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Hospital Association of RI raises concerns over proposed budget cuts

Summary by WPRI 12

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Amid significant uncertainty about future federal funding for Medicaid, leaders of the Hospital Association of Rhode Island argue state leaders need to address reimbursements in the upcoming state budget. The budget blueprint approved by the U.S. House this week could lead to hundreds of billions of dollars in cuts to the government program. RELATED: McKee proposes $14B state budget that closes deficit with spendin…

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WPRI 12

Hospital Association of RI raises concerns over proposed budget cuts

4 days ago·East Providence, United States

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Walz pushes plans he argues will lower health insurance costs

MINNESOTA – Minnesota Governor Tim Walz announces plans he says will hold health insurance providers accountable, save taxpayer dollars and lower health insurance costs. In 2022 Walz signed legislation to extend Minnesota’s reinsurance program. He says it help stabilizes high health insurance premiums in the individual insurance market. This session Walz says his plan will shift the responsibility for the state’s share of reinsurance to insurers…

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Minnesota Reformer

Looming federal cuts complicate Minnesota budget • Minnesota Reformer

Minnesota lawmakers will start crafting a budget next month without knowing the impact of funding cuts, tax law changes, tariffs and other sweeping fiscal policies promised by the Republicans controlling the federal government. Next week’s state budget forecast, which will tell state lawmakers how much money they have to work with for the next two-year […]

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KARE

MN senators briefed on how potential federal cuts could impact state budget and Medicaid funding

The Senate Finance Committee met at the Senate Building in St. Paul to review the latest numbers regarding possible federal cuts and their potential impacts.

4 days ago·Minneapolis, United States

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MinnPost

Bill's potential cuts to Medicaid threaten care for Minnesotans

WASHINGTON — As Republicans in the U.S. House moved to extract huge cuts from Medicaid, Minnesota’s hospitals and community health centers have mobilized to turn back a threat to their financial health and the care of low-income Minnesotans.Medicaid, called Medical Assistance in Minnesota, covered — on average — more than 1.4 million low-income Minnesotans a month in 2023. That’s about 25% of the state’s residents.But the GOP budget plan that wa…

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Protect Our Care

TODAY: U.S. Senator Tina Smith, State Senator Zaynab Mohamed & Advocates Join Protect Our Care Minnesota to Call Out the GOP Plan to Slash Medicaid Funding for Minnesotans — Protect Our Care

***MEDIA ADVISORY FOR THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH, AT 11:00AM CT*** Republicans in Congress Want to Gut Medicaid to Fund More Tax Breaks For the Wealthy and Large Corporations Saint Paul, Minnesota – Today, U.S. Senator Tina Smith, State Senator Zaynab Mohamed, and advocates will join Protect Our Care Minnesota to discuss the GOP’s latest budget plan to put billionaires over Americans. This conversation comes after every Republican lawmaker from Min…

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