$50 billion rural health fund won’t offset Medicaid cuts
Congress added funding to the Big Beautiful Bill and said it would stop health care losses. It’s not enough.| Mountain State Spotlight
Healthcare costs have grown faster than inflation in recent decades. Costs have risen as the federal government intervened in the healthcare system, adding new regulations, mandates, and taxpayer subsidies. Some of these major healthcare “reforms” include: Medicare and Medicaid: These programs created new health care entitlements. EMTALA: The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act required... The post Government Solutions Have Not Reduced Healthcare Costs appeared first on EPIC for Ame...| EPIC for America
Congress added funding to the Big Beautiful Bill and said it would stop health care losses. It’s not enough.| Mountain State Spotlight
When aspiring musician Emma Walker suddenly lost hearing in her left ear, she faced two options. That choice—surgery or paying thousands out of pocket for a hearing aid—highlights a gap in Mississippi law that leaves many residents without coverage for hearing aids. The post Music Student Pays $3,000 for Hearing Aid Due to Mississippi Insurance Coverage Gap appeared first on Mississippi Free Press.| Mississippi Free Press
Before home-based care providers send professional caregivers into the home, there is often already a family member — typically a spouse, a parent or adult children — tending to the needs of their loved ones. Instead of treating these family caregivers’ work as separate from that of professionals, home-based care providers are increasingly engaging with […] The post Home-Based Care Companies Improve Outcomes By Training Family Caregivers appeared first on Home Health Care News.| Home Health Care News
The Trump administration says it’s developing a digital tool to help people prove they’re meeting new Medicaid work requirements. KFF Health News talked to officials from the two states running pilot programs and found little evidence of new — or effective — technology.| Articles Archive - KFF Health News
A federal probe of Medicare and Medicaid plans run by private insurance companies found that the plan operators often overstated how many mental health providers were available in their networks. In some cases, investigators found providers had never had contracts with plans they were listed on.| KFF Health News
Researchers worry that Medicaid home care eligibility decisions are often made without public scrutiny and based less on health than on cost.| STAT
The standard reading of the current government shutdown is a relatively simple Republicans-versus-Democrats tale. But as the shutdown enters week four, the stalemate can’t be explained as just a continuing partisan clash. The post Democrats Fear Their Liberal Base If They Vote to Reopen Government appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.| American Enterprise Institute – AEI
A multi-state poll of 5,000 Black adults revealed that economic instability and limited access to health care are the most pressing issues facing Black families in 2025, with 90% of respondents stating Medicaid has been important to them and/or their families.| Davis Vanguard
Maine lawmakers have recently pushed the state’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to reconsider its 10-year, $750 million contract with| Home Health Care News
In August, Modivcare announced that it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and was subsequently delisted from the Nasdaq. The company’s CEO expects to| Home Health Care News
It's been 90 days since Congress passed Trump’s megabill slashing health care spending and reshaping the Medicaid program. States are already knee-deep in dealing with the fallout. The post How States Are Reckoning with Republican Health Reforms appeared first on Tradeoffs.| Tradeoffs
With the federal government shutdown ongoing with no end in sight, the reality is setting in that there could be real, painful consequences for ordinary Americans, including many in Connecticut.| CT News Junkie
Because states have flexibility in designing their programs, state Medicaid spending and enrollment varies across states. This data note provides an overview of total Medicaid spending per enrollee by eligibility group and state.| KFF
Well-intentioned donations may jeopardize essential benefits unless they are directed through the right tools. The good news is that with thoughtful planning, kindness can be preserved in full.| Special Needs Alliance
As efforts to defund Planned Parenthood and other big abortion chains make their way through the courts, an increasing number of Planned Parenthood centers are closing. While big abortion advocates argue these closures will be devastating to healthcare access for low-income individuals, Medicaid providers around the country are available to stand in the gap. The […] The post Fact Sheet: Looking Up Medicaid Providers in Your State appeared first on Lozier Institute.| Lozier Institute
This is Issue 111 of the On Point Series. Executive Summary In 1976, pro-life Congressman Henry Hyde sponsored a rider to the annual Labor Health and Human Services (HHS) bill to prevent taxpayer funding allocated in the bill from covering elective abortion. Since 1976, 2,646,474 lives have been saved by the Hyde Amendment. As of […] The post Hyde Saves Lives: Analyzing the Impact of the Hyde Amendment with 2025 Addendum appeared first on Lozier Institute.| Lozier Institute
On Wednesday, Minnesota Department of Commerce Announced Coming Impact of Trump Budget Passed in July St. Paul, Minn. – Senate Majority Erin Murphy (DFL-St. Paul) said today that the coming… Read More »Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy Says Republican Budget to Increase Healthcare Costs for Minnesotans The post Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy Says Republican Budget to Increase Healthcare Costs for Minnesotans first appeared on Minnesota Senate DFL.| Minnesota Senate DFL
References Include: Analysis of coverage losses from Missouri Foundation for Health, 2025 Joseph Llobrera, Dottie Rosenbaum, and Catlin Nchako, “Senate Agriculture Committee’s Revised Work Requirement Would Risk Taking Away Food Assistance From More Than 5 Million People: State Estimates,” CBPP, June 27, 2025, https://www.cbpp.org/research/food-assistance/senate-agriculture-committees-revised-work-requirement-would-risk-taking. Euhus, Rhiannon, et al. “Congressional District Interac...| Missouri Budget Project
Community health centers are key to delivering care in underserved communities around the country, but their services could be disrupted or scaled back after governments did not renew their funding.| KFF Health News
Illinois is preparing for a major reset: the state is rebidding its Medicaid MCO contracts for 2025. The last time this happened in IL was 2018, resulting in the consolidation ... The post Illinois Medicaid Rebid: What It Means for Residential Behavioral Health appeared first on Foothold Technology.| Foothold Technology
Residential behavioral health programs in PA can stay compliant with Community HealthChoices with an EHR.| Foothold Technology
Congress is currently engaged in a crucial debate over extending the expiring Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits. With Congress required to pass a 2026 federal budget (or short extension) by September 30 for the new fiscal year beginning October 1, the next two weeks are the last opportunity to extend these credits... The post Congress Must Extend ACA Premium Tax Credits Now: Delay Will Cause Healthcare Havoc appeared first on Carolina Forward.| Carolina Forward
In a year of uncertainty surrounding Medicaid, Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: AVAH) has reached what CEO Jeff Shaner refers to as “rate| Home Health Care News
The Utah Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced Dr. Jennifer Strohecker, who has served as Utah’s Medicaid director for the past four years, is stepping down to pursue opportunities in the private sector. In addition to overseeing the Medicaid program, Strohecker also serves as director of the DHHS Division of Integrated Healthcare, which includes the Children’s Health Insurance ... Read More The post State Medicaid director stepping down appeared first on Department of ...| Department of Health and Human Services
El Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos de Utah (DHHS) ha anunciado que la Dra. Jennifer Strohecker, que ha ejercido como directora de Medicaid en Utah durante los últimos cuatro años, deja el cargo para buscar oportunidades en el sector privado. Además de supervisar el programa Medicaid, Strohecker también es directora de la División de Atención Médica Integrada del DHHS, ... Read More| Department of Health and Human Services
Congressional Democrats are threatening to force a “government shutdown” unless Republicans agree to $1.5 trillion in demands attached to a continuing resolution, the cost of which is almost entirely due to increasing healthcare subsidies. These are arguments commonly used in support of the healthcare demands, along with responses to correct the record about the situation.... The post EPIC Charge & Response: What’s Really Behind the $1.5 Trillion “Alternative” CR Demands appeared fi...| EPIC for America
Estimates from the Congressional Budget Office, released Thursday, offer a detailed view into the effects on income groups.| www.nytimes.com
The ugly truth about the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”: It's the largest upward transfer of wealth in American history.| Policy Matters Ohio
It’s all about pretending a boatload of federal cash helps the free market.| The American Prospect
New report reveals that most tax dollars for Georgia's Medicaid work requirement program went to administrative costs, not healthcare.| The Current
Learn about government benefits for families with special needs, including SSI, Medicaid, tax credits, education programs, and housing assistance.| SavingK
You’re committed to providing the best care for your clients—including those on Medicaid. But the numbers don’t always add up. The cost of care is high, and Medicaid reimbursements often ... The post Navigating Medicaid Reimbursement for Behavioral Health Residential Facilities appeared first on Foothold Technology.| Foothold Technology
Article Summary President Trump’s domestic policy bill contains massive cuts in federal Medicaid spending over the next 10 years. One| Capitol News Illinois
As states struggle to meet the needs of people with serious mental illness, some are signing on to a federal pilot project that’s pouring new funding into institutional care.| Tradeoffs
September 8, 2025 On July 4, 2025, Donald Trump signed the cartoonishly-named “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBA) into law. This budget bill creates a massive regressive transfer of wealth through its harmful provisions – these provisions impose massive cuts to programs that benefit lower- and middle-income individuals in order to fund tax cuts to […]| Champaign County Health Care Consumers
Preventing unnecessary care and medication prescriptions is the primary purpose of prior authorization. Instead, it has all too often led to slower,| Behavioral Health Business
Behavioral health providers in one state have come out on top in a battle to remove prior authorization requirements for opioid use disorder (OUD)| Behavioral Health Business
Many thoughtful people in the US are concerned about the effects that the 2025 federal budget reconciliation law will have on poor people in many states who are currently enrolled in Medicaid health coverage. KFF has put together a comprehensive analysis of the implications of this omnibus act for Medicaid patients here. I asked Gemini for a summary … Continue reading "The consequences of a trillion dollars"| Understanding Society
Two studies help explain how Americans think about the financial aspects of their long-term care needs, and why they are so poorly prepared.| Howard Gleckman
Health & Medicine’s Executive Director, Margie Schaps, recently shared her perspective in the Chicago Sun-Times on the devastating impact of the newly passed “Big Beautiful Bill.” In her letter to […] The post New Op-Ed: Very few left unscathed with ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ appeared first on Health & Medicine Policy Research Group.| Health & Medicine Policy Research Group
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) is law. What does it mean for behavioral health—and how can orgs get ahead? Hint: technology can help.| Eleos Health
Eleos launches an AI scanner that proactively detects Medicaid eligibility risks. See the full announcement here.| Eleos Health
Eleanor Health collaborated with Point32Health to develop a value-based program that provides addiction care along with other services.| Behavioral Health Business
Colorado, Maine, Maryland, Ohio, Texas, and Washington engaged in peer-to-peer learning and received technical support from NASHP and subject matter experts on serious illness and palliative care policy.| NASHP
Medicaid Unwinding: Resources to Keep Minnesotans Covered 375,000 Minnesotans are at risk of losing health coverage as eligibility reviews return for the state’s public programs, Medical Assistance and MinnesotaCare Last month, Minnesota officially began the process of “unwinding” the COVID-19 pandemic-era policy that paused eligibility reviews for those on the state’s public health care programs, Medical […] The post Medicaid Unwinding: Resources to Keep Minnesotans Covered appear...| MN Council of Health Plans
Champaign County Health Care Consumers (CCHCC) is preparing for a busy fall. We will be hosting a community meeting to help explain the provisions of the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”, which included massive spending cuts to healthcare and food programs, among other programs that people rely on.| Champaign County Health Care Consumers
La región es una de las más pobres del estado. En el condado de Alamosa, 2 de cada 5 residentes están inscritos en Health First Colorado, el programa estatal de Medicaid.| KFF Health News
the Obesity Action Coalition (OAC) applauds TennCare’s decision to expand obesity medication coverage to adults 21+ in Tennessee, improving access to comprehensive obesity care and supporting healthier communities.| Obesity Action Coalition
Educators say the cuts will hit already vulnerable low-income, unhoused, disabled, migrant and refugee students hardest.| Truthout
(The Center Square) – The Louisiana Department of Health paid roughly $9.6 million in monthly premiums for more than 1,000 Medicaid beneficiaries after their deaths between February 2019 and March 2025, according to a new progress report from the state auditor. The analysis found 1,072 deceased beneficiaries continued to be listed as eligible for Medicaid, triggering […]| The Hayride
The GOP wants to fund billionaire tax cuts—and let disabled Americans pay the price.| Mother Jones
MIAMI — Republican lawmakers in the 10 states that refused the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion for over a decade have argued their conservative approach to growing government programs would pay off in the long run.| CT News Junkie
A health care desert has emerged in Delaware County. There are currently only two hospitals, Riddle and Mercy Fitzgerald, operating […]| Broad + Liberty
Congressional Republicans, with President Trump, delivered on our promise to extend tax relief for families and small businesses. The One […]| Broad + Liberty
He faced allegations that he violated both state and federal False Claim Acts from January 2016 through October 2020 by improperly billing Medicare and Connecticut Medicaid for services not rendered, the services of an unlicensed provider, and for upcoded or duplicative claims.| CT News Junkie
Idaho still has a budget problem. Despite significant progress on the spending front in the 2025 legislative session, the biggest government program with the biggest budget in Idaho’s history, Medicaid, went unscathed. Overall, the fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Medicaid budget appropriation was $5.25 billion, 37% of the $14.1 billion state appropriation for all programs in […]| Idaho Freedom
Politicians said work requirements would get people back to work. They’ll actually kick poor and working people off Medicaid.| Mountain State Spotlight
Politicians said Medicaid patients are milking the system and took away their health care. But providers are the ones at fault.| Mountain State Spotlight
Trump’s Medicaid cuts hurt millions. Ezekiel Emanuel proposes a 7-point plan to streamline coverage, reduce waste, and expand access nationwide.| Penn LDI
A budget proposal from House Republicans could gut Medi-Cal. Families and advocates want to preserve a more certain future for their children’s care.| YES! Magazine
Cuts to Medicaid contained in President Donald Trump’s new budget bill put 37 Georgia nursing homes at risk of closing, according to a study released by Brown University’s School of Public Health. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office reported that the legislation, which the Republican-controlled Congress passed this month, will slash Medicaid by $1 trillion during […]| The Georgia Sun
The legislation includes tax cuts as well as big cuts to Medicaid, food benefits and other programs, and it’s expected to add more than $3 trillion to the national debt.| www.nytimes.com
With OBBA now law, states face major shifts in Medicaid and Marketplace programs—prompting swift, strategic implementation efforts.| NASHP
In his latest Beyond the Data column, KFF President and CEO Dr. Drew Altman examines the controversial rural hospital grant program, noting “Will the new $50 billion rural hospital grant program in the big Republican tax and spending law just amount to a bunch of ribbon cutting and big check ceremonies, or will it help rural hospitals offset coming Medicaid cuts, help them in general, or all of the above?”| From Drew Altman Archive | KFF
In his latest Beyond the Data column, President and CEO Dr. Drew Altman discusses whether Democrats can make the Medicaid and ACA cuts a winning political issue before the midterm elections and before most people feel the cuts.| KFF
Join Sahan Journal to discuss the recent cuts to health care coverage for immigrants in Minnesota.| Sahan Journal
Federal reforms force North Carolina to make tough decisions about Medicaid coverage, costs, and eligibility under mounting pressure.| North Carolina Health News
Officials warn that sweeping federal cuts to Medicaid, food aid and clean energy programs could unravel key safety nets across the state.| North Carolina Health News
After months of debate , Congress finally passed a gigantic package of tax and spending cuts last week. The legislation slashes federal investments in health care, nutrition programs, education, and other services that many amputees depend on. The post Congress Trims Medicaid, Other Amputee-Serving Programs appeared first on Amplitude.| Amplitude
Despite staunch opposition from the Amputee Coalition, the House passed a budget resolution that could diminish amputees' access to health care by sharply reducing Medicaid spending. The post Medicaid Cuts and Limb Loss: What to Know appeared first on Amplitude.| Amplitude
The many ways the big budget bill just passed by Congress would affect seniors and younger people with disabilities| Howard Gleckman
July 1, 2025 This is truly URGENT. Senate Republicans just passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), and it’s headed back to the House of Representatives for a final vote. Pick up the phone and make your voice heard in this critical window! The OBBBA will lead to over 17 million Americans losing their […]| Champaign County Health Care Consumers
June 30, 2025 This is URGENT. Late Saturday night, Senate Republicans narrowly passed a motion to proceed, allowing debate to begin on their version of the devastating reconciliation budget bill. While they cleared this first procedural hurdle, a number of Republican senators continue to voice concerns about the health sections of the bill that make […]| Champaign County Health Care Consumers
For Immediate Release: July 1, 2025Contact: Amy Blouin, U.S. Senate Passes Budget Reconciliation Senate-passed budget reconciliation bill puts health coverage and food assistance for hundreds of thousands of Missourians on the chopping block In a final vote this morning, the U.S. Senate chose to take health coverage and food assistance away from Americans, shift costs to states, and make life harder for families struggling to make ends meet. If passed by the House, it would enact a massiv...| Missouri Budget Project
In a new column, Dr. Drew Altman, KFF's President and CEO, examines the different counts of the number of people on Medicaid that are currently in use, which range from 69 to 83 million, and why it might matter. He also discusses other ways to assess the reach of the program: “possibly it’s useful to explain why there are different numbers out there about what seemingly is an all-time simple question: how many people are on Medicaid,” Altman says.| KFF
The House passed Senate Republicans’ version of the reconciliation package on Thursday...| TPM – Talking Points Memo
The Senate budget bill would cut Medicaid and other programs for older adults and younger people with disabilities.| Howard Gleckman
In many ways, the decision leaves Medicaid recipients without recourse in states with leadership fixated on defunding Planned Parenthood or otherwise instituting political litmus tests for healthcare.| NewsOne
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In a new column, Dr. Drew Altman, KFF’s President and CEO, discusses the limits of polling on policy, and what we have learned over more than 30 years of polling about how giving people more information and arraying tradeoffs can change opinion, including on the health policy changes and funding cuts in the current reconciliation bill.| KFF
Universal Health Service (NYSE: UHS) has reported strong annual financial performance – as well as concern regarding potential Medicaid budget cuts.| Behavioral Health Business
Learn how states are advancing integration of mental health, substance use, and primary care through payment reform, data policy, and workforce development.| NASHP
Summary:| Carolina Forward
An internal memo and emails obtained by The Associated Press show that Medicaid officials unsuccessfully sought to block the data transfer, citing legal and ethical concerns.| PBS News
In his latest column, President and CEO Drew Altman discusses how, with nearly half, or about 10 million MAGA supporters and Republicans receiving coverage through the ACA Marketplaces, the policy changes and cuts being considered by Republicans to the Marketplaces will directly affect their own voters. Altman writes: "Republicans are no longer interested in repealing the ACA but seem comfortable shrinking it significantly if they can, so long as they don’t touch protections for pre-existin...| From Drew Altman Archive | KFF
House GOP wants to use red tape to block eligible people from government benefits such as Medicaid, ACA insurance, SNAP, and the EITC| Howard Gleckman
In his latest column, President and CEO Drew Altman shows how proposals contained in the House reconciliation bill could result in a one-third reduction in ACA Marketplace enrollment. “While all eyes are on the big Medicaid cuts being proposed in the House,” he writes, “significant changes are also being proposed that together would dramatically reduce enrollment in the ACA Marketplaces.”| From Drew Altman Archive | KFF
In his latest column, KFF President and CEO Drew Altman discusses the history of the battles over the ACA’s provisions that were designed to expand coverage for the uninsured, which helps explain the effort to cut federal funding for the Medicaid expansion today. The real underlying issues, he says, are the same divisions that have always plagued the debate about covering the uninsured.| From Drew Altman Archive | KFF
In his latest column, president and CEO Drew Altman discusses why debate about extending the ACA enhanced tax credits set to expire this year has been slow to develop, and why it could matter to Republicans politically if the tax credits are not extended.| From Drew Altman Archive | KFF
In his latest column, KFF President and CEO Drew Altman examines the implications of Secretary Kennedy’s reorganization of HHS and why it’s a sharp break from past efforts to reorganize the department.| From Drew Altman Archive | KFF
In his latest Beyond the Data column, KFF’s President and CEO Drew Altman discusses how difficult it will be for states to replace lost federal Medicaid funding should Congress make significant cuts.| From Drew Altman Archive | KFF
In a new column, KFF President and CEO Drew Altman discusses how recent KFF focus groups with Trump voters on Medicaid show that voters were not expecting big Medicaid cuts from the Trump administration and worry about what the impact of potential cuts in federal Medicaid spending will be. As Drew writes: “Trump built a populist base of working people formerly in the Democratic party.” When details of specific Medicaid cuts emerge, tension could develop between “Trump and Republicans on...| From Drew Altman Archive | KFF
KFF’s president and CEO Drew Altman writes in a new column about the factors driving the biggest health policy decisions now—how to pay for tax cuts and whether President Trump wants another big fight about health care.| From Drew Altman Archive | KFF
In a new column, KFF President and CEO Drew Altman discusses what President Trump’s decision to pull back the broad freeze in federal grant funding might portend for his response to future policies in health that prove controversial or unpopular.| From Drew Altman Archive | KFF
