Medicaid, Donald Trump and Senate
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The GOP's "big beautiful bill" would require people up to age 64 to certify they're working to get aid. Here's what the research shows.
The prospect of a work requirement for able-bodied Medicaid recipients is sparking fears. The measure is part of a sweeping federal spending bill supported by President Donald Trump that has cleared the House and is now being considered by the Senate.
A new Senate plan would tie Medicaid to 80-hour work requirements. Up to 5 million Americans could lose coverage, CBO warns.
Stricter Medicaid eligibility checks look destined to be included in President Donald Trump-backed reconciliation legislation charging through Congress, dubbed the One Big Beautiful Bill. | Medicaid plans want Congress to let managed care organizations text members,
Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a law June 6 requiring tens of thousands of Iowans on Medicaid to work or lose their health care coverage.
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Republicans’ proposed cuts to Medicaid, the federal program that provides health coverage to poor Americans, could leave hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians without health insurance and force rural hospitals and medical centers that cater to vulnerable communities to shut their doors,
Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed a law implementing work requirements for 171,000 Iowans on Medicaid, if Iowa gets approval from the Trump administration.
In defending Trump's signature spending bill—which could cut millions from the Medicaid rolls over the next decade—Kentucky Congressman Brett Guthrie said a study suggests millions of able-bodied people on the program are misusing time that could be spent at a job or benefiting the community.
More than a dozen people raised concerns and questions about unintentionally separating patients from their health care with South Dakota’s proposed Medicaid expansion work requirements.
The health policy nonprofit KFF estimated between 120,000 and 190,000 people in Colorado could lose their insurance, mostly through falling off the Medicaid rolls, over the next 10 years.