Trump’s Medicaid Cuts Were Aimed at ‘Able-Bodied adults.’ Hospitals Say Kids Will Be Hurt

Trump’s Medicaid cuts were aimed at ‘able-bodied adults.’ Hospitals say kids will be hurt

By Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News, KFF Health News Republicans insist that President Donald Trump’s cuts to Medicaid were aimed at reducing fraud and getting more of its adult beneficiaries into jobs. But the side effects may include less care for sick kids. Some children’s hospitals collectively stand to lose billions of dollars in revenue once Trump’s wide-ranging tax and spending law, which Republicans called the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” is …

Lee: Veterans deserve better than Medicaid cuts

When I joined the U.S.Air Force, I was proud to serve. I believed in the promise this country makes to its service members: that if we serve our nation and our communities, we earn the opportunity to build a better…

Medicaid cuts will cripple hospitals — and patients will pay the price

Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images I work as a doctor in St. Joseph, Michigan. The work is fulfilling yet all-consuming, and I once saw politics as a distraction from what matters most — patient care. But the political decisions being made directly affect my ability to provide that care. The “Big Beautiful Bill,” passed over two months ago, represents the largest cut to Medicaid in American history and one of the largest to Medicare, and its repe…

Trump's Medicaid Cuts Could Hamper Efforts to House the Homeless

BALTIMORE -- In pushing deep Medicaid cuts through Congress this year, President Donald Trump and his Republican allies did not just squeeze a program that pays doctors and hospitals to provide poor people health care.