Mar 18 Republicans at odds over how to overhaul Medicaid By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press A group of Republican governors have made their own proposal about how to overhaul Medicaid for low-income people. Continue reading
Mar 17 Trump OKs changes in GOP health care bill, winning support By Alan Fram and Erica Werner, Associated Press President Donald Trump agreed to add fresh Medicaid curbs to the House Republican health care bill Friday, bolstering the measure with support from some conservative lawmakers but leaving its prospects wobbly. House leaders discussed other amendments calibrated to round up… Continue reading
Mar 15 GOP health overhaul puts pressure on state governments By Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press The Republican health care plan means less money for states and gives them a tough choice: Find a pot of cash to make up the difference or let coverage lapse for millions of lower-income Americans. Continue reading
Mar 13 Trump pick Seema Verma sworn in to head Medicare and Medicaid By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press President Donald Trump's pick to run Medicare and Medicaid won confirmation Monday from a divided Senate as lawmakers braced for another epic battle over the government's role in health care and society's responsibility toward the vulnerable. Continue reading
Mar 11 Pence appeals for complete GOP support for health overhaul By Ken Thomas, Associated Press Vice President Mike Pence is taking the Trump administration's case for a health care overhaul to Kentucky, where one of the state's GOP senators has been a leading critic of the White House-backed overhaul. Continue reading
Mar 10 Women’s health services face cuts in Republican bill By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Women seeking abortions and some basic health services, including prenatal care, contraception and cancer screenings, would face restrictions and struggle to pay for some of that medical care under the House Republicans' proposed bill. Continue reading
Mar 09 Watch 4:35 How the Republican health care bill would change federal funding for Medicaid By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 09 Watch 3:45 Medicaid cuts are ‘going to affect everyone,’ insurance CEO says By PBS News Hour Dr. Mario Molina of Molina Healthcare, an insurance executive whose business is focused on Medicaid patients, is concerned about the way the Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act will not only affect patients on Medicaid, but cause major… Continue watching
Mar 07 Watch 3:56 Resistance to House GOP health care bill comes from both sides By PBS News Hour On day one of the push to sell a long-awaited replacement for the Affordable Care Act, Republican leaders mounted an all-out offensive with help from both the president and vice president. Dubbed the American Health Care Act, the plan changes… Continue watching
Mar 06 Watch Republicans plan key changes on subsidies, Medicaid for ACA replacement By PBS News Hour Republican lawmakers released their bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act on Monday evening. Proposed changes include ending direct government subsidies in favor of tax credits, ending penalties of the individual mandate and phasing out the expansion of… Continue watching