Medicaid advocates say that political support for the program is stronger than at the start of the first Trump administration — with more enrollment and popular recognition in 2017, when the GOP ...

Veteran political strategist David Axelrod knocked Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) on Monday for her sarcastic video response to backlash she faced over remarks about Medicaid cuts and death during a ...

The DNC is launching a month of action to "Fight to Save Medicaid," targeting four “vulnerable" House Republicans, who Democrats say are "poised to gut Medicaid and other critical programs." ...

The overall Medicaid improper payment rate was 5.1% (or $31.10 billion in federal payments). However, 79.1% of the improper Medicaid payments were the result of insufficient documentation or ...

Most blue state governors and lawmakers are responding to hundreds of billions of dollars in Medicaid cuts in the GOP’s megabill in one way: Do nothing for now — and blame Republicans.

As Democrats rush to define President Donald Trump’s domestic policy and immigration law, a handful of liberalcandidates are ...

House Republicans signaled they’re going full steam ahead on significant changes to Medicaid, despite pressure from Democrats and even some moderates in their party.. The suggested overhauls to ...

Their just-passed budget proposal pretty clearly requires cutting Medicaid, and that’s a big political problem. Accessibility statement Skip to main content. Democracy Dies in Darkness.

U.S. policymakers should be just as afraid of the political ramifications of cutting Medicaid as they are for the "third rails" of Medicare and Social Security.

When Medicaid expansion was first enacted, it was a hot topic debate between Democrats and Republicans. But more and more states are starting to expand Medicaid, including several conservative states.

The state’s lobbying group for health-care systems and hospitals has called out state political leaders for being willing to let Medicaid expansion “die because you are looking for a deal.” ...

Rep. Andy Biggs is pushing for cuts to Medicaid that could kick tens of thousands of Arizonans off their health insurance and create a state budget headache he’d need to manage if elected governor.