When a reporter said critics accuse Republicans of punishing 'the least of these,' Tommy Tuberville asked what that meant, said 'we're all getting punished,' and called the removal of 760,000 people from ACA coverage a 'good job' — while experts question how many were cut by mistake.
A new Health Affairs analysis finds the 2025 budget bill's limits on Medicaid payments will likely force three dozen states to cut what they pay doctors and hospitals by more than $50 billion a year, starting in 2028. Fewer providers are likely to take Medicaid patients. These 76 Republicans on our report cards, from the 15 states facing the biggest cuts, voted yes.
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The Trump administration just cancelled health insurance for more than 760,000 Americans, and Dr.
Texas's Medicaid backlog exploded as state workers took on the new SNAP rules in Trump's budget bill. A pregnant Houston mom waited into her second trimester. San Antonio's mayor asked Gov. Greg Abbott to step in. His agency won't even say what's causing it.
On August 31, Trump's health agency cancelled Obamacare coverage for more than 760,000 people it calls 'phantoms.' JD Vance says the standard of proof isn't 'like a criminal conviction' — and another 419,000 people are under review.
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Troy Downing is attacking 340B, the program that lets rural clinics buy discounted medications so they can keep their doors open and treat patients who have nowhere else to go.
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Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican running for governor of Ohio, was caught on tape saying he doesn't like the existence of Social Security and Medicaid payments.
A newly surfaced clip shows the Republican nominee for Ohio governor saying he doesn't 'like the existence' of Social Security and Medicaid payments. It fits a record: he agreed Medicare and Medicaid were mistakes and has pitched investing Social Security money in the stock market.
The budget bill spared 'medically frail' people from Medicaid's new work rules. A June rule from Trump's health department now makes them prove their illness hinders their ability to work. Doctors, patients, a city, 24 attorneys general and two governors are suing.