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Conservative group: Extend ObamaCare subsidies
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Republicans eye ‘per capita caps’ in Medicaid savings search
House Republicans seeking to thread the needle in Medicaid spending cuts are eyeing "per capita caps," which would throttle federal funding without technically changing benefits.
The key Republicans who support the proposal argue it is not technically a "cut," seeking to avoid the politically charged label.
But the controversial plan would change the nature of the Medicaid program by putting a cap on federal Medicaid payments to states that expanded th...
House conservatives call for controversial Medicaid changes in reconciliation
A group of House conservatives is calling for significant “structural reforms” of Medicaid as part of the Republican reconciliation legislation, illustrating the seemingly intractable differences across GOP factions.
In a “Dear Colleague” letter led by Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) and signed by 19 others, the lawmakers said the GOP conference must pursue “meaningful reforms” in reconciliation, including eliminating the enhanced federal matching funds for states that expanded Med...
GOP wrestles with disagreements over Medicaid cuts
A key House committee is pushing forward with trying to advance its portion of President Trump’s legislative agenda next week, even as Republicans disagree over how deeply to cut Medicaid.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee is planning a May 7 meeting to finalize and advance its portion of the bill, leaving little time for members to iron out differences. The legislation calls for the committee to find $880 billion in savings over a decade, with most of it expected to ...
GOP Medicaid debate intensifies as Republicans search for cuts
House Republicans are under the gun to get specific on how they will offset President Trump's domestic policy agenda, and they will soon need to decide if they will touch the political stove by trying to scale back Medicaid benefits.
Medicaid is at the heart of the GOP plan to pass a “big beautiful bill” and make budget space for an extension of Trump’s tax cuts. Party leaders have been vague about their plans, but the topic has divided members who are facing a menu of politi...
Cutting federal Medicaid expansion funding could lead to 30k additional deaths: Analysis
An attempt by Republican lawmakers to roll back the federal government’s share of Medicaid expansion could result in tens of thousands of additional deaths, according to an analysis by a liberal think tank.
The analysis by the Centers for American Progress (CAP), shared first with The Hill, found that about 34,200 more people would die annually if the federal government reduced its current 90 percent match for the expansion costs and states responded by dropping the...
RFK Jr. wants to ban food dyes — but voluntarily
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Autism community decries RFK Jr. comments
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Supreme Court grapples with challenge to ObamaCare preventive care panel
The Supreme Court seemed open on Monday to upholding the constitutionality of an ObamaCare requirement that insurance companies cover certain preventive care recommended by an expert panel.
Conservative Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett both seemed inclined to support the position of the government and uphold the requirement, though their questions left room for uncertainty and interpretation.
Monday's case was the culmination of fi...