Want to cut Medicaid costs without hurting patients? Here’s an easy solution.

The Legal Loophole That Costs Medicaid Billions

Medicaid is a broadly popular program that provides medical coverage to low-income Americans through a combination of state and federal funding. More than 60 percent of Americans either know someone who has benefited from Medicaid or have been enrolled themselves, according to health policy think tank FFF. So any talk of altering the program usually meets strong opposition. Yet few seem to know how the system works, what it costs, or the level o…

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein still concerned about potential cuts to state’s Medicaid in Charlotte visit

Stein and his Health secretary, Dr. Devdutta Sangvai, said the proposal could reduce health care access for more than 3 million people in North Carolina

Missouri faces the prospect of Medicaid cuts

The prospect of Medicaid cuts by Congress are sending a chill through Republican and Democratic-led states, where millions of people could lose medical coverage or states might have to cut other services.

Republicans Are Slashing Health Insurance for the Poor to Extent Trump's Tax Cut for the Rich

The House last week approved a Republican budget plan that could shrink Medicaid spending by $880 billion over 10 years, only partially paying for an extension of expiring tax cuts from President Donald Trump’s first term, plus some new ones he has promised, totaling as much as $4.5 trillion. Providers, patient advocates, disabled people, and family members are furious. The post Republicans Are Slashing Health Insurance for the Poor to Extent Tr…

Governor Scott: Speak up for Medicaid!

On February 25th, the US House of Representatives passed a budget resolution targeting cuts to Medicaid of up to $880 billion or more over a decade. Cutting Medicaid could result in thousands of V...

Want to cut Medicaid costs without hurting patients? Here’s an easy solution.

The establishment of a National No-Fault Medical Malpractice program for physicians and hospitals participating in Medicare and Medicaid is an easy, commonsense proposal that would preserve access to care despite program cuts,