Potential Medicaid cuts loom over partnership linking incarcerated people with health care

People leaving Maryland prisons and state-run Baltimore jails often do so with complex medical needs, ranging from substance use disorder to hypertension and diabetes. For more than a decade, a team of navigators at HealthCare Access Maryland have worked …

Nevada lawmakers prepare for Medicaid cuts amid federal budget talks

LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — At an assembly committee of Health and Human Services meeting on Wednesday, lawmakers and local organizations were preparing for the possibility of federal funding cuts impacting Nevada’s Medicaid program. “It doesn’t benefit us to have …

Moderate Republicans Who Complained About Medicaid Cuts Voted To Advance Them Anyway

WASHINGTON — All of the moderate House Republicans who complained last week about Medicaid cuts in the House Republican budget voted for the budget anyway on Tuesday. If they had balked at the budget, the moderates could easily have blocked it; their …

Proposed Medicaid cuts cause growing concerns for those in Bay Area using telehealth

FOX 13’s Briona Arradondo reports on growing concerns among many Bay Area seniors, veterans, and low-income residents who rely on telehealth services and worry their access to coverage will be cut off under proposed federal Medicaid cuts. TAMPA, Fla. - …

Washington leaders unite against proposed Medicaid cuts, warning of dire health impacts

WASHINGTON STATE — State leaders and healthcare officials are pushing back against proposed cuts to Medicaid. The possible program overhaul is part of the U.S. House GOP’s goal to slash federal spending by $2 trillion over a decade. U.S. Sen. Patty Murray …

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Mike Johnson’s prize for victory on Trump’s budget? A fight over Medicaid

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Senator Tina Smith rallies against potential Medicaid cuts

ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – United States Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) held a press conference Thursday to rally against what she said are proposed Republican-led Medicaid cuts to the passed U.S. budget resolution. Smith was joined State Senator Zaynab Mohamed, …

House passes bill to expand hearing aid access under Missouri Medicaid

The Missouri House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to expand coverage for hearing aids and cochlear implants for adults enrolled in Medicaid. The bill now heads to the Senate for consideration. Currently, Medicaid in Missouri, which is called MO HealthNet, …

Dem Rep. Balint: Medicaid Is ‘Very Tight’, Doesn’t Have a Lot of Waste, Fraud, Abuse

On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN Newsroom,” Rep. Becca Balint (D-VT) stated that “Medicaid is a very tight program. There is not a lot of waste, fraud, and abuse in the system.” And if you look at the “so-called waste, fraud, and abuse,” pointed to by …