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What's the difference between Medicare and Medicaid? What to know as cuts pass Congress
The so-called "One, Big Beautiful Bill," spanning over 900 pages, includes the largest cuts to Medicaid in the program's ...
Opinion
The difference between Medicare and Medicaid
President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” comes with major health care cuts. The biggest cut is to Medicaid.
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget1d
CMS Rule Would Close Medicaid Loophole
The proposed rule would close a loophole that has allowed several states to get around the requirement that provider taxes redistribute Medicaid funds to a range of providers, not just the ones that ...
Spokane Public Radio12h
Many Medicaid benefits are optional under the law. For many Idahoans, they’re anything but.
Non-mandatory benefits may be threatened with cuts to Medicaid in federal spending bill passed by Republicans in Congress, ...
McKnight's Long-Term Care News2d
Medicare bundled payment program reduces outpatient spine surgery costs and readmissions, study reveals
A new study published in JAMA Health Forum found that bundled payment programs for outpatient spine surgery significantly reduced healthcare costs and lowered readmission rates among Medicare ...
Center for American Progress7dOpinion
The Truth About the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s Cuts to Medicaid and Medicare
The Center for American Progress and The Arc break down the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, exposing how its deep cuts to ...
The CBO Breakdown on Medicaid Losses, Increase in Uninsured
The Congressional Budget Office estimated that the House version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act would reduce Medicaid ...
PolitiFact3d
Is it true that 5 million people at risk of losing Medicaid are already covered by other insurance?
"Traditional Medicare has roughly 20% cost-sharing," Sommers said. "For people who have both Medicaid and Medicare, Medicaid covers those costs. Also, traditional Medicare has no out-of-pocket cap, ...
Scientific American11d
How Massive Medicaid Cuts Will Harm People’s Health
Evidence shows that Medicaid improves people’s health and is particularly vital for babies, older people in need of long-term ...
88.5 WFDD12d
Megabill will impact Medicaid and Medicare recipients
The cuts to federal social safety net programs like SNAP and Medicaid have been widely reported. What do they mean for North ...
Amarillo Globe-News3dOpinion
Opinion: ICE and Brown Shirts – Is there a difference?
The signed bill gave ICE a 265% budget increase, a staggering amount of money flowing into an agency that has systematically ...
Staten Island protesters stage ‘die-in’ outside Malliotakis office over proposed Medicaid cuts
The stones, gray and black with crosses and skulls painted onto them, stated things like: “Trump did this,” ”Couldn’t afford ...