As of August 2024, the U.S. Medicaid and CHIP programs provide health ... Without centralized standardization, many states send 834 files daily while others may take months, causing potential ...

Why it matters: States and the federal government jointly fund Medicaid, which offers insurance to more than 70 million Americans. States file expected expenses into a payment portal and then ...

House Republican leaders on Tuesday downplayed the possibility of cuts to Medicaid benefits as they seek a reconciliation bill with up to $2 trillion in savings. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) ...

Liberal lawmakers and advocates are moving to shield the Medicaid program from potential cuts under the Trump administration, pledging to resist major changes to the safety-net health program that ...

Planned Parenthood. The brief supports South Carolina’s decision to block Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood. Joined by 14 Senators and 76 House members, the lawmakers argue that South Carolina ...

The Trump administration’s freeze on federal grants sparked chaos and confusion at state Medicaid agencies on Tuesday. Although the White House insisted that Medicaid, which provides health ...

About 1.4 million Americans live in nursing homes, but how do they pay for it? The majority—nearly two-thirds of all nursing home residents—rely on Medicaid to foot the bill. But getting approved for ...

President Trump recently stated, “We will love and cherish” Medicaid, promising that budget cutting would be limited to finding waste and abuse. But that sentiment is not likely to prevail as ...

Liberal advocacy groups are ramping up efforts to protect the Medicaid program from potential cuts by Republican lawmakers and the new Trump administration. The Democratic group Protect Our Care ...