Washington, Medicaid
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Is Congress cutting Medicaid? What to know as Washington sends mixed messages
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Guest Commentary: Cutting Medicaid would devastate working families in Washington
People across Washington are feeling the economic pinch, from the grocery aisle to the pharmacy counter. In times like these, programs like Medicaid are more important than ever to help
Washington House Speaker lays out ‘devastating cuts’ in a possible ‘no-new-taxes’ budget
Adhering to legal requirements, Inslee’s Book One budget assumes no new revenue and seeks to balance the deficit through $12 billion in cuts. The website emphasizes that this is not a final plan but rather a tool to highlight what Democrats believe would be the devastating effects of an all-cuts, no-revenue approach.
In Washington, they're talking about cutting Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security for the first time in generations.
A new legislative initiative in Washington State seeks to enhance maternal health and preventative cancer screenings for Medicaid clients.
Community health centers in New Hampshire are worried that cuts to the Medicaid program in Washington could make a big impact in the Granite State.
Washington lawmakers are working to rearrange how Medicaid is funded and controlled, including adding work requirements, according to the Associated Press.
By AMANDA SEITZ, ANDREW DEMILLO and KEVIN FREKING WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are weighing billions of dollars in cuts to Medicaid, threatening health care coverage for some of the 80 million U.S. adults and children enrolled in the safety net program.
French President Emmanuel Macron is meeting with members of Congress this afternoon following a news conference with President Donald Trump and a meeting in the Oval Office, as European leaders look to shore up transatlantic alliances.
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The Senate plan, passed last week, does not include Medicaid cuts. The Senate budget resolution omits tax policy but sets the spending agenda to enact Trump’s border, defense and energy policies, punting negotiations on tax policy to a later date and breaking up the spending plan into two separate measures.
Republicans have proposed lowering the federal share of costs for Medicaid expansions, which could reshape the program by gutting one of the Affordable Care Act’s major provisions.
A proposal to set a per-enrollee limit on federal money for the program is gaining traction. But states know how to game Medicaid rules and federal oversight is woefully inadequate.
Republicans "plan to take food and health care away from the poor to subsidize tax cuts for the rich," said Catherine Rampell in The Washington Post. If that sounds "like a stale, Scroogey stereotype,
Rep. Jeff Van Drew said the President “understood” his concerns, which are also shared by a number of other Republicans.
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