Should Medicare and Medicaid eventually cover new weight loss drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy? This week, Audacy took a look ...

The recent decision by some US states to cover glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonists for obesity treatment marks a shift ...

House Republicans are pushing to slash at least $1 trillion from two of the nation’s bedrock safety net programs, Medicaid ...

A report published in November by KFF, a health information nonprofit that includes KFF Health News, found only 13 states were covering GLP-1s for the treatment of obesity for Medicaid beneficiaries ...

In states that choose to end expanded Medicaid eligibility, fewer covered beneficiaries mean hospitals will see less ...

Proposed Medicaid cuts in the Republican budget proposal hold significant implications for health care access and coverage.

New rules would restrict access to the low-income health insurance program, punish states covering undocumented children, and ...

Overnight, the United States House of Representatives voted to make deep cuts to Medicaid, the federal program that provides medical insurance for low-income individuals, many rural and immigrant ...

New Jersey would lose about $3.6 billion a year in federal Medicaid funding, and more than 300,000 residents would risk ...

According to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, almost 1.5 million New Yorkers could risk losing their Medicaid coverage. The ...

"Weight loss is my biggest goal," said Campbell, who expressed appreciation for Medicaid's coverage of Wegovy. "It's one more thing that's going to help me get to my goal." KFF Health News is a ...