Tag: Medicare and Medicaid

The progressive think tank Center for American Progress released a plan that would make Medicare available to everyone but also seeks to preserve employer coverage. (iStock photo)

Progressive think tank touts new ‘Medicare Extra for All’ plan

Robert King · February 22, 2018 4:04 pm

"I don't have to tell you all that today has certainly been a long time coming," New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said when he signed a bill restoring $7.5 million in family planning funds to Planned Parenthood and other medical facilities. "New Jersey will once again stand strong for Planned Parenthood and reproductive rights." (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy restores millions in funding to Planned Parenthood

Kimberly Leonard · February 21, 2018 6:54 pm

The Trump administration unveiled a budget plan that cuts domestic spending, but does not balance the budget within a decade, which misses a fiscal goal most conservatives are seeking. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

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Trump’s budget shows peril of surging Social Security and Medicare costs

Brian Riedl · February 21, 2018 4:53 pm

The Health and Human Services Secretary told reporters that he wanted to encourage states to experiment with different healthcare systems. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Alex Azar: ‘I’m a big believer in state experimentation’

Kimberly Leonard · February 20, 2018 9:26 pm

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin's lawsuit focuses on Kentucky's plan to install work requirements for able-bodied Medicaid recipients. Eligible beneficiaries must work, volunteer or get job training for 20 hours in order to get Medicaid benefits. (AP Photo/Adam Beam)

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin countersues over Medicaid work rules

Robert King · February 20, 2018 3:30 pm

Many Republicans have problems with provisions dealing with immigrant farm workers, while others don't like the immigration reduction numbers and mandatory E-Verify, which are also opposed by the business community.

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Immigration reform faces high hurdle in the House

Susan Ferrechio · February 20, 2018 5:01 am

The budget proposal Trump's White House released days later would raise deficits by as much as $7 trillion over 10 years if enacted.

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Deficits drive a wedge between Trump and fiscal conservatives

Sarah Bedford · February 20, 2018 5:01 am

Now that the Obama administration has left, conservatives are turning to the Trump White House to allow them to tighten Medicaid in ways they've long wanted, mainly through the submission of waivers. (CQ Roll Call via AP Images)

Republican states get creative to tighten Medicaid rules

Kimberly Leonard · February 20, 2018 5:01 am

In this 2017 photo, President Trump arrives to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Trump is set to speak again at this year's CPAC, but some of his initiatives are unpopular among the movement conservatives who dominate CPAC. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Is Trump conservative enough, and does CPAC care?

W. James Antle III · February 20, 2018 5:01 am

In this photo from Monday, a mobile emergency room is set up outside Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. The annual analysis released Wednesday by the nonpartisan Office of the Actuary within the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services projects that healthcare spending will grow by an average of 5.5 percent each year during the period up to 2026, reaching $5.7 trillion. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Health spending will quicken, government analysis says

Kimberly Leonard · February 14, 2018 9:20 pm

The latest findings from the nonpartisan Office of the Actuary, which is part of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, projects that the repeal of Obamacare's individual mandate will result in 3.3 million more people not having healthcare coverage by 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

CMS actuaries break with CBO, see smaller impact from repealing Obamacare’s individual mandate

Kimberly Leonard · February 14, 2018 9:00 pm

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House conservatives threaten to upend leadership over immigration

Susan Ferrechio · February 14, 2018 1:06 pm