The Senate still hasn’t approved emergency disaster relief legislation, keeping more than a million Americans who live in Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories without ... Read more
Conservative critics of the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion are noting strong enrollment in Virginia’s Medicaid expansion to revive a debunked claim that ... Read more
The Trump Administration’s proposed rule that would effectively ban drug rebates in Medicare and Medicaid would raise — not reduce — spending on ... Read more
Trump Administration guidance changed how the federal government will evaluate so-called 1332 waiver proposals from states in ways that would weaken protections for people with pre-existing conditions and other vulnerable groups. The House is expected to vote today on a bill to roll back the Administration’s changes. Read more
The President and Congress more than doubled grant funding to address the opioid epidemic between 2017 and 2018 but, while opioid- and overall ... Read more
Rather than send flowers, state policymakers should offer women a Mother’s Day gift with longer-lasting benefits: expanding Medicaid coverage and rejecting policies that take coverage ... Read more
Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló has sent congressional leaders a proposal to address the Commonwealth’s Medicaid funding cliff (its impending shortfall that would threaten the ... Read more
Montana’s state legislature has adopted legislation that would extend the state’s Medicaid expansion until 2025 but also impose new work-related restrictions and higher premiums on ... Read more
Temporary federal funding that supplements Puerto Rico’s inadequate federal Medicaid block grant will expire soon, putting health care coverage at risk for hundreds of thousands of Commonwealth residents. Read more
The health policies in the President’s fiscal year 2020 budget are a continuation of the Administration’s pursuit of deep cuts to core health care programs ... Read more
