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G.O.P. Targets a Medicaid Loophole Used by 49 States to Grab Federal Money
States have long used taxes on hospitals and nursing homes to increase federal matching funds. If Republicans end the tactic, ...
The History of California’s Medicaid Program Exposes the Dangers of Slashing Funding
There is broad consensus among economists and public health experts that large cuts to Medicaid—which House hardliners seem ...
Medicaid Funding Reduction Suggested by Mehmet Oz
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the head of the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), has suggested that he supports a ...
Medicaid reform, now or never, GOP savings may cost NY $5B and other commentary
Republicans would be making a terrible blunder to let” Democrats’ fear-mongering about Medicaid reform “intimidate them from ...
Republicans eye ‘per capita caps’ in Medicaid savings search
House Republicans seeking to thread the needle in Medicaid spending cuts are eyeing “per capita caps,” which would throttle ...
GOP fires back at DNC's 'political stunt' targeting 'vulnerable' Republicans over Medicaid fight
The DNC announced a new pressure campaign targeting Republican Reps. Tom Barrett of Michigan, Don Bacon of Nebraska, Mike ...
Bowser urges action to prevent D.C. Medicaid cuts: ‘This is a real threat’
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser, city officials and healthcare providers Friday outside Children’s National Hospital in Northwest ...