Republicans are trying to cast their health-care proposal in a positive light, saying that cuts to Medicaid actually do the opposite, slowing growth in order to preserve it, and everyone from White House counselor Kellyanne Conway to President Trump himself are getting involved. On Monday, the Congressional Budget Office said the GOP Senate bill would reduce Medicaid spending by $772 billion over 10 years, and by 2026, enrollment would drop by 16 percent among people under the age of 65.

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  • California Has Plan for Dramatic Health Care Change
    The state has previously introduced laws that would bring universal health care to residents, but so far, none have been successful.
    04/25/2024 - 9:47 am | View Link
  • Oregon health leaders prepare for future Medicaid changes to improve care
    Oregon’s health care system is at a crossroads as it faces a series of challenges and lofty goals. The state has a behavioral health crisis that is exacerbated by a lack of qualified providers to ...
    04/24/2024 - 12:18 pm | View Link
  • Report: Changes to Medicare, Medicaid could block healthcare access, lead to more deaths
    Raising the age of Medicare eligibility, among other changes to Medicare and Medicaid, could cause more deaths, according to a research article published April 22 in the Proceedings of the National ...
    04/23/2024 - 1:30 pm | View Link
  • Proposed changes to Medicare, Medicaid could cost thousands of lives, study finds
    Proposed changes to the United States' Medicare and Medicaid programs could lead to thousands of additional deaths each year, a new Yale study reveals. The study was published April 22 in the ...
    04/23/2024 - 4:27 am | View Link
  • Kemp signs bill to ease limits on new health care facilities while restating opposition to Medicaid expansion
    The new law is focused on the state’s certificate-of-need rules, which control how many health care services are allowed in any given area of the state.
    04/22/2024 - 3:29 am | View Link
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