Courts
‘Massive win for life’: Supreme Court opens door for states to cut off Medicaid funding from abortion clinicsIn what pro-life groups are calling a “major win for babies and their mothers,” the Supreme Court on Thursday opened the door for South Carolina – and other states… Read More
Government
Taxpayers spent $56 billion on improper Medicaid claims, White House says(The Center Square) – Taxpayers spent $56 billion on Medicaid last year for able-bodied adults abusing the program, according to a new report released by the White House Tuesday. Read More
Government
‘We’re not cutting Medicaid’: Dr. Oz says ‘big, beautiful bill’ will not cut program(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Dr. Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump’s administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), suggested in an interview with Politico’s Dasha Burns… Read More
Government
Republicans could secure about $1.4 billion in savings by defunding child transitions(The Daily Signal) – Republicans could net approximately $1.4 billion in savings through cutting Medicaid coverage for child gender transitions, a senior legislative aide familiar with the unofficial figure… Read More
Politics
House GOP targets ‘big abortion,’ child sex change procedures in sweeping reform to Medicaid(Daily Caller News Foundation) – House Republicans unveiled sweeping changes to Medicaid on Sunday evening, including provisions to defund Planned Parenthood and bar taxpayer dollars from being used to… Read More
Government
Dr. Oz warns of another challenge coming to US health care(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz said Thursday on Fox’s “Special Report with Bret Baier” that the department’s challenge… Read More
Public Education
Audit finds easy change to Medicaid billing for schools could save Kansas $22.5 million(The Sentinel) – A recent audit of how schools are reimbursed for school-based health care, found a potential $22.5 million savings. According… Read More
Opinion
I worked at Planned Parenthood for 15 years –here’s why it shouldn’t get taxpayer dollars(The Daily Signal) – Do states have the right to refuse to give taxpayer dollars to Planned Parenthood and other abortion facilities within their borders? As someone who… Read More
Opinion
How a Black movement about freedom became a movement about welfare(The Daily Signal) – The 36 million who watched President Donald Trump’s address to Congress also watched as Congressional Black Caucus member, Rep. Al Green, shook his cane and shouted… Read More
Government
Fraud, child sex changes, healthcare for illegals: Dems spent years expanding Medicaid beyond recognition, reports say(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Democrats’ push to massively expand Medicaid over the past several years has turned the program into something nearly unrecognizable. A series of… Read More
Government
71% of Americans favor removing illegals from Medicaid, adding work requirements(The Daily Signal) – As Congress considers a transformational budget bill that can pass the Senate with just 51 votes instead of 60 through the process of reconciliation, a… Read More
Politics
Idaho representative blames media bias for bomb threat, town hall meleeThe report’s going viral after a protestor was forcibly dragged from an Idaho legislative town hall over the weekend, but the state representative who was targeted says it was… Read More
Gender Identity
New bill would end federally funded transgender surgeries, hormones for minors(The Center Square) – Republican lawmakers have introduced a new bill that would block Medicaid from paying for gender transition drugs and surgeries for minors. U.S. Reps. Dan… Read More
Gender Transition
Texas, Montana sue Biden over rule requiring states to pay for ‘gender transition’(The Center Square) – Texas and Montana have sued the Biden administration over another federal rule change it implemented, this time over one that requires states to pay for… Read More
Government
Maryland implements Medicaid expansions for gender-affirming care(The Center Square) – Effective Jan. 1, through its Trans Health Equity Act, Maryland Medicaid coverage has expanded gender-affirming services and procedures. It has expanded from mental health services, hormone… Read More
Culture
Florida becomes first state to sanction Medicaid providers for covering minor transitions(The Daily Signal) – Florida has become the first state to sanction Medicaid providers for covering the attempted gender transitions of minors. Read More
Gender Transition
Missouri attorney general joins other AGs supporting Florida ban on Medicaid payments for gender transition procedures(The Center Square) – Seventeen attorneys general have filed an amicus brief supporting Florida’s healthcare regulation that denies Medicaid coverage for gender transitioning procedures.They’re supporting Florida’s motion for… Read More
Missouri
Federal audit: Missouri must refund $34.2M for bad Medicaid reimbursements(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ inspector general found the state of Missouri must refund $34.2 million to the federal government due to… Read More
Biden administration, Health
Governors cite Medicaid costs in asking Biden to end COVID public health emergency(The Center Square) – Twenty-five governors signed a letter to President Joe Biden asking him to end the federal public health emergency in April, saying Medicaid costs are costing… Read More
State Government
Conservatives angry Senate won’t consider House bill defunding Planned Parenthood(The Center Square) – The Missouri Senate is not returning to Jefferson City to consider a House bill that would defund Medicaid health care providers that directly or through… Read More