In Texas, Medicaid covers a third of all children, half of all pregnant women, the elderly in long-term care, and the disabled. Critics say new requirements in the bill will disrupt lives, while ...

When President Trump signed a law adding work requirements for some Medicaid recipients, he may have undercut lawmakers in at least 14 states who were designing their own plans, according to health ...

As Washington debates billions in Rural Health Transformation funding, a quieter operational crisis is destabilizing rural ...

Texas’ already-strained health care system is bracing for deeper challenges when federal Affordable Care Act and Medicaid cuts go into effect as soon as next year, bringing fears of hospital closures, ...

New Medicaid restrictions could lead to 45,000 missed breast, lung and colorectal cancer screenings in Texas, a new study projects. Next year, new Medicaid requirements passed as part of the One Big ...

Almost all of the pregnant women Dr. Joshua Splinter sees at his rural East Texas practice are on Medicaid. For years, he would treat these patients during pregnancy, deliver their babies and then ...

Medicaid work requirements, under consideration as part of the House Republicans' budget to cut federal spending, are "impossible" to navigate for those using the program, experts said. Part of the ...

Funding for Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare accounted for 41 percent of federal spending in FY 2024. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which is expected to add $3.9 trillion to the federal ...

Medicare and Medicaid are two separate but related government-funded health insurance programs. They were established in 1965 to provide health insurance coverage for individuals who can' ...

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act will cause millions to lose Medicaid health insurance, and, in Texas, thousands to miss cancer screenings, according to a study. BENOIT DOPPAGNE BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty ...