Politics Oct 10 WATCH: Trump announces deal with AstraZeneca to lower drug prices for Medicaid By Will Weissert, Associated Press
Politics Sep 11 Appeals court allows Trump administration to block Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood Planned Parenthood said Thursday’s ruling means that more than 1.1 million patients can’t use their Medicaid insurance at its health centers. By Associated Press
World Sep 05 Trump administration investigates Medicaid spending on immigrants in Democratic states SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Trump administration is taking its immigration crackdown to the health care safety net, launching Medicaid spending probes in at least six Democratic-led states that provide comprehensive health coverage to poor and disabled immigrants living in… By Angela Hart, KFF Health News, Devi Shastri, Associated Press
Health Aug 07 Watch 5:23 Louisiana’s high Medicaid reliance places state on frontlines of health care cuts President Trump's big budget law is expected to make the largest cuts ever to Medicaid, a program that currently provides health insurance for some 70 million Americans. As Lisa Desjardins reports, those impacts will be felt in House Speaker Mike… By Lisa Desjardins, Sarah Clune Hartman
Health Jul 30 Watch 4:07 Medicaid recipients in Louisiana brace for impact of work requirements and cuts Members of the U.S. House have left Washington for their summer break, and Republicans are working to promote the tax and spending cuts President Trump recently signed into law. But concerns about cuts to Medicaid remain. Congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardins… By Lisa Desjardins, Sarah Clune Hartman
Jul 30 The White House announced a new health data tracking system. How would it work? By Amanda Seitz, Associated Press President Donald Trump's announcement of a new private health tracking system to help patients access their health records and monitor wellness is raising a host of privacy concerns. Continue reading
Jul 30 60 years after Medicaid was signed into law, Trump’s ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’ is chiseling it back By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press On a July day in 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed legislation into law that launched Medicaid, creating a health care safety net for millions of low-income Americans in one of the crowning achievements of his legacy. Continue reading
Jul 28 Judge blocks Trump’s efforts to defund Planned Parenthood By Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press A federal judge says Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide must continue to be reimbursed for Medicaid funding. Continue reading
Jul 09 What experts think of the $50 billion rural health fund in Trump’s big bill By Laura Santhanam President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" amounts to the largest cut to Medicaid and rollback in health care coverage in history. The Rural Health Transformation Program is being touted as a way to offset the effects of those cuts, but… Continue reading
Jul 07 Watch 6:18 Who will be affected by Trump administration’s Medicaid, SNAP work requirements By Laura Barrón-López, Karina Cuevas President Trump’s big tax law includes a major provision the GOP has endorsed for years: work requirements for Medicaid recipients and for food stamp benefits. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that 11.8 million Americans could lose medical coverage over the… Continue watching