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Work requirements could transform Medicaid and food aid under US budget bill
Work requirements for Medicaid recipients, food assistance cuts and other measures in the budget passed by the U.S.
‘Medicaid and food stamps are easy targets’: House bill makes unprecedented cuts to Medicaid and SNAP
Older adults and low-income people will have a tougher time accessing food assistance and healthcare services under the House ...
Republicans Pass Strictest Medicaid Work Requirement They’ve Ever Put Forward
A new hurdle for poor Americans, approved by the House, would cause millions to lose coverage, including many who are working ...
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UPDATED: Providers fear ‘catastrophic’ implications of changes to retroactive Medicaid coverage
As late-night negotiations on the House Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill pushed an expected vote to Thursday, ...
Patients and providers sound off about federal, local Medicaid cuts
At the D.C. rally, people stood in the rain holding signs that said, “Who wants long ER wait times?” and “Protect health ...
‘Don’t f--k around with Medicaid’: Trump moves to steamroll megabill opposition
President Donald Trump moved Tuesday to end the quarrelling among various GOP factions and move his domestic-policy megabill ...
Trump won't force Medicaid to cover GLP-1s for obesity. A few states are doing it anyway.
South Carolina Medicaid approved GLP-1s to treat obesity, placing it among the few state programs covering the drugs. But ...
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‘Cold-Hearted’: House Passes Tax Bill With Major Medicaid Changes Seen as Impacting Nursing Homes
The House narrowly passed a sweeping Republican-backed bill Thursday that could significantly alter Medicaid, with cuts of ...