The Latest Breaking News from Medicaid

Philip Esformes' case is a story about what happens when the government violates some of its most basic promises.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom declared last month that California was “done” doing business with Walgreens after the pharmacy chain said it would not distribute an abortion pill in 21 states where Republicans threatened legal action. Since then, KHN has learned that the Democratic governor must compromise on his…

The federal government’s temporary expansion of Medicaid during the pandemic helped millions of Floridians weather the public health crisis. With that coverage ending, Florida needs to carefully draw down the rolls, ensuring that those eligible continue to receive uninterrupted care, that health providers don’t suffer financial shock and that community…

AUSTIN, Texas — For 40 hours a week, Angela Blankenship takes care of Rick Frame, who’s been paralyzed from the neck down since a 1999 motorcycle accident.

Victoria Ferrell Ortiz learned she was pregnant during summer 2017. The Dallas resident was finishing up an AmeriCorps job with a local nonprofit, which offered her a small stipend to live on but no health coverage. She applied for Medicaid so she could be insured during the pregnancy.

If only politicians had to recite the Hippocratic oath. Instead, some do what’s best for the well-being of the people they represent while others continue to reject the best evidence and serve their own narrow ideological and partisan ends.

The legacy of more than two centuries of inequality that haunts Virginia and other Southern states affects us more than we may realize.

Between five and 14 million people across the nation could lose Medicaid coverage.

Republican State Senator Steve West has accused Gov. Andy Beshear of playing politics by vetoing a bill that would end his expansion of Medicaid dental, vision and hearing benefits.

Texas is reviewing the eligibility of people on Medicaid health plans or Healthy Texas Women now that pandemic Medicaid coverage is ending. Here’s what that means, how to renew your health coverage or find other options if you no longer qualify.

Florida is unlikely to expand Medicaid this year, as North Carolina and other Republican states have done recently, but lawmakers are pushing measures they say will expand health care for more children from low-income families.