Get a job or lose Medicaid? Arkansas and Georgia show it's not that simple.
Arkansas and Georgia both imposed job requirements for Medicaid recipients. Advocates said the programs added red tape and ...
Magnolia Reporter2d
Arkansas Advocate: Free school breakfast, maternal health Medicaid, school cellphone ban all become Arkansas law
About halfway through Arkansas’ 2025 legislative session, some of Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ policy priorities have become law while others have yet be debated by lawmakers.
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 ...
Map Shows States With Medicaid Work Requirements as Change Possible
"Rather, the Medicaid work requirement would merely serve as an administrative barrier to remaining enrolled in Medicaid, as it involves onerous administrative reporting requirements, where a small ...
Laredo Morning Times6d
Republicans consider cuts and work requirements for Medicaid, jeopardizing care for millions
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are weighing billions of dollars in cuts to Medicaid, threatening health care coverage for some ...
The Hour11d
Alabama House expedites Medicaid for pregnant women, joining other states with high mortality rates
The “presumptive eligibility” legislation states that Medicaid will pay for a pregnant woman’s outpatient medical care for up to 60 days while her application for the government-funded insurance ...
USA Today11d
Are deep Medicaid cuts in store for the nation's poor? Here's what Kennedy would do.
The hearing offered the public a glimpse of the Trump administration's plans for Medicaid, a federal-state health program for low-income and disabled residents. Though Trump vowed during the ...
Millions of Americans Could Lose Medicaid Coverage
Medicaid could be on the chopping block in numerous U.S. states, potentially resulting in loss of healthcare coverage for millions of Americans. Medicaid is the largest federal government program ...
Independent Record14d
Lawmakers give early nod to proposals to make Medicaid enrollment easier for seniors, kids
would enable people to more readily access a slew of home- or community-based services already reimbursable in the state’s current Medicaid program — such as a home nurse, medical equipment or ...
The Pantagraph15d
Rich Miller: Lack of new Illinois revenue draws focus to Medicaid expansion program
Healthcare and Family Services says 772,233 Illinoisans were enrolled in the expansion program at the end of fiscal year 2024. Illinois spent about $815 million on the Medicaid expansion program ...
Proposition 20616d
Arkansas Governor applies to CMS for waiver to implement work requirements for Medicaid (2025)
[2] ” The Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families argued in a statement [3] that Medicaid isn’t a workforce-incentive program and that the lesson to be learned from Arkansas Works is that work ...
Oklahoma's News17d
UPDATE: Two escaped inmates from Hodgen facility arrested in Arkansas
ODOC says escaped inmates Justin Turner and David James were arrested in Mena, Arkansas, on Wednesday by the Mena Police Department. HODGEN, Okla. (KFOR) — The Oklahoma Department of Corrections ...