About Half of Americans Approve of Using Weight-Loss Drugs to Treat Obesity, Poll Finds
New poll reveals Americans' mixed views on weight-loss drugs for obesity treatment, especially regarding teen use.
RFK Jr. Struggles to Answer Questions on Medicare and Medicaid at Hearing
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faces tough questions on healthcare programs and vaccine views in contentious confirmation hearing.
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Trump’s federal grant pause creates confusion over Medicaid funding
The Trump administration’s freeze on federal grants sparked chaos and confusion at state Medicaid agencies on Tuesday. Although the White House insisted that Medicaid, which provides health ...
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Payment System That Provides Medicaid Funding to States Stops Working, Officials Say
Share full article The Payment Management Services portal had a red banner on it Tuesday afternoon warning state Medicaid offices of payment delays related to President Trump’s executive orders.
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States lose access to Medicaid payment portal amid Trump federal aid freeze
State Medicaid programs across the country reported Tuesday they had lost access to federal payment portals one day after President Trump announced a freeze on federal grants and aid. By the late ...
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Medicaid insurance, socioeconomic disadvantage linked to poorer survival after heart transplant
A new study led by UCLA Health highlights the link between socioeconomic disadvantage, Medicaid insurance, and poorer survival rates after heart transplantation. Researchers found that Medicaid ...
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States say Medicaid access cut, White House says no payments disrupted
WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (Reuters) - At least three U.S. lawmakers said on Tuesday healthcare providers were blocked from the Medicaid payment portal after the Trump administration announced a federal ...
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Medicare, Medicaid not impacted by Trump funding freeze, Politico reports
Molina Healthcare (MOH), Elevance Health (ELV) and Centene (CNC) are all levered to Medicaid coverage and were lower in Tuesday afternoon trading in apparent reaction to the funding freeze news.
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Medicaid insurers slip as Trump administration pauses assistance program payouts
A memo footnote explicitly stated that “Nothing in this memo should be construed to impact Medicare or Social Security benefits,” but did not call out Medicaid. Molina Healthcare (MOH ...
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Health: Here's what Gov. Kathy Hochul proposes in her budget for Medicaid
Close to 7 million people in New York are projected to be on Medicaid as of March, state officials said, which remains a challenge for its budget plan. There were 7.6 million New Yorkers on ...
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Both Democrats and Republicans largely support funding Medicaid and Medicare, poll finds
One place could be health care. Medicaid and Medicare are major sources of government spending. But that spending is also popular among both Republicans and Democrats, according to a new poll out ...
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Medicaid expansion debate will affect other health policy issues before Montana legislature
A last-minute change to a 2019 bill put an end date on Montana's Medicaid expansion program, setting the stage for what is anticipated to be the most significant health care debate of the 2025 ...