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May 24

CBO verdict: 51 million uninsured by 2026 under House health care bill

By Laura Santhanam

As many as 51 million people would lose health insurance coverage by 2026 if the latest Republican effort to overhaul Obamacare becomes law, according to the Congressional Budget Office’s latest analysis released Wednesday.

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May 24

What happens when states go hunting for Medicaid fraud

By Jen Fifield, Stateline

Faced with growing Medicaid enrollment and tight budgets, Republican lawmakers in several states are taking steps to ensure that people receiving welfare benefits are eligible for them.

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May 24

How Trump’s proposed budget could affect the health care safety net

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press

Trump's budget was silent on bargaining with the pharmaceutical industry to reduce the cost of prescription drugs, a topic the president has often touched on. But the budget repeated Trump's previous proposals for double-digit percentage cuts to the National Institutes…

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May 23

Watch 10:24
Debating the impact of Trump’s stark budget departure

By PBS News Hour

The White House says President Trump's first full proposed budget puts taxpayers first. His plan would dramatically reduce Medicaid spending, food benefits and Social Security Disability Insurance, while boosting defense funding. Lisa Desjardins reports and Hari Sreenivasan gets views from…

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May 22

Watch 2:29
Cuts to Medicaid, social safety net expected in Trump budget

By PBS News Hour

The Trump administration will release its first full budget plan Monday, laying out the president’s priorities for spending and taxes. Early reporting suggests Mr. Trump's proposal will feature some big changes and substantial cuts. Congress has the final say, but…

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May 22

President Trump’s budget proposal includes huge cuts to food stamps

By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press

President Donald Trump's budget would drive millions of people off of food stamps, part of a new wave of spending cut proposals that already are getting panned by lawmakers in both parties on Capitol Hill.

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May 14

6 ways Medicaid cuts under GOP health care overhaul could impact schools

By Sally Ho and Carolyn Thompson, Associated Press

For school districts still getting their financial footing after the Great Recession, the Medicaid changes being advanced as part of the health care overhaul are sounding familiar alarms.

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May 09

The 10 ‘essential’ benefits that could be eliminated under the GOP health care plan

By Michael Ollove, Stateline

Critics of the Republican health care plan the House passed last week mostly have focused on how it might harm Americans with pre-existing health conditions and poor and disabled people who rely on Medicaid — two vulnerable, but defined, populations.

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May 07

Price defends cutting nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid

By Darlene Superville, Associated Press

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price says cutting nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid would give states freedom to tailor the program to fit their needs.

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May 06

How Virginia dramatically expanded treatment options for addiction (and skirted federal law)

By Andrew Joseph, STAT

A new type of “waiver” from federal rules has dramatically expanded options for Medicaid beneficiaries, and could help other states serve those in need.

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