Jul 02 Fact-checking Trump’s remarks at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ on immigration and Medicaid By Maria Briceño, Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman, PolitiFact President Donald Trump toured Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz migrant detention facility in the Everglades ahead of its first expected detainees. Here is a fact-check of some of his remarks. Continue reading
Jul 01 WATCH: Senate narrowly passes Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ bill on tax and spending cuts By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, Matt Brown, Associated Press The bill next goes back to the House, where Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana warned off big revisions from his chamber's version. Continue reading
Jul 01 Senate works a tense overnight session as Republicans seek support for Trump’s big bill By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, Matt Brown, Associated Press Thune wants to satisfy Republicans worried the bill's reductions to Medicaid will leave millions more people without care and those in his conservative flank seeking steeper cuts to hold down deficits ballooning with the tax cuts. Continue reading
Jun 30 Watch 6:29 Who would be affected by health care cuts in Senate version of Trump’s budget bill By Laura Barrón-López, Doug Adams Recent changes to President Trump’s tax and spending bill would cut roughly $1.1 trillion in health care spending over the next decade, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. It also found the bill would result in 11.8 million people… Continue watching
Jun 27 5 things to know after the Supreme Court said states can block Planned Parenthood’s Medicaid funding By Geoff Mulvihill, Laura Ungar, Associated Press Abortion opponents hail it as a victory on principle. Continue reading
Jun 26 Watch 6:00 Supreme Court clears way for states to deny Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood By Geoff Bennett, Jackson Hudgins, Doug Adams The Supreme Court sided with South Carolina, ruling Planned Parenthood and one of its patients could not sue over that state’s effort to deny it Medicaid funds. The 6-3 decision was split along ideological lines and paves the way for… Continue watching
Jun 26 This key provision of Trump’s big bill violates Senate rules. Here’s what to know about provider taxes By Hannah Grabenstein Critics of provider taxes say they’re wasteful, but experts warn that getting rid of them could have an outsize effect on medical coverage and access for millions of Americans. Continue reading
Jun 26 Supreme Court ruling allows states to cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press The court split 6-3 in the opinion, with the three liberal justices dissenting. Continue reading
Jun 24 Watch 4:03 How proposed cuts to Medicaid could affect rural hospitals By Geoff Bennett, Doug Adams, Kyle Midura Rural hospitals across the country, many already struggling to stay afloat, could face devastating consequences if proposed Medicaid cuts in the domestic spending bill become law. To help understand what’s at stake, Geoff Bennett spoke with Tim Wolters, the director… Continue watching
Jun 23 WATCH: Kennedy, Oz announce insurers’ plan to scale back prior authorizations By Tom Murphy, Associated Press UnitedHealthcare, CVS Health's Aetna and dozens of other insurers say they plan to reduce the scope of health care claims subject to prior authorization, standardize parts of the process and expand responses done in real time. Continue reading