Medicaid cuts are in effect. NC mom fears losing nurses helping keep her son alive

High vacancies and turnover plague NC's nursing industry. Cuts could further strain a workforce already stretched thin.

Dr Oz accuses Democrats of ‘gaslighting’ Americans over $1B in Medicaid payments to illegal immigrants

CMS chief Dr. Mehmet Oz says a review found over $1B in Medicaid payments to illegal immigrants as the Trump administration ...

Private Medicare, Medicaid plans exaggerate in-network mental health options, watchdogs say

A federal probe of Medicare and Medicaid plans run by private insurance companies found that the plan operators often overstated how many mental health providers were available in their networks.
The Commonwealth Fund

States Are Planning Their Responses to H.R. 1 Cuts in Medicaid Funding — Will Enrollees Lose Benefits?

In some states, governors and state health departments have announced plans to mitigate the impact of the funding cuts and ...

States jostle over $50 billion rural health fund as Trump's Medicaid cuts trigger scramble

States are battling for their piece of $50 billion in federal rural health funding, but it's not just hospitals vying for the ...
STAT

States feel crunch of Medicaid work requirement deadline as they await clarity from CMS

At the #STATSummit, current and former Medicaid directors said they lack clarity on how they are to implement Trump's work ...

White House reveals illegal migrants who received Medicaid as shutdown over healthcare drags on

The White House revealed 49 migrants who committed crimes like murder, rape and assault who received Medicaid.
ABC 10News San Diego

Emergency Medicaid for undocumented immigrants makes up less than 1% of total spending, study finds

As the government shutdown enters its 17th day, debates over Medicaid spending continue to dominate political discussions.

Over 1M Texas kids lose Medicaid and CHIP in 2 years. Here's what US families can do amid post-pandemic purge

Texas removed over 1 million children from the state’s Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) over the ...