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Medicaid

RFK Jr. Completely Fumbles Basic Facts at Hearing

FLUNKING OUT

Some of the aspiring health secretary’s answers suggested he may not fully understand how Medicaid works.

Josh Fiallo | Published Jan 29, 2025

Medicaid Website Goes Down After Trump’s Spending Freeze

NONE FOR THEE

State Medicaid programs use the online system to receive federal funding.

Grace Harrington | Published Jan 28, 2025

Dr. Oz Won’t Say if He Still Invests Millions in Health Care

SURPRISE SURPRISE

The former TV doctor refused to say if he still holds broad investments in health care, medical and food companies.

Janna Brancolini | Published Nov 25, 2024

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opinion

Give New Moms Medicaid for a Year

TAKE CARE OF MOM

This Mother’s Day is a good time for a bipartisan effort to provide new mothers with better financial and medical support—it’s the pro-life thing to do.

Ericka Andersen | Published May 13, 2023
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Dem Bigwig Turned Medicaid Program Into Personal Money Hose

SPIN DOCTOR

Henry Muñoz, a powerful Democratic fundraiser, has drawn millions in public cash through a nonprofit providing medical care to NYC's poor—leaving good government groups aghast.

William Bredderman | Published Mar 19, 2023

Miss. Guv Denies He’s a Secret Fan of Medicaid Expansion

‘OBVIOUSLY A LIE’

Former university chancellor Dan Jones claims Tate Reeves told him he understood the program’s benefits but that it was politically toxic.

Congress Secures Funding for Puerto Rico’s Medicaid Program

HEALTH ABOVE ALL ELSE

Under the deal, Puerto Rico will receive more than $17.6 billion in funding over the next five years.

Asta Hemenway | Published Dec 20, 2022

This ‘Sneaky’ DeSantis Power Grab Might Be His Cruelest Yet

END RUN

Republicans are going after trans people across America. But the potential 2024 contender from Florida is targeting people more efficiently than anyone else.

Jose Pagliery | Published Dec 11, 2022
opinion

How Is the Race Gap in Health Care Getting Worse?

WE’RE MOVING BACKWARD

A half-century since the public learned of the U.S. government’s barbaric treatment of Black men with syphilis, racial disparities in medicine remain alarmingly pronounced.

Steffie Woolhandler, David Himmelstein, Susan M. Reverby | Published Jul 25, 2022

COVID-Struck New Mom Denied Transplant: ‘How Cruel Is That?’

‘ALMOST LIKE A JOKE’

Gabriela Acuna gave birth to a premature baby before being put on a ventilator. Now she needs a lung transplant—and her family says Nevada Medicaid will not cover one for her.

Michael Daly | Published Oct 12, 2021

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