How Medicaid cuts could improve access to care 

The news is awash with dire predictions of whether or whe Trump or DOGE will cull the Medicaid rolls. 

“Millions could lose health insurance,” warns Newsweek. “Medicaid on the chopping block,” is the CBS News headline. 

Florida, meanwhile, has already cut more than 1 million from its Medicaid rolls.  

It is noteworthy that these publications accurately report that health insurance was or will be cut, not health care. Journalists...

Trump administration slashes funding for ObamaCare outreach program

The Trump administration slashed funding for Affordable Care Act navigators, which help people sign up for ObamaCare coverage on the law’s exchanges, by 90 percent. 

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on Friday announced health insurance navigators will receive just $10 million per year over the next four years. Navigators received $98 million in 2024. 

CMS said the cut will allow the exchanges to focus on more effective strategie...

Republicans put health care cuts front and center to advance agenda

House Republicans are putting cuts to Medicaid at the top of their list of budget cuts to help pay for their wide-ranging agenda that spans tax cuts, energy production and border security.

Republicans are eyeing changes to how much the federal government, as opposed to states, will contribute to Medicaid expenditures, an amount called the federal medical assistance percentage, or FMAP.

Republicans see Medicaid as a program rife with fraud and abuse and have...

Progressive group sounds alarm on Medicaid cuts

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Trump Medicaid pledge could complicate GOP cuts 

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Advocates launch Medicaid defense

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The 11th-hour health measures Biden is leaving for Trump

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What big change in health care really looks like

Health care reform is an evergreen topic that keeps thousands of health policy wonks busily wringing their hands. Yet, little meaningful reform ever takes place, while spending continually rises at an unsustainable rate. 

It’s as if we’re watching the famous psychology experiment where participants are so focused on counting basketball passes that they fail to notice a person in a gorilla suit walking through the scene. In health care, we’re so fixated on the min...

Medicare Advantage gets ally in Dr. Oz

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