Tag: Medicare and Medicaid

The Trump administration is now allowing states to institute work requirements for Medicaid. Despite what critics say, such requirements ensure that Medicaid will actually help the working poor. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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Champion the working poor with work requirements for Medicaid

Hadley Heath Manning · January 13, 2018 1:57 am

The announcement came a day after the Trump administration released guidelines for how states were supposed to implement the program. Republican Kentucky governor, Matt Bevin, says the current program in his state is unsustainable. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)

Kentucky becomes first state to require work for some Medicaid beneficiaries

Kimberly Leonard · January 12, 2018 5:31 pm

The Trump administration's Department of Health and Human Services says it is inclined to let states impose work requirements for childless, able-bodied adults in the Medicaid program. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump is right about Medicaid work requirements

Washington Examiner · January 12, 2018 5:01 am

The Congressional Budget Office recently found that a 10-year reauthorization of the Children's Health Insurance Program would save the federal government $6 billion over the next decade. This has led some Democrats, like Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon (pictured center), to call on Republicans to extend their proposed five-year reauthorization period for CHIP. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats push for permanent children’s health program authorization after surprise CBO score

Robert King · January 11, 2018 9:50 pm

"Certainly we want the American workforce to be healthy and we're focused on helping improve healthcare across the board, but we also want people to have jobs," Sarah Sanders said. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

White House: Some take advantage of Medicaid

Kimberly Leonard · January 11, 2018 9:03 pm

Seema Verma, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, announced on Thursday that the Trump administration would allow states to institute work requirements for Medicaid recipients. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump’s new guidelines: Get a job or volunteer if you want Medicaid

Kimberly Leonard · January 11, 2018 11:00 am

On Wednesday, the Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Committee on Taxation publicly released a presentation explaining how they arrived at the numbers of uninsured should the individual mandate be removed. The CBO also stated that the repeal of the mandate would result in fewer people becoming uninsured than predicted. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

CBO to lower estimate of uninsured caused by repeal of Obamacare mandate

Kimberly Leonard · January 10, 2018 8:06 pm

"Every incentive in this system is towards higher prices," Alex Azar said. "No one company is going to fix that system. That is why I want to be here working with you." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump’s HHS pick: I don’t know if any brand-name drug price has ever been lowered

Robert King · January 9, 2018 4:39 pm

The Trump administration and congressional Republicans have taken a completely different approach to getting the economy moving than their Democratic counterparts. (Andy Jacobsohn/Dallas Morning News/TNS)

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Working-class families are winning big under Trump

Justin Haskins · January 9, 2018 5:01 am

So far, 8.7 million people have signed up for Obamacare plans on the federal exchange, healthcare.gov.

Centene: 1.4 million signed up for Obamacare plans

Kimberly Leonard · January 9, 2018 1:10 am

The only reason Congress, which boasts a Republican majority, hasn't defunded Planned Parenthood is because they lack the grit and fortitude they need to do so. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

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If the GOP controls the government, why does Planned Parenthood still get federal funding?

Nicole Russell · January 8, 2018 7:24 pm

Alex Azar, President Trump's pick to become Health and Human Services secretary, is "ready to lead the Republican war on healthcare into its second year, sabotaging and repealing the ACA and Medicaid, raising premiums and gutting protections," according to a digital ad released Monday. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obamacare group presses Senate to oppose Trump’s HHS pick

Robert King · January 8, 2018 3:20 pm