Column: Requiring work for Medicaid recipients — a provision that killed an effort in 2024 to expand Medicaid in Mississippi — is now law of the land under Trump's so-called "Big Beautiful Bill." Expanding Medicaid could still save lives.

Debate over President Donald Trump’s sweeping budget-and-policy package is over on Capitol Hill. Now the argument goes national. The new law already is shaping the 2026 midterm battle for control

Medicaid is the state's largest health insurer, covering a quarter of Michigan residents. Reform supporters say the changes will eliminate loopholes.

Florida did not expand Medicaid as most states did, so the impact may be lesser than other places, but reductions loom.

We see this budget for what it is, an extremist road map that takes away what people rely on to survive,” U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost said at a news conference at the Pan American Behavioral Health

Rep. Gabe Evan’s commercial states that his vote is for Colorado families. Evans is giving them crumbs, however. He voted to give the rich loaves.” — James Maki, Dacono

“Medicaid really is a foundational pillar of hospital financing in the U.S., particularly for those hospitals that serve low-income, elderly or disabled populations across the country,” said Alan Condon, the editor-in-chief of Becker’s Healthcare, a health care business news publication.

Cuyahoga County officials are bracing for a "dramatic" impact to SNAP and Medicaid recipients now that Congress and President Donald Trump have imposed new work requirements and frequent renewals.