Medicaid covers essential screenings, contraception, prenatal care and delivery. Medicaid plays an outsized role in healthy ...

More than one-fifth of state residents rely on Medicaid for their health coverage. What they're saying: Democrat Joe Fitzgibbon, Washington state's House majority leader, told reporters the cuts ...

Federal Medicaid cuts under consideration would have dire financial impacts for state hospitals, including those in the West Puget Sound.

According to Murray, Washington state received over $12 billion in Medicaid funding in 2023, which covers a portion of the state's Apple Health program. The proposed cuts come as many Republican ...

Murry, joined by medical providers and patients relying on Medicaid, said the state's budget problems ... Dr. Crystal Shen, with the Washington Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics ...

At Mason General Hospital, about a third of patients are covered by Medicaid, the state-federal insurance program for people with low incomes or disabilities. Enrollment has grown steadily over ...