Medicaid

The $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill would increase funding for Medicaid home and community-based services for seniors.

A $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill backed by Democrats may cause automatic cuts in certain programs like Medicare to control federal deficits.

Health insurance shoppers stuck in a bad plan or unable to find coverage have a new option for help

The Biden administration is moving to roll back Medicaid work requirements in its latest effort to undo a controversial Trump-era policy

Lawmakers are reviving efforts to expand Medicaid in their latest $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package, which could benefit about 4 million Americans. 

President Joe Biden is expected to sign orders to add more people to Medicaid and re-open Affordable Care Act marketplaces to Americans who need insurance during the pandemic on Thursday, amid new variants of COVID-19 rapidly spreading across the country. Vaccine distribution remains slow – only one in 16 people have received both shots so far.

The Trump administration will be unable to get the discount cards out to beneficiaries.

Health care open enrollment is kicking off amid a global pandemic, soaring unemployment and uncertainty around the future of the Affordable Care Act. Health care strategist Jason Resendez of Consumers for Quality Care explains what to keep in mind when you’re selecting a new plan.

Senators are debating “Obamacare” in Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination hearings

An Anchorage dentist captured on video extracting a patient’s tooth as he rode a hoverboard was sentenced to 12 years for Medicaid fraud and other crimes, NBC News reports.

After both of his parents died due to lack of health insurance, Erich Arvidson is fighting to make Medicaid available to those who need it in his home state of Missouri, which has some of the strictest eligibility requirements in the country.

President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that seniors with prescription drug coverage through Medicare will be eligible for lower insulin payments in 2021. The updated Part D Senior Savings Model caps co-pays for insulin at $35 a month.

New research finds that cancer deaths have dropped more in states that expanded Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act than in states that did not

Advocates say new guidelines that disqualify more people from green cards if they use government benefits is prompting droves of immigrants to drop government social services

Medicaid that it says will increase financial transparency by hospitals, but health care advocates say will cause vulnerable hospitals to close and hurt Medicaid beneficiaries, NBC News reports.

A federal appeals court rejected a Trump administration rule that allowed Arkansas and other states to impose work requirements on its low-income residents who received Medicaid benefits, further blocking a marquee issue for the president. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Friday that the White House had acted unlawfully and that Health Secretary Alex Azar’s...

People will get more time to sign up for “Obamacare” health insurance, the Trump administration announced Monday, following a spate of computer glitches over the weekend. The new HealthCare.gov deadline is 3 a.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said in a statement. Coverage takes effect Jan. 1.

Amazon has taken another step to woo low-income shoppers to its site and away from rival Walmart. The online retailer opened up its $5.99-a-month discounted Prime membership to people on Medicaid Wednesday, giving Amazon an even bigger pool of potential shoppers who may otherwise have been unable to pay the standard fee. Since June, Amazon has offered the same Prime...

Protesters chanting “No cuts for Medicaid, save our liberty!” were forcibly removed from the Senate Finance Committee room Monday as lawmakers attempted to convene a hearing into the Republican Graham Cassidy health care bill.

There are many reasons why the Senate will probably reject Republicans’ crowning bill razing much of former President Barack Obama’s health care law. There are fewer why Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell might revive it and avert a GOP humiliation....
Leaders say the Senate will vote Tuesday on their health care legislation. They’ve postponed votes twice because too many Republicans were...