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RFK Jr. Wrong on Medicare, Medicaid During Senate Confirmation Hearing

Kennedy Jr.'s statements before the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday revealed a concerning lack of knowledge about the major health programs he'd oversee, should he be confirmed as HHS secretary.

The Atlantic on MSN · 12h

RFK Jr. Has a Lot to Learn About Medicaid

Trump’s pick for health secretary showed a poor understanding of a key part of the job.

Hosted on MSN · 8h

RFK Jr. appears unfamiliar with basics of Medicare, Medicaid during Senate confirmation hearings

Kennedy struggled to identify and explain the fundamental aspects of Medicare, which provides coverage to older and disabled Americans.

Trump defends aid federal funding freeze

Newsweek on MSN · 2d

Medicaid Portals Down After Donald Trump Funding Freeze

After President Donald Trump ordered a freeze on federal grants and loans, Medicaid's portals went down Tuesday afternoon, causing recipients to panic about their health insurance coverage. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed the Medicaid outage Tuesday on X, formerly Twitter, but said payments would not be impacted.

CNN on MSN · 2d

Trump’s federal grant pause creates confusion over Medicaid funding

The Trump administration’s freeze on federal grants sparked chaos and confusion at state Medicaid agencies on Tuesday.

USA Today · 2d

Why is the Medicaid website portal down? Are payments affected?

The Medicaid website was down, but the portal was expected to be back up shortly, said White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. She wrote on X that no payments had been affected and that they were still being processed and sent.

Medicaid, GOP and Democrats

Bozeman Daily Chronicle · 1d

Two Republican Medicaid expansion bills advance, one from Democrats is tabled

Medicaid expansion saves lives and saves money, proponents said — an estimated $27 million the last biennium, according to Rep. Ed Buttrey, sponsoring one bill to continue the program. “Our program is a budget savings to the general fund,

wglt · 10h

GOP plan to cut Medicaid expansion could cost coverage for 900,000 Illinoisans, Democrats say

Beyond Tuesday’s Medicaid portal outage, Democrats fear there’s an even greater risk to the federal program that lower-income Illinoisans rely on for health care: a federal budget cut that could lead to more than 900,

11Alive · 1d

GOP senators sign on to Democrat-backed Medicaid expansion

Four Republicans added their signatures to a Democrat-sponsored bill seeking Medicaid expansion. ATLANTA — Some Republican Georgia lawmakers are poised to expand Medicaid in Georgia. Backers say it would give access to health care to hundreds of thousands of Georgians who can’t afford it.

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Are deep Medicaid cuts in store for the nation's poor? Here's what Kennedy would do.

Kennedy about his views on vaccines and abortion, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Health and ...

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How Robert F. Kennedy Wants to Change Medicaid

President Donald Trump's new appointee to head US Human and Health Services, Robert F. Kennedy, is likely to make some ...

States Say Medicaid Access Cut, White House Says No Payments Disrupted

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -At least three U.S. lawmakers said on Tuesday healthcare providers were blocked from the Medicaid ...

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Reeves pushes income tax elimination, opposes Medicaid expansion in State of the State address

Amid a likely debate between Mississippi House and Senate leaders over plans to slash state taxes, Republican Gov.

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Many new moms in Texas don’t know they qualify for a year of Medicaid, doctors say

When Gov. Greg Abbott signed House Bill 12 into law in May 2023, Texas became the 41st state to extend postpartum Medicaid to ...

The Texas Tribune on MSN1d

“Wrap around the family”: Doulas, community health workers push Texas to cover more services for pregnant women

Legislators allowed doulas and community health workers to bill Medicaid last session. They’re hoping it’s just the beginning ...

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Trump administration’s surprise federal funding freeze sows havoc across Illinois before being blocked by federal judge

The Trump administration’s surprise federal funding freeze spurred discord and pushback in Illinois even as a judge ...

Payment System That Provides Medicaid Funding to States Stops Working, Officials Say

The outage at least temporarily jeopardized payments the federal government makes to state programs, and sowed uncertainty ...

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