Top US health agency makes $25,000 buyout offer to most of its employees
Most of the 80,000 federal workers under the auspices of the Health and Human Services Department were emailed an offer to ...
GOP must cut Medicaid or Medicare to achieve budget goals, CBO finds
The nonpartisan bookkeeper said there’s no other way to cut $1.5 trillion from the budget over the next decade.
Republican plan could siphon $880 billion from Medicaid to help fund tax cuts
Some in the GOP, including the president, oppose slashing Medicaid. But with cuts to Social Security and Medicare already ...
Companies warn investors that DOGE’s federal cuts might hurt business
As earnings season begins, filings to the SEC point to uncertainty from the current administration as potential trouble for ...
Medicaid: Who has it and what could happen if the feds make major cuts?
The Congressional Budget Office said there's no way for Republicans to meet their budget goals without making cuts to ...
Means-Testing Medicare Would Do No Harm
In what other industries do we think customers are better off being forced to pay for a poorly run monopoly?
What to know about Medicaid work requirements
Work requirements for federal aid, including Medicaid and food stamps, receive high levels of bipartisan support in polling. A 2023 Axios-Ipsos poll found that nearly two in three voters, 63%, ...
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 ...
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Rick Scott Reveals Republicans Are Absolutely Cutting Medicare
Notorious Medicare thief and Republican Senator Rick Scott is the only one who wants to admit that his GOP colleagues are ...
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Here’s how Congress could push Washington state lawmakers into a special session
The leader of the Washington state House of Representatives said the quiet part out loud this week: lawmakers should brace for a special session if Congress slashes funding for Medicaid, the health ca ...
Here’s the Medicaid math facing Republicans seeking $880 billion in deficit reduction
House Republicans have a plethora of options to make marginal changes to the Medicaid program to meet their goals to cover ...
Cuts to Medicaid would hurt WA’s children, poor
More than 1.8 million Washingtonians are enrolled in Medicaid. Such a cut would hit the state hard, and hurt Republican areas ...