Medicaid

A new study estimates that as many as 8.3 million kids are at risk of losing their benefits.

This week, the state came one step closer to becoming the first to extend Medicaid to all undocumented immigrants.

A federal judge struck down work requirements in Arkansas and Kentucky, but Republican state legislatures continue to pursue them around the country.

United States Senator Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut) speaks during a news conference on health care on April 30th, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Tennessee has been purging people from its Medicaid rolls, while the legislature is working to promote caps on the program.

Dramatically reducing HIV infections in the next decade will prove very difficult—and may be impossible with cuts to Medicaid or the repeal of the ACA.

But the Trump administration's attacks on Medicaid are nowhere near finished.

A well-funded Medicaid expansion saves lives and money. Yet Utah and 14 other states are applying for work requirements in hopes of strangling the program.

When it comes to attacking programs that help the most vulnerable Americans, Donald Trump is right in step with his predecessors and his party.

Research finds that paying for a universal basic income would likely mean cutting welfare, food stamps, and the Earned Income Tax Credit.

A new study suggests that states already have broad legal authority to expand Medicaid access.

Until American health care becomes truly universal, Medicaid expansion is the best way for states to safeguard the most vulnerable populations.

With Dems running the House, the Trump administration is looking for ways to enact its agenda without legislative approval.

The research on the consequences of Planned Parenthood losing public funding offers a sense of what may happen.

The passage of Medicaid expansion in three deeply conservative states is evidence that a less partisan presentation of policy is allowing voters to make decisions based more on their own interests.

After the 2016 election, disability activists say the bar for prospective Democratic nominees has never been higher.

If Friday's ruling striking down the ACA is upheld, the changes will be disruptive and far-reaching.

Open enrollment for ACA plans and some state Medicaid programs ends December 15th.

Two recent independent reports argue that Medicaid and CHIP could be effectively leveraged to improve early childhood for the 45 percent of American children served by these programs.

A new study found that folks who acquired subsidized health insurance through Obamacare were 25 percent less likely to miss paying their rent or mortgage on time.

New evidence suggests Oregon's Medicaid expansion boosted short-term political participation in the years immediately after the law was passed.

Voters consistently rank health care as one of the most important issues in this election.

Over 8,000 beneficiaries lost coverage in the last two months.

A new report released by the Brookings Institution finds the safety net is not just for low-income folks anymore.