Gov. Kim Reynolds on Tuesday called for banning cellphones in K-12 classrooms, creating hundreds of new medical residencies, instituting work requirements for some Iowans on Medicaid and doubling ...

Gov. Ned Lamont is speaking on his proposal for the 2026-2027 budget and his office has released his speech, as it was ...

Gov. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.) delivered his budget address Wednesday afternoon to the Connecticut General Assembly. Read his ...

State Medicaid and Affordable Care Act programs have long struggled to connect with lower-income Americans to help them access care. Now some are trying an alternative approach: meeting them at the ...

This week, we started floor debate. Thursday, three bills were considered; two had unanimous support and one passed with bipartisan support. However, I did not support HF 144, a bill that extends the ...

AHA urges Congress to reject reductions to the Medicaid program that would not only strip access to health care from some of ...

A per capita cap to federal financing of the Medicaid program would be a fundamental change to how the program is financed. It would put untenable fiscal pressures on state governments, leading to ...

The Jan. 23 and Jan. 30 Carbon County News Legislative Update by Brad Barker presented an incomplete and inaccurate overview of the Montana Medicaid Renewal, set to expire June 30, ...

The Montana House Health Committee recently held a meeting to discuss two house bills that would continue the expansion of Medicaid. This expansion has significantly impacted the state's Indigenous ...

A handful of Senate Republicans from rural Georgia have signed onto a new bipartisan attempt to fully expand Medicaid through a conservative-friendly option that gained traction last year after a ...