Medicaid advocates say that political support for the program is stronger than at the start of the first Trump administration — with more enrollment and popular recognition in 2017, when the GOP ...

As Senate Republicans rushed to pass a massive budget package known as the “big, beautiful bill,” the political consequences ...

"It only passed the house by one vote with a $2.3 trillion increase in the debt. To ask the House to vote for a bill that increases the national debt by $3.3 trillion, that's a hard sell for fiscal ...

As they stare down federal funding losses they cannot possibly make up for, lawmakers are applying their energy to attacking Republicans while waiting to see what the full impact will be.

The DNC is launching a month of action to "Fight to Save Medicaid," targeting four “vulnerable" House Republicans, who Democrats say are "poised to gut Medicaid and other critical programs." ...

As Democrats rush to define President Donald Trump’s domestic policy and immigration law, a handful of liberalcandidates are ...

Veteran political strategist David Axelrod knocked Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) on Monday for her sarcastic video response to backlash she faced over remarks about Medicaid cuts and death during a ...

The overall Medicaid improper payment rate was 5.1% (or $31.10 billion in federal payments). However, 79.1% of the improper Medicaid payments were the result of insufficient documentation or ...

House Republicans signaled they’re going full steam ahead on significant changes to Medicaid, despite pressure from Democrats and even some moderates in their party.. The suggested overhauls to ...

U.S. policymakers should be just as afraid of the political ramifications of cutting Medicaid as they are for the "third rails" of Medicare and Social Security.

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The state’s lobbying group for health-care systems and hospitals has called out state political leaders for being willing to let Medicaid expansion “die because you are looking for a deal.” ...