Medicaid, House GOP
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New legislation will mandate 80 hours of verified community engagement per month for able-bodied Medicaid recipients aged 19 to 55.
WASHINGTON – House Republicans defended a bill that would enact sweeping tax cuts, raise the debt ceiling, and add restrictions to benefit programs during a heated marathon day of committee hearings on Capitol Hill.
President Donald Trump has repeatedly vowed he wouldn't allow Medicaid to be cut, but House Republicans' bill to fund his agenda aims to cut hundreds of billions of dollars from the program that provides health care for poor, elderly and disabled Americans.
Republicans in Congress are moving with rapid speed to advance President Donald Trump's big bill of tax breaks, spending cuts and beefed-up border security funding as leaders work to enact many of his campaign promises.
Deloitte Consulting is taking in tens of millions in tax dollars to build, manage and market Georgia’s Medicaid work requirement program. Yet only 3% of eligible residents have enrolled.
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House Republicans have unveiled planned medicaid cuts. Children rely more on Medicaid and CHIP, Older Americans get more from Social Security.
Republican lawmakers are calling for work requirements, stricter eligibility verification and some co-pays.
Several protesters were arrested for disrupting a House committee's budget reconciliation markup on Tuesday, as Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., thanked those holding court in the hallway.
House Republicans have unveiled the cost-saving centerpiece of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”
A screaming protester directed her anger at an Alabama congressman as a House committee debated Medicaid cuts on Tuesday. “You will kill me. I am HIV-positive,” the demonstrator shouted, interrupting Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Hoover.
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Two members of Congress from Colorado will play a pivotal role in deciding the fate of Medicaid, a program that provides health care for one in five Coloradans.
A proposed regulatory change from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) aims to shut down a decades-old "tax loophole" in Medicaid financing, a move the agency says could save federal taxpayers over $30 billion across five years.