House Republicans, in a 216-214 vote, have approved the Senate’s fiscal 2025 budget blueprint, paving the way for key portions of President Donald Trump’s domestic policy agenda — including potential ...

Americans who face financial challenges ... likely than urban dwellers to rely on Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). In Arkansas, Louisiana, Washington, West ...

About 118,000 of them are in the program thanks ... Without Medicaid, they said, they couldn't afford health coverage. In Vivian, near the borders with Arkansas and Texas, close to half of the ...

Data: Commonwealth Fund and the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health; Map: Alex Fitzpatrick/Axios States could lose thousands of jobs — including 10,900 jobs in ...

At least 14 states already cover the cost of GLP-1 medications for obesity treatment for patients on Medicaid, the federal health care program for people with low ... including a proposal in Arkansas ...

"Most adults who would lose eligibility ... say requiring Medicaid recipients to work, study or train for a career gives them a boost toward self-sufficiency and financial stability.

This is because the financial ramifications ... through the Medicaid program. In rural communities, 18% of adults are covered by Medicaid. In six states — Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana ...

While 41 states have a Medicaid expansion program, nine states — Montana, Utah, Arizona, Arkansas ... reduction in funding could undermine the financial feasibility of healthcare centers ...

Senate Bill 134 seeks to require that New Hampshire Medicaid recipients work in order to receive health care through the program ... Fiscal Committee, a financial committee composed of members ...

They wanted to tighten eligibility as a way of incentivizing people to gain financial independence ... burden was a problem when Arkansas implemented its Medicaid work requirements in 2018 ...

Consider the outcome in Arkansas ... emphasizing is that most Medicaid recipients already work. Thus, the work requirements target a sliver of those in the program. A study by the Center on ...

That leaves Medicaid as the only other program big enough to provide the ... Nine states—Arizona, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Montana, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Utah and Virginia—have ...