Federal Funding Cuts: Local officials address everything from Medicaid to crisis centers
Local officials and providers expressed concern about potential impacts on Medicaid and crisis centers following talks of federal funding cuts in Washington.
Dr. Mehmet Oz heads to the Senate with pitch to oversee America’s health insurance programs
Dr. Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, will testify before the ...
California lawmakers demand answers on Medicaid shortfall
SACRAMENTO, California — California lawmakers are calling for answers after the governor’s office floated a loan to bail out the state’s Medicaid program, bringing renewed scrutiny on the state’s ...
Newsom asks for $3.4 billion loan to provide healthcare for residents and illegal immigrants
Gov. Gavin Newsom's (D-CA) office said the increase in funding for Medi-Cal, California's Medicaid program, is something other states are also grappling with.
Cost of undocumented healthcare in California is billions over estimates, pressuring Democrats to consider cuts
In California, Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democrats in the state Legislature are under pressure to scale back the expansion of ...
Trump Medicare nominee Dr Oz may have underpaid taxes, Senate Democrats say
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity physician nominated by President Donald Trump to oversee the government's Medicare and Medicaid health plans, appears to have underpaid his own Medicare taxes by over $400 ...
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Puerto Rico Needs and Should Have Full and Equitable Access to All Federal Economic and Health Security Programs
Members of the Puerto Rico Advisory Committee, thank you for today’s opportunity to testify on Puerto Rico’s inequitable ...
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HCA Healthcare, Tenet Healthcare CEOs say there's still wiggle room in Washington on Medicare, Medicaid reform
Top executives at the country’s largest for-profit health systems say they’re keeping the pressure on policymakers to ...
Dems feel the Bern again
In today’s edition … Senate negotiations to avoid a government shutdown continue ... Republicans eye New Hampshire’s 2026 ...