023
With COVID-19 protections ending this year, more than 14 million could lose their Medicaid health care.
Health chief warns of dangers because of virus funds cutbacks
March 18, 2022
Xavier Becerra worries that America is dropping the ball over keeping the nation safe
Trump tried to kill Obamacare. It keeps expanding
August 6, 2020
The expansion of Obamacare into Medicaid is just another of Trump’s failures, who promised in 2016 to end it and fidn a replacement, which he never offered.
White House exploring mental health treatment expansion
February 27, 2018
Amid the outcry over the Florida school shootings, the Trump administration says it is “actively exploring” ways to help states expand inpatient mental health treatment
GOP health bill threatens nursing homes
July 9, 2017
Amy Bernard and her brother kept their mother out of a nursing home as long as they could, until Parkinson’s and dementia took their toll
Trump budget WILL cut Medicaid
May 24, 2017
Trump’s budget director insists the administration’s spending plans won’t cut Medicaid money, but by any conventional measure of federal financing the health care program for
Medicaid costs threaten Obamacare
August 12, 2016
The cost of expanding Medicaid to millions more low-income people is increasing faster than expected, the government says, raising questions about a vital part of
Oklahoma flips on Medicaid
May 16, 2016
Despite bitter resistance in Oklahoma for years to President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, Republican leaders in this conservative state are now confronting something that
Obama puts hospital funds to work for Medicaid
April 25, 2015
The Obama administration is dialing up the pressure on a handful of states that have resisted expanding Medicaid coverage for their low-income residents under the
Republicans throw up roadblocks to Medicaid expansion
January 1, 2015
Governors across the political spectrum are hitting a roadblock in their bids to expand Medicaid with federal funds: Republican legislators who adamantly oppose “Obamacare.” While