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Though Trump vowed during the campaign to protect Medicare, the government insurance program for adults over 65, he hasn't made the same promise about Medicaid, which provides health insurance for ...
Arizona again headed the list, with 35.9% of rural non-elderly adults enrolled in the program compared with 16.8% of urban adults. “Medicaid is protecting families and people from exposure to ...
Medicaid is under review during the Trump administration's freeze on federal grants. Republican leaders are reportedly eyeing Medicaid as a major target in their plan to cut more than $5 trillion ...
Residents of rural areas and small towns are more likely to rely on Medicaid for health coverage than city dwellers, a new report issued Wednesday finds. Authors of the report said the findings ...
If Congress cuts Medicaid expansion, more rural hospitals will be forced to close their doors. Medicaid is the single largest payer for long-term care, maternity care and mental health services.
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.
If this provision was enacted in all states, the CBO projected that an average of 1.5 million adults would lose federal funding for Medicaid coverage, which it said could mean 600,000 or more ...
The memo says the freeze is necessary so Federal agencies can "identify and review all Federal financial assistance programs and supporting activities [are] consistent with the President's ...