Republican lawmakers in several states have Medicaid expansion in their crosshairs, energized by President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and a GOP-controlled Congress set on reducing ...

Probably not, but the answer depends to some extent on how your state applies the Medicaid rules. Under federal law, every state must have a Medicaid estate recovery program to seek recovery of ...

Though Trump vowed during the campaign to protect Medicare, the government insurance ... Medicaid and said premiums and deductibles are too high for most Americans. But most people who take ...

Republican lawmakers in several states are moving to either shrink or repeal Medicaid expansion in a move which could mean millions of Americans would lose their access to health insurance.

Medicaid, which turns 60 this year, was established in 1965 as amendments to Social Security by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The program was meant to provide health insurance to individuals and ...

Before joining Raw Story, Brad Reed spent eight years writing about technology at BGR.com and Network World. Prior to that, he wrote freelance stories for political publications such as AlterNet ...

Two senior agency veterans focused on policy and operations are working with DOGE to review the agency overseeing Medicare and Medicaid, which provide health insurance for about 1 in 4 Americans ...

As the largest health insurance ... resident on Medicaid, their federal reimbursement rate is relatively high, and so the impact of federal cuts is large. Gutting Medicaid will take health care ...

Women who were aged 50 to 64 with commercial insurance had a 37 percent higher ... these women face real obstacles: fewer doctors accept Medicaid, preventive screenings can be hard to schedule ...