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Virginia lawmakers, health officials brace for Medicaid changes
As Virginia lawmakers heard from state health officials Wednesday about potential effects of federal healthcare funding ...
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How states can mitigate Trump’s Medicaid cuts – and set their health care systems on a better path
States are unlikely to fully neutralize the Medicaid cuts — but they have tools to scuttle the Trump administration's efforts.
Medicare and Medicaid Fail a Basic Scientific Test
The programs don’t do what they claim to. If they were drugs, regulators would pull them from the market.
Meet the Medicaid Double-Dippers
The feds find that 2.8 million people are on two government health-insurance plans.
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CHAI convenes team to explore AI for Medicaid work requirements
The Coalition for Health AI is convening a fast-tracked, priority team to determine how AI could best be used to implement ...
Disabled Americans Fear What Medicaid Cuts Could Do to Them
The White House says roughly $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts won’t limit home- and community-based care. Health care experts ...
Private Efforts Not Public Committees Will Generate Healthcare Savings
CMMI has wasted billions while failing to reduce costs or increase healthcare quality. Instead of bureaucracies, the ...
ICE Is Getting Unprecedented Access to Medicaid Data
A new agreement viewed by WIRED gives ICE direct access to a federal database containing sensitive medical data on tens of millions of Americans, with the goal of locating immigrants.
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What's the difference between Medicare and Medicaid?
The so-called "One, Big Beautiful Bill" includes the largest cuts to Medicaid in the program's 50-plus years. What to know in Alabama.