Medicaid, Planned Parenthood and Judge Indira Talwani
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Throughout the country, pediatricians say anxious parents are concerned about access to routine childhood immunizations, especially those with children on Medicaid, the government insurance program for low-income families and people with disabilities.
Medicaid cuts under President Trump’s sweeping tax and spending package will harm family caregivers, experts warn, by reducing access to health care for themselves and the people they care
Medicaid changes could affect some of the most vulnerable recipients, including people with mental health conditions and people who are homeless, experts say.
Democrats plan to make the California Republican’s support for Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” a focal point of their campaign in a key midterm race.
Coalition for Health AI wants to help with using AI to implement work requirements for Medicaid. Experts say that's difficult.
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Three hundred thousand Virginians are expected to lose healthcare coverage through Medicaid, and experts predict 100,000 more will no longer be able to afford insurance through Obamacare. That has state lawmakers demanding Congress restore funding as Sandy Hausman reports.
Republicans defended the GOP megabill's Medicaid changes as targeting a group of people they believe shouldn't qualify: people who can work but instead choose to stay home and chill.
Not that long ago, James wouldn’t have been breaking the rules to access Medicaid because his state had 12-month continuous eligibility. But in 2023, Montana began requiring enrollees to report any change in their income within 10 days.
That reliance is partly due to Louisiana’s high poverty rate and its decision to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. As of 2025, about 32.8% of Louisiana residents are enrolled in the program, one of the highest rates in the country, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.