Politics Apr 10 AP report: Trump administration admits a glaring error in its New York health fraud accusations By Ali Swenson, Associated Press
Health Apr 03 A Nebraska hospital in peril shows how a Republican-led rural health fund is coming up short It's a problem that millions of Americans in rural areas are awakening to as they realize there's no windfall coming for the vulnerable hospitals near their homes. By Margery A. Beck, Ali Swenson, Associated Press
Politics Mar 03 Minnesota sues to block Trump administration's withholding of $243 million in Medicaid funds Minnesota's attorney general says his office has a strong track record of fighting Medicaid fraud. By Audrey McAvoy, Associated Press
Nation Feb 26 Watch 5:35 Trump administration halts Minnesota Medicaid funds over fraud allegations Vice President JD Vance announced that the federal government would withhold $259 million in Medicaid funding for Minnesota due to concerns about fraud. The state and its welfare fraud scandals have become a target for the Trump administration, and Gov. By Geoff Bennett, Sam Lane
Politics Feb 25 WATCH: Vance says administration is pausing some Medicaid funding to Minnesota over fraud concerns Vice President JD Vance said the administration was taking the action “in order to ensure that the state of Minnesota takes its obligations seriously to be good stewards of the American people’s tax money.”… By Michelle Price, Ali Swenson, Associated Press
Jan 30 Watch 8:09 How people with disabilities could bear the burden of Medicaid funding cuts By Judy Woodruff, Mike Fritz According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act will slash more than a trillion dollars in federal spending from Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program by 2034. Judy Woodruff examines what those cuts… Continue watching
Dec 29 Trump administration rolls out rural health funding, with strings attached By Devi Shastri, Margery A. Beck, Associated Press While every state applied for money from the Rural Health Transformation Program, it won't be distributed equally. And critics worry that the funding might be pulled back if a state's policies don't match up with the administration's. Continue reading
Dec 23 Watchdog report finds Medicaid paid more than $207 million for dead people in 1 year By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press Since 2016, HHS' inspector general has conducted 18 audits on a selection of state programs and had identified that Medicaid agencies had improperly made managed care payments on behalf of deceased enrollees totaling approximately $289 million. Continue reading
Dec 18 WATCH: Trump administration seeks to cut off access to transgender health care for U.S. children By Ali Swenson, Matthew Perrone, Devi Shastri, Associated Press The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday unveiled a series of regulatory actions designed to block access to gender-affirming care for minors, building on broader Trump administration restrictions targeting transgender Americans. Continue reading
Dec 10 North Carolina's governor scraps Medicaid rate cuts amid legal challenges and Republican opposition By Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press Stein and state Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Dev Sangvai announced Wednesday the state agency would restore reimbursement rates for doctors, hospitals and other medical providers of Medicaid services that otherwise generally had been cut by 3% to 10%… Continue reading