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Millions Would Lose Health Coverage Under G.O.P. Bill. But Not as Many as Democrats Say.
A widely circulated talking point about cuts to Medicaid inflates the legislation’s effects by about five million people.
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities4hOpinion
Harsh Work Requirements in House Republican Bill Would Take Away Medicaid Coverage From Millions: State and Congressional District Estimates
The House Republican reconciliation legislation currently under consideration in the Energy & Commerce Committee would take ...
Weight-Loss Drugs Aren’t Really About Weight
The best metric is not weight, but a particularly toxic kind of fat.
GOP leaders snubbed the hard right on Medicaid. They’re vowing to fight back.
House Republican leaders appear to have won support from key moderates by backing off the most controversial proposals to ...
State report details steep cost of potential federal Medicaid cuts for Michigan
Michigan officials have calculated the risk of potential federal Medicaid cuts, finding one proposal could nix coverage for ...
Nursing home and elder-care residents could be hit hard by potential Medicaid cuts
Medicaid funding cuts may impact nursing home residents and elder care services nationwide. MARIETTA, Ga. — Traversing the ...
The Commonwealth Fund1dOpinion
More Than 100,000 Michigan Residents Nearly Lost Medicaid Coverage Under Work Requirements
In a sense, that was pretty good. In 2019, a Manatt Health analysis of Michigan data predicted a coverage loss as high as 183 ...
Center for American Progress4dOpinion
The Collateral Damage of Medicaid Work Requirements
Congressional Republicans’ proposed Medicaid work reporting requirements could strip coverage from hundreds of thousands of ...
Medicaid Expansions Saved Tens of Thousands of Lives, Study Finds
The study, published in the National Bureau of Economic Research on May 5, tracked nearly 40 million people who gained ...
Many Coloradans would lose Medicaid under Trump’s proposed expansion cuts (Editorial)
Colorado’s clinics and hospitals are already feeling the strain of losing half a million patients from the post-Covid ...
Managed Healthcare Executive8d
Medicaid Unwinding Linked to Prescription Loss in Children and Young Adults, Study Shows
Children and young adults living in states with the biggest drops in Medicaid coverage experienced more prescription ...
The Commonwealth Fund8d
Deep Medicaid Spending Cuts Put Health Care Coverage at Risk for One of Five Enrolled Children
As part of 2025 budget reconciliation, Congress is expected to consider unprecedented cuts to Medicaid funding, with several ...