Louisiana鈥檚 Reporting Law Chills Immigrant Medicaid Applications
A year after the measure鈥檚 passage, a state law is keeping immigrants and their children from accessing Medicaid even when they qualify.
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Trump鈥檚 Medicaid Work Rules Force States To Scrap Plans and Rework Systems
Health experts and advocates for low-income people say federal rules implementing President Donald Trump鈥檚 new Medicaid work requirements upend months of work by state governments to prepare the computer systems that determine who鈥檚 eligible for benefits.
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Budget-Strapped Montana Will Stress-Test Trump鈥檚 Medicaid Work Rules
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More Kids Without Coverage
Episode 448When Republicans passed their big budget bill in 2025, they thought the effects of cuts to health programs wouldn鈥檛 show up until after the 2026 midterms. They were wrong. Meanwhile, the party is trumpeting its efforts to lower drug prices. Maya Goldman of Axios, Shefali Luthra of The 19th, and Lauren Weber of The Washington Post join 51视频 Health News鈥 Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner discusses Ebola with 51视频 Health News鈥 C茅line Gounder.
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Montana Hurries To Adopt Trump鈥檚 Medicaid Work Rules Amid Budget Woes
The state is ramping up to implement the federal work requirements six months ahead of the deadline. But Montana is one of several states already struggling to pay for health services.
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Journalists Distill News on Ebola, Licensing Midwives, and California鈥檚 Budget
51视频 Health News journalists made the rounds on national or local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here鈥檚 a collection of their appearances.
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Kids Keep Getting Stuck in Hospitals, Even After Being Cleared for Discharge
Some children are healthy enough to leave the hospital after a medical stay but have no place to go. Across the country, the practice of allowing children to remain hospitalized 鈥渂eyond medical necessity鈥 has become a costly problem, and states have struggled to address the issue.
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Trump Demands Medicaid Data for Deportation. Some States Go a Step Further.
Several states have required their health agencies to take on another job: verifying immigration status among Medicaid recipients and reporting them to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. North Carolina is the latest to pass such a law, and experts expect more to follow.
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Trump Promised Cheaper Drugs. Some Prices Dropped. Many Others Shot Up.
For all of President Donald Trump鈥檚 showmanship, the share of Americans his policies will likely help remains slim, even if some patients do come out ahead.
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That Discount at the Pharmacy Counter May Pack Hidden Costs
The new TrumpRx program relies partly on connecting consumers with discount coupons offered by drugmakers. For insured patients, though, using a coupon can prove dicey.
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Trump鈥檚 Drug Strategy Aims To Bolster Addiction Services 鈥 Despite Gutting of Government Support
The White House鈥檚 strategy for tackling the drug and addiction crisis, released this week, sets lofty public health goals but highlights deep inconsistencies with the administration鈥檚 own funding cuts and other policies.
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HHS鈥 Healthy Food Agenda Puts Hospitals on Notice About Patients鈥 Meals
The backlash was immediate after the Trump administration served notice that hospitals and nursing homes should limit sugary drinks and dietary supplements in favor of what the Department of Health and Human Services terms 鈥渞eal food.鈥
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Gavin Newsom, Early Champion of Single-Payer, Moderates in the Face of Fiscal Limits
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who campaigned on single-payer, has called healthcare a human right. In practice, however, the potential presidential candidate emphasizes safety net services, from expanding coverage to immigrants to constructing behavioral health supports, often for those experiencing homelessness.
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States Rush To Figure Out How To Enforce Trump鈥檚 Medicaid Work Requirements
A 51视频 survey of state Medicaid officials offers insight into lingering uncertainty and differing plans for work requirement implementation as the Jan. 1 deadline approaches.
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Trump鈥檚 Medicaid Work Mandate Debuting in Nebraska to Much Dismay
On May 1, the state will become the first to require people on the government health program to fulfill a work requirement or lose their coverage under a new rule that was a key part of congressional Republicans鈥 One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
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Big Companies Position Themselves for Payday From $50B Federal Rural Health Fund
A $50 billion federal fund is supposed to modernize rural health with electronic health records, AI, telehealth, and more. But community clinics and rural health advocates fear that the contractors administering the money for states will bite off a big chunk before it reaches rural patients.
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Florida Delays Children鈥檚 Health Insurance Expansion as Uninsured Rate Rises
Florida鈥檚 KidCare expansion has been stuck in legal limbo since February 2024. Since then, the number of uninsured children in Florida has risen to 400,000 鈥 one of the highest state tallies.
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The Help That Many Older Americans Need Most
With shortages of medical professionals and an aging population, thousands of community healthcare workers prevent older adults from falling through the cracks.
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Food Stamp Work Rules Don鈥檛 Increase Employment, Researchers Say
Work requirements will encourage people who are able to work to seek and maintain jobs, proponents say. But researchers haven鈥檛 found that they lower the unemployment rate.
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Montana Moves Ahead With Doula Pay but Warns Medicaid Cuts Still May Come
Montana health officials say they鈥檙e seeking to add doula services to the state鈥檚 Medicaid program, reversing a previous statement that they would 鈥渘ot be moving forward鈥 amid a budget shortfall.