New rules would restrict access to the low-income health insurance program, punish states covering undocumented children, and shift costs to states.

Medicaid has become a key hot button topic in the sweeping tax and spending cuts bill that House Republicans are scrambling to pass as soon as this week.

Lashing out at Republicans for proposing to “rip away” Medicaid and SNAP benefits from Pennsylvanians, Gov. Josh Shapiro said Friday that the commonwealth would be unable to replace lost funding for those programs should President Donald Trump‘s so-called big,

Across Illinois, about 70% of days spent in nursing home care are covered by Medicaid, making it the largest insurance payer for this type of coverage, according to state officials. Advocates worry the proposed cuts will reduce the type of care low-income seniors and those living with

“Significant cuts to the Medicaid program will directly affect Kansans across the state, regardless of their political views. These cuts would be particularly detrimental to our rural hospitals and providers,” Kelly said in a letter to Kansas congressional members.

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A GOP proposal unveiled this week would require many enrollees to prove they are working, volunteering, or studying, and to shoulder more of the costs of their care.

One provision strips all Medicaid and CHIP funding for gender-affirming care, including puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and surgeries, for trans people of any age. Another provision bans coverage for these services under the Affordable Care Act by excluding them from the definition of "essential health benefits."

House Republicans plan to enact work requirements and more frequent eligibility checks for Medicaid. But the proposal does not pursue some of the deeper cuts that lawmakers had considered.

Republicans have set a self-imposed July 4 deadline to pass the legislation in both chambers and send it to Trump’s desk.