Medicaid, GOP and bill
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As late-night negotiations on the House Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill pushed an expected vote to Thursday, long-term care providers are hoping for some kind of Hail Mary.
Trump's bill would require Medicaid applicants to provide proof of their work hours and apply for specific exceptions, creating new barriers for individuals to maintain insurance.
South Carolina Medicaid approved GLP-1s to treat obesity, placing it among the few state programs covering the drugs. But access remains limited.
At the D.C. rally, people stood in the rain holding signs that said, “Who wants long ER wait times?” and “Protect health centers, Protect communities.”
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Lashing out at Republicans for proposing to “rip away” Medicaid and SNAP benefits from Pennsylvanians, Gov. Josh Shapiro said Friday that the commonwealth would be unable to replace lost funding for those programs should President Donald Trump‘s so-called big,
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A House-passed reconciliation bill would reduce federal funding to states that provide state-funded health insurance to people in the U.S. illegally, resulting in 1.4 million people losing coverage, according to a preliminary Congressional Budget Office analysis.
Republicans in the U.S. House of Delegates advanced a mega bundle of bills designed to shave billions from the federal budget, which Democrats and advocates have said will take resources from the nation’s most vulnerable citizens and hinder social safety nets.