The Latest Breaking News from Medicaid

Senator Murkowski warns about potential Medicaid cuts in Trump's agenda, emphasizing the need to protect vital healthcare programs.

Usually, when Congress gets down to the wire on a legislative deadline, the Senate tells the House what is possible and the House more or less goes along with what the Senate can pass, given its procedural limitations such as the filibuster. But the budget process, or what passes for…

Work requirements have been part of the discussion as House Republicans scour for ways to pay for President Trump’s $4.5 trillion tax cuts. 

The Senate is already eyeing changes to the budget resolution narrowly passed by the House on Tuesday that would spur the Trump agenda.

After the House passed its budget resolution, Senate Majority Leader John Thune called it a ‘first step in what will be a long process, and certainly not an easy one’

House Speaker Mike Johnson and GOP emphasize commitment to preserving Medicaid and Medicare funding while targeting spending reductions.

Democrats are seeking to revive their 2018 playbook, accusing Republicans of targeting Medicaid to help finance their legislative agenda. 

While policy debates on immigration, abortion and other issues took center stage in the 2024 presidential election, the first months of the Trump administration have also signaled major changes in federal disability policy.

Issues with Medicaid coverage, including long wait times, abrupt loss of coverage and lack of political will to expand it, have contributed to Texas’ high uninsured rate for children.