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Medicaid cuts could hit rural hospitals in GOP states, Democrats say
Medicaid cuts in the Trump tax bill could jeopardize 300 rural hospitals, risking service reductions or even closure, a ...
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Maternal Healthcare Crisis Looms As GOP Targets Medicaid Funding
Rural mothers rely on Medicaid for life-saving maternal care in areas where healthcare access is already limited. Proposed cuts could leave millions without coverage and push struggling rural ...
What’s a Medicaid cut? Senate GOP tiptoes around $800B question
When is a Medicaid cut not actually a cut?   That’s the $800 billion question facing Senate Republicans as they write their own version of the sweeping House-passed tax and spending ...
It’s not just Medicaid: GOP eyes possible Medicare cuts in megabill
The Republican plan was shaping up to be a political albatross. Putting Medicare funding on the table probably won’t help.
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Democrats make pitch for Medicaid improvements as 'big beautiful bill' debate heats up
As the fight in the Senate over the "big beautiful bill" heats up, key Democrats have unveiled their own take on addressing fraud and waste in Medicaid. | As the fight in the Senate over the "big ...
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signs ban on Medicaid covering gender-affirming surgery, hormones
Iowa's Medicaid program will no longer cover gender-affirming surgeries and hormone therapies for transgender Iowans.
Schumer warns Trump budget bill Medicaid cuts could jeopardize GOP senators: 'We Are All Going to Die Act'
N.Y, said President Donald Trump's budget bill spells disaster for senior citizens and Republicans who support it.
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GOP Senator’s Defense of Medicaid Cuts: “Well, We All Are Going to Die”
The GOP’s reconciliation bill includes cuts to anti-poverty programs that help save tens of thousands of lives yearly.
Ernst’s ‘we all are going to die’ quip underscores GOP’s Medicaid challenge
The senator’s sarcasm-tinged response to controversy complicates Republican efforts to downplay their bill’s effects on ...
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New report looks at potential federal impacts to Medicaid in Montana
As the U.S. Senate continues to work on its version of Republicans’ “One Big Bill,” a Montana organization has released a report looking at the effects that bill could have on Medicaid in the state.
House approves Trump’s request to cut funding for NPR, PBS and foreign aid
The House narrowly voted Thursday to cut about $9.4 billion in spending already approved by Congress as President Donald ...