Medicaid overhaul proves to be politically perilous proposition
Key pay-for proposed for reconciliation bill is riddled with political risks and could spur backlash from hospitals, health ...
Congress needs to tell us how many people will die when it kills Medicaid | Opinion
If Congress cuts Medicaid, vulnerable patients will lose health care. Which means some will die. We need to know how many.
Medicaid covers nearly 1 in 4 Virginians. Here’s what could happen if federal funding goes away.
President Donald Trump has promised to “love and cherish” Medicaid, but Congressional talks of cutting billions in funding to the program have advocates worried. Virginia Medicaid, called Cardinal ...
Cut to Medicaid Match Risks Coverage Loss, Higher State Costs
A Republican-backed proposal that would eliminate enhanced federal funding to states that expanded Medicaid eligibility under ...
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Fate of Medicaid Uncertain During Trump's Freeze on Federal Grants
adamkaz/Getty Images White House officials and Republican congressional leaders are reportedly looking at plans to significantly reduce Medicaid funding. Medicaid cuts could impact people who rely ...
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Rural hospitals push to be spared from possible funding cuts
Rural providers are pushing for exemptions from any potential changes to federal policy that may limit Medicaid or Medicare funding. Executives argue their organizations cannot sustain cuts to ...
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Hospitals warn of financial challenges without emergency MaineCare funding
Health care providers already facing fiscal strain say that delays to MaineCare payments would exacerbate the situation and ...
Editorial: Boost state Medicaid funding for long-term care
It’s a uncomfortable statistic — especially for those who are nearing retirement age or are already there — that 70 percent ...
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‘Nothing Draconian’: Omega Execs Foresee No Medicaid Funding Cuts for Nursing Homes Amid a Friendly Trump Administration
Executives at Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE: OHI), which posted better-than-expected fourth-quarter results, foresee more ...
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Southern states are funding rural health, yet rejecting Medicaid
States are investing in rural health, but most Southern states have long rejected federal Medicaid funds. That’s unlikely to ...
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Florida home care law affects Medicaid, funding for families of medically fragile children
The 2023 law allows parents of children with chronic and complex medical needs to be paid to care for that child. However, it ...
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Cuts to Medicaid would have dire consequences for Native American population, experts say
“The tribal health system is funded at around $7 billion to $8 billion annually, but the actual funding needed to provide care is in the tens of billions of dollars. Medicaid, which is ...