In Texas, Medicaid covers a third of all children, half of all pregnant women, the elderly in long-term care, and the disabled. Critics say new requirements in the bill will disrupt lives, while ...

Texas hospitals are facing a freeze in billions of dollars in federal Medicaid funding under a budget proposal introduced by House Republican leaders Sunday night. Republicans are moving to limit ...

U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey talks about Medicaid cuts at the Center for Transforming Lives in Fort Worth, Texas on May 9, 2025. (Steve Nurenberg / Special Contributor) WASHINGTON — The hallway outside a ...

Texas’ already-strained health care system is bracing for deeper challenges when federal Affordable Care Act and Medicaid cuts go into effect as soon as next year, bringing fears of hospital closures, ...

Almost all of the pregnant women Dr. Joshua Splinter sees at his rural East Texas practice are on Medicaid. For years, he would treat these patients during pregnancy, deliver their babies and then ...

Funding for Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare accounted for 41 percent of federal spending in FY 2024. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which is expected to add $3.9 trillion to the federal ...

Recent federal shifts in Medicaid policy require state agencies to operate more efficiently amid fewer resources. In the current environment, innovation in Medicaid is essential.

Trump administration officials, including Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., made their case for imposing new work requirements for Medicaid and other safety net programs in a Wednesday New York ...

Medicaid work requirements, under consideration as part of the House Republicans' budget to cut federal spending, are "impossible" to navigate for those using the program, experts said. Part of the ...

A handful of Democratic senators have sent letters to four major contractors responsible for processing Medicaid eligibility, critiquing them for maintaining systems that are “plagued with errors.” In ...