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News Articles: Medicaid

House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, (center), flanked by Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pa., the ranking member (left), and Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., (right). House Republicans work on a budget plan to advance President Trump's priorities, including $4.5 trillion in tax cuts, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 13.

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Republican proposals to cut Medicaid could be politically fraught

Republicans are proposing deep cuts to Medicaid to finance tax cuts and other priorities. Pushback is coming not only from Democrats, but also from hospitals that rely on revenue from the program.

February 20, 2025
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By:
  • Phil Galewitz
From left: U.S. Vice President JD Vance, Senator Tom Cotton, a Republican from Arkansas, Senator John Barrasso, a Republican from Wyoming, President Donald Trump, Senator Shelley Moore Capito, a Republican from West Virginia, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a Republican from South Dakota, speak to the media on Jan. 8, 2025.

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  • Health

Why many Republicans think shrinking Medicaid will make it better

Republicans proposals to change the public health insurance program for low-income and disabled Americans could amount to more than $2 trillion of cuts over the next decade.

February 10, 2025
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By:
  • Ryan Levi
 Senate Minority Leader Harold Jones, an Augusta Democrat, said he believes bipartisan interest in a new Medicaid expansion proposal could propel it to the governor’s desk this year. Republican co-sponsors say they at least want an open debate. Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder

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Lawmakers Huddle: A recap of Georgia legislative session Week 3

As the Georgia General Assembly wraps up its third week, lawmakers are tackling a packed agenda — making up for delays caused by wintry weather. In this week's Lawmaker Huddle on Morning Edition, GPB's Pamela Kirkland spoke with Lawmakers host Donna Lowry about the latest updates from the Gold Dome.

January 31, 2025
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By:
  • Pamela Kirkland and
  • Donna Lowry
Daniel Tsai is the director of Medicaid and CHIP Services under the Biden administration.

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  • Health

Biden's Medicaid director shares lessons learned and concerns for the program's future

Dan Tsai discusses how he ran Medicaid under Biden, and his fears for how Republicans might try to change the program.

January 17, 2025
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By:
  • Dan Gorenstein and
  • Ryan Levi
A splitscreen image of Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff.

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  • Health

Democratic senators ask watchdog agency to investigate Georgia’s Medicaid work rule

Three Democratic senators asked the country’s top nonpartisan government watchdog on Tuesday to investigate the costs of a Georgia program that requires some people to work to receive Medicaid coverage.

December 19, 2024
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By:
  • Andy Miller ,
  • Renuka Rayasam ,
  • and 1 more
U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson shakes hands with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at a House Republicans Conference meeting at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill on Nov. 13, 2024 in Washington.

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  • Health

Here's how Trump and the GOP may try to weaken Obamacare

Republican control of the White House and Congress sets the stage for potentially seismic changes including curtailing Medicaid, weakening patient protections, and increasing premium costs for millions.

November 21, 2024
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By:
  • Stephanie Armour,
  • Sam Whitehead,
  • and 1 more
Morris Brown, a primary care physician, listens to Sarah McCutcheon’s heartbeat in the exam room at his medical office in Kingstree, South Carolina, which sits in a region that suffers from health care provider shortages and high rates of chronic diseases.

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  • Health

Black Americans still suffer worse health. Here's why there's so little progress

The United States has made almost no progress in closing racial health disparities despite promises, research shows. The government, some critics argue, is often the underlying culprit.

October 24, 2024
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By:
  • Fred Clasen-Kelly and
  • Renuka Rayasam
A drumming circle at the Friendship House in San Francisco. Friendship House is a Native-led recovery treatment program that provides culturally relevant care.

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  • Health

Medicaid will cover traditional healing practices for Native Americans in 4 states

The new coverage includes practices such as music therapy, sweat lodges, and drumming, which are integral to Native healing traditions and have proved helpful for addiction among other health issues.

October 19, 2024
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By:
  • Lesley McClurg
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks at the Republican National Convention in July. She said Arkansas does not need "a duplicative program" to address its maternal mortality problems.

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  • Health

Arkansas’ gov says Medicaid extension for new moms isn’t needed. Advisers disagree

Arkansas is the only holdout state that has not pursued the Biden administration's offer to extend Medicaid coverage to new moms for a year after they give birth.

September 13, 2024
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By:
  • Sarah Varney
Wide Shot of Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, Georgia

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  • Health Care

As Georgia's uninsured rate remains higher than national average, stakeholders discuss policy

According to the latest census, 1.2 million people under 65 years old in Georgia do not have health insurance. 

September 12, 2024
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  • Sofi Gratas
Carlson, Kemp, King

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State leaders share updates to Kemp’s prime health care policy

Shopping for health insurance will be slightly different come November with the final approval for Georgia Access, a piece of Gov. Kemp’s Patients First Act.

August 20, 2024
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
Gov. Brian Kemp speaks at a press conference.

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  • News

Georgia governor doubles down on Medicaid program with work requirement despite slow start

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is defending and doubling down on his signature Medicaid program, the only one in the nation with a work requirement. Georgia Pathways requires all recipients to show that they performed at least 80 hours of work, volunteer activity, schooling or vocational rehabilitation in a month to qualify.

August 20, 2024
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  • Associated Press
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services secretary Kody Kinsley discusses the impact of Medicaid expansion on prescriptions during a news conference at the North Carolina Executive Mansion in Raleigh, N.C., on Friday, July 12, 2024. When the state expanded access to Medicaid in December,  more than 500,000 residents gained access to health coverage.

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  • Health

Amid Medicaid's 'unwinding,' many states work to expand health care access

States have been culling their Medicaid rolls since pandemic coverage protections expired last year. But more than a dozen states have also expanded access for lower-income people, including children.

August 16, 2024
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By:
  • Phil Galewitz
 Katherine Sylvester, who had preeclampsia after the birth of her second child, said a new biomarker test for preeclampsia has the potential to empower moms. She’s seen here with her family. Photo courtesy of Katherine Sylvester

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  • Health

Georgia lawmaker says newly approved test could identify moms at risk for pregnancy-related death

A recently approved biomarker test can help pinpoint which patients are at highest risk for preeclampsia, which is one of the leading causes of maternal mortality in Georgia. Champions of the test hail it as a life-saving tool that takes the guesswork out of identifying which patients are developing the hypertensive disorder that only occurs during and after pregnancy.

August 12, 2024
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By:
  • Jill Nolin
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, left, and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma, right, sign healthcare waivers at the state Capitol in Atlanta, Oct. 15, 2020.

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  • News

Commission chair says there's no 'single silver bullet' to improving Georgia's Medicaid program

The head of a new commission tasked with recommending improvements to Georgia's Medicaid program says she does not see a single solution for the issues facing low-income and uninsured state residents.

July 26, 2024
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  • Associated Press
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