A conservative organization is spending more than $1 million in Iowa’s 1st and 3rd District supporting U.S. Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Zach Nunn’s reelection campaigns, highlighting their work to pass the One Big Beautiful Bill Act which included tax cut provisions. American Action Network, a conservative advocacy organization, launched the Iowa ad campaign Thursday — […]
More than 300,000 Missourians lost Medicaid coverage. Ninety-two percent of them weren’t found ineligible. They lost coverage because of paperwork. That number should shape how Missouri prepares for federal Medicaid work requirements, which take effect Jan. 1, 2027. A proposal to write work requirements into the state constitution passed the Republican-led House this year but […]
Patient advocates reacted with alarm this week at the suggestion by the administration of Gov. Brian Kemp that it could end Georgia Pathways to Coverage, his signature Medicaid program that gives health coverage to about 18,500 poor Georgians. Precious Andrews, an advocate who works for mothers’ and children’s health, said she was in shock when […]
Ohio Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Carey’s constituents are speaking out against Congress’s cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Medicaid, and education. More than a dozen people recently protested outside Carey’s Columbus office as part of the Center for Popular Democracy’s national “Care Over Cruelty” August Recess Month of Action. The event was also hosted […]
(The Center Square) – The federal government and the state of Illinois have filed a joint complaint alleging that a Chicago-area medical practice and billing company knowingly submitted fraudulent claims to Medicaid and Medicare, resulting in the payment of more than $5.2 million in false claims.
A vote that U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany cast in June 2025 has become a centerpiece of healthcare advocates’ criticism of the Republican candidate for governor. Tiffany, along with all Republican members of Congress and no Democrats, joined in the passage of the 2025 HR 1 — the legislation that President Donald Trump and U.S. House […]
There is a saying repeated so frequently that few of us stop to consider its implications: “People just don’t want to work anymore.” It is often said offhandedly, as though it explains why some people struggle while others do not. Beneath the phrase is an assumption that poverty reflects something about a person’s willingness to […]
Arkansas’ next governor will likely help shape the state’s Medicaid expansion, which faces an uncertain future. The state requested permission to continue the program through the end of 2028 after the Trump administration denied its request to renew the program, which provides health coverage to more than 200,000 low-income Arkansans. When Medicaid was created in […]
A dozen small, rural Tennessee hospitals are at “immediate risk” for closure, potentially exacerbating a longstanding problem in a state with one of the highest hospital closure rates in the nation. The calculation, by The Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform, is drawn from examining multi-year hospital losses in institutions with limited assets. The […]
About 200,000 low-income Arkansans could see major changes to their health coverage next year after the Trump administration recently informed state officials it will not renew a key Medicaid agreement with the federal government. The decision by federal officials, citing authority granted under President Donald Trump’s signature tax-and-spending law, suggests the GOP-led state’s predicament could […]
