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HCA Healthcare, Tenet Healthcare CEOs say there's still wiggle room in Washington on Medicare, Medicaid reform
Top executives at the country’s largest for-profit health systems say they’re keeping the pressure on policymakers to ...
Musk muddies Trump’s messaging on Social Security and Medicare
The popular entitlement programs came with a warning label from Republican senators not to slash benefits as Democrats look ...
Physician advocates tell Congress: no more cuts to Medicare
It’s not every day you see hundreds of white coats flock to Capitol Hill. This February however, physician advocates from ...
The Journal News1d
Medicaid cuts would lead to job losses, reduced patient services in Lower Hudson hospitals
Healthcare providers across New York are warning Washington and Albany that Medicaid cuts would hurt patient services beyond ...
Republicans’ use of loaded terms is looking to sway Medicaid debate in Congress
Republicans such as Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, are ...
The Columbian3d
Long-term consequences of funding reduction to Medicaid are unclear
The local impact of a Republican-led proposal to potentially cut Medicaid remains unclear, as some of Clark County’s largest ...
Yakima Herald12d
Possible Medicaid cuts raise concern in Yakima County
Yakima Valley patients and health care providers are concerned about possible Medicaid cuts. Nearly 50% of Yakima County ...
In defense of Medicaid work requirements
The federal government and the states spent $870 billion on Medicaid in 2023. Work requirements would cut waste and help preserve Medicaid for those who need it.
Medicaid spending is under scrutiny. Here’s what that means for WA
Lawmakers are now eyeing cuts to a broad range of programs including Medicaid. Here's how that could impact people and health ...
Republicans once maligned Medicaid. Now some see a program too big to touch
Washington — Every time a baby is born in Louisiana, where Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson handily won reelection last ...
R.I. legislators debate Trump’s impact on business, the budget, and the Washington Bridge
While Democrats see “nothing but instability coming out of Washington,” one Republican leader says, “Things are going really ...
The Washington Post9d
GOP must cut Medicaid or Medicare to achieve budget goals, CBO finds
But Trump has said the GOP shouldn’t cut benefits for Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid. Those are the three largest social safety net programs, which together accounted for roughly $3.2 ...