Some lawmakers are pushing to require that Medicaid recipients work in order to get or keep coverage, and some states already try to help them find jobs. But the effects of those efforts are unclear.

With the GOP-led House advancing a budget resolution this month, key committees are now tasked with writing legislation that ...

Republicans in Congress are eyeing $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid, the joint federal-state government health care program for lower-income people ... Nine states (Arizona, Arkansas, Illinois, ...

SPRINGFIELD - As Medicaid marks its 60th anniversary in April, the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) is celebrating the program’s ...

State leaders say they are determined to protect Medicaid and its services as federal lawmakers and leaders intend to make cuts to the program. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker says he recognizes that ...

Advocates argued CT’s lower HUSKY C income limits discriminate against residents with disabilities and violate the state ...

The Affordable Care Act expanded access to affordable, comprehensive health coverage for millions of people and has driven ...

Robin Hood took from the rich and gave to the poor. Congressional Republicans are now poised to play Reverse Robin Hood.

Connecticut has three main Medicaid ... the only program with an asset limit — qualifying residents can have only $1,600 or less in the bank. In 2023, lawmakers voted to raise the income limit ...

Despite the vital nature of their work, front-line human service workers in Illinois are underpaid and undervalued.

A small office within Health and Human Services that sets the federal poverty guidelines every year has reportedly been ...

President Trump is proposing a $230 billion cut to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which would affect ...