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The roughly 1,000-page bill that was passed by the House of Representatives on Thursday includes about $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP ...
$880 billion in Medicaid cuts would be ‘devastating’ for nursing homes and their residents Reductions could lead to decreased services or closures, slashing care for vulnerable older populations.
Extensive Medicaid cuts proposed in President Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" could significantly affect substance abuse programs on Long Island, advocates say. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.
Illinois nonprofits are sounding alarms amid proposed cuts to Medicaid proposed by the administration of President Donald Trump. Clearbrook is one such nonprofit, working with approximately 8,000 ...
Advocates say Georgia's experience with a work requirement for Medicaid should serve as a warning to Republicans in Congress pushing a similar mandate.
It's the only Medicaid program in the nation with a work requirement. ... A first aid box with the Georgia Pathways logo is seen at a job fair in Atlanta, Ga. Thursday, June 5, 2025.
The bill wouldn’t just hurt people with Medicaid, but those with plans through the Affordable Care Act marketplaces. During Joe Biden’s presidency, Democrats in Congress passed enhanced ...
Medicaid has been the main vehicle for reaching this goal since 1965. The program now accounts for more than half of the 150 million Americans covered by government health insurance.
Over a year from the 2026 midterms, it's too soon to say if Medicaid changes will prove politically popular or hurt Republicans in Congress.
Medicaid changes alone would result in 7.8 million fewer insured individuals—10.9 million people when factoring in other changes. Overall, the reconciliation bill would reduce spending in ...
Donald Trump publicly resisted Medicaid cuts — until his budget director, Russell Vought, convinced the president that reductions to health coverage for low-income people, embedded in the ...
The No. 1 hitch in the Big Beautiful Bill is a dispute between fiscal hawks and Medicaid doves — that is, senators who say it doesn’t cut enough federal spending vs. those who claim it cuts ...