WASHINGTON — Long Island health care providers say they are bracing for the financial impact of anticipated cuts to Medicaid as the Republican majority in Congress works on sweeping legislation ...

Republican leaders pushed back in a deeply misleading way. “It doesn’t even mention Medicaid in the bill,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said of his party’s budget. “The word ‘Medicaid ...

Last year, Medicaid was the primary payer for 63% of nursing home care. Without it, my family would have been expected to pay $13,000 a month. I grew up in middle-class America as the daughter of ...

Democrats and Republicans are accusing one another of “lying” about what a House Republican budget resolution means for Medicaid, and both sides have made misleading or speculative comments.

A new study has found that extending state Medicaid coverage did not increase the likelihood of prescription opioid or benzodiazepine misuse among people who use drugs. People who inject drugs and ...

I Was on Medicaid. It Could Collapse If We Don't Control Spiraling Costs. The program has changed from being a temporary safety net into a permanent web of entrapment. I Was on Medicaid.

While the plan to cut $2 trillion during the next decade doesn’t specifically target Medicaid, federal budget analysts have said Medicaid cuts would have to make up nearly half of the reduction ...

Congressional Republicans may make work requirements for Medicaid part of President Donald Trump’s major overhaul of taxes and spending, a controversial policy that, in practice, may lead to ...

In Washington's debate over enacting steep funding cuts to Medicaid, words are a central battleground. Many Republican lawmakers and conservative policy officials who want to scale back the joint ...

Democrats used President Trump’s address to Congress on Tuesday to ramp up pressure on Republicans over potential Medicaid cuts, homing in on an issue they think will resonate among voters for ...

In nursing homes across Florida, elderly residents have much to lose from the spending cuts proposed in Washington, D.C. Medicaid is the primary payer for nursing-home care in Florida — and the ...

In Republican Rep. David Valadao ’s central California district, 6 out of 10 people use Medicaid to pay for doctor visits and emergency room trips. And one-third of the population is covered by ...