Medicaid

GOP's Proposed Cuts To Medicaid Threaten Treatment For Opioid Addiction

8:26am June 11, 2017

by Ben Allen

Expanding Medicaid has helped many people caught up in the opioid epidemic get treatment. But doctors say the proposed Republican changes to the Affordable Care Act could jeopardize these programs.

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Evan Nodvin, seen here in his Atlanta-area apartment, uses services that are covered by Medicaid.

Disability Advocates Fear Impact Of Medicaid Cuts In GOP Health Plan

8:00am June 06, 2017

by Elly Yu

Evan Nodvin has lived on his own since after high school. But since he has Down syndrome, he does that with help from Medicaid. The Trump administration is threatening deep cuts to the program.

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Ben Gapinski, 10, (center) is greeted by his parents Dan and Nancy Gapinski after getting off the school bus. When Ben was a toddler, he was diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder and needed constant monitoring to stay safe.

Wisconsin Family Stays Together With Help From Medicaid

5:43pm June 05, 2017

by Alison Kodjak

While Medicaid is best known as a health care program for poor people, more than 80 percent of its budget goes to care for elderly people, disabled people and children.

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Poll responses to the question of whether the Senate should pass the American Health Care Act.

Poll: Americans Increasingly Think Their Health Care Will Get Worse

12:04pm May 31, 2017

by Alison Kodjak

A survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that about half of adults now have a favorable view of the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, while one-third prefer the Republican alternative.

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House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (from left), with Vice President Pence and and Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., on Capitol Hill, noted that the CBO analysis confirms that the House GOP health care bill will cut the deficit.

Patient, Doctor Groups Say New CBO Score Reveals Health Care Bill's Flaws

6:53pm May 25, 2017

by Alison Kodjak

The latest analysis by the Congressional Budget Office says the bill would lead to 23 million fewer people having insurance coverage and would cut the federal deficit by $119 billion over 10 years.

Budget Director Mick Mulvaney holds up a copy of President Trump's proposed fiscal 2018 federal budget at the White House on Tuesday.

Medical Research, Health Care Face Deep Cuts In Trump Budget

4:31pm May 23, 2017

The administration's proposed budget would cut billions out of health programs at the NIH, CDC and FDA, as well as Medicaid services for children, the elderly and disabled.

Texas Wants To Set Its Own Rules For Federal Family Planning Funds

2:46pm May 17, 2017

by Wade Goodwyn

In 2011, Texas gave up millions in federal Medicaid funding so it could exclude Planned Parenthood, which counts abortion among the procedures it provides, from its women's health program.

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McMahan pays a house call on a Tlingit elder named Evelyn Hotch, who is bedridden after a stroke.

In Rural Alaska, A Young Doctor Walks To His Patient's Bedside

6:52pm May 13, 2017

by Melissa Block

Dr. Adam McMahan comes to Klukwan, a tiny town in Southeast Alaska, just two days a week. But he's come to know his patients well, and attends to more than just their medical needs.

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Seema Verma, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, joins Vice President Pence and Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price on Capitol Hill to advocate for the GOP health overhaul bill.

Here Is What's In The House-Approved Health Care Bill

9:08pm May 04, 2017

by Alison Kodjak

The House GOP's bill to replace the Affordable Care Act would all but eliminate the requirement that people buy health insurance and shrink Medicaid coverage. It also cuts taxes for the wealthy.

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House Republicans passed a version of the American Health Care Act. The bill now goes to the Senate.

Winners And Losers Under The House GOP Health Bill

6:09pm May 04, 2017

The version of the American Health Care Act passed by the House eliminates taxes on corporations and wealthy people and shrinks Medicaid coverage. A chart breaks down who would be affected and how.