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The federal health insurance program for low-income households, children, pregnant people, older adults, and people with disabilities was in the glare of a news cycle spotlight this week when the ...
Fewer dollars mean fewer resources for low-income families, people with disabilities, pregnant women and others who rely on Medicaid for health coverage. The state’s going to lose funding for ...
More than 70 million people are covered by Medicaid, which is jointly paid by the states and the federal government with each state running its own program. Federal Medicaid assistance is ...
The $880 billion Medicaid program is financed mostly by federal taxpayers, who pick up as much as 80% of the tab in some states. And states, too, have said they're having trouble financing years of growth and sicker patients who enrolled in Medicaid. To whittle down the budget, the GOP-controlled Congress is eyeing work requirements for Medicaid.
Significant cuts to Medicaid could be on the table next Congress as President-elect Trump and Republicans look for ways to offset tax cuts and streamline government spending. Republicans on ...
Head Start, a U.S. federal aid program for low-income childcare, had over 200 pages removed as of February 2, including advice on establishing familial routines and guidance to help prevent postpartum depression. [3] The removals followed a freeze of federal funds to the program days earlier. [19] [20]
The Trump administration could choose not to implement recent regulations on Medicaid, which include expanding it to millions of low-income people who didn’t get health insurance through their jobs.
The law includes the largest expansion of Medicaid coverage for poor adults in the program’s history. The ACA creates a new minimum standard allowing legal U.S. residents with incomes just above the poverty level to enroll in the program. The federal government will cover no less than 90 percent of the new spending.