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House GOP Medicaid proposal sets work requirements and a showdown with fiscal hawks
WASHINGTON – House Republicans plan to enact work requirements and more frequent eligibility checks for Medicaid, according ...
Four takeaways from House hearings on Republican Medicaid, tax proposals
WASHINGTON – House Republicans defended a bill that would enact sweeping tax cuts, raise the debt ceiling, and add ...
Conservatives chafe at taking Medicaid savings options off table
House GOP leaders’ decision to step back from two pathways to major Medicaid cost savings has fueled contempt with hard-line ...
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A Better Way to Cut Medicaid Spending
the fast-growing system of federal funding for states to deliver health care to low-income Americans. Their proposal creates the appearance of generating substantial savings by nudging states to ...
Hundreds of thousands of Illinois residents could lose Medicaid coverage under House Republican proposals
House Republicans have been talking for months about potentially slashing Medicaid, but this week they unveiled, for the ...
The case for saving Medicaid with Medicaid savings
Republicans in Congress are rightly looking to Medicaid’s out-of-control spending growth for possible savings to help ...
GOP’s scaled-back Medicaid plan still threatens coverage for millions
Republican lawmakers are calling for work requirements, stricter eligibility verification and some co-pays.
What historic Medicaid, SNAP cuts in House Republican bill would mean for coverage
The House GOP tax bill includes breaks for the wealthy, and cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. “Bottom line is, a lot of people will lose benefits,” one expert says.
Cloud of uncertainty hangs over House GOP proposal to reach $880 billion in savings
Nevertheless, a new letter sent Monday from the CBO to committee Chairman Brett Guthrie confirms that the panel's legislative ...
Republicans Pass Strictest Medicaid Work Requirement They’ve Ever Put Forward
A new hurdle for poor Americans, approved by the House, would cause millions to lose coverage, including many who are working ...
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GOP Medicaid proposal would cost thousands of Coloradans their health coverage, roll back ‘federal support for health care’
The future for the reconciliation bill in the U.S. House of Representatives, which Republicans control, but by a slim margin, ...
What to know about the GOP’s Medicaid bill
House Republicans on the Energy and Commerce Committee this week unveiled a plan to cut more than $880 billion to pay for a ...