Health care advocates and labor unions mobilize against proposed cuts, pressuring swing-district Republicans with protests, ads and town halls.
Medicaid is a lifeline for people with disabilities like Josh Lockwood-Wewer. As GOP lawmakers push for cuts, his mother is taking a stand.
California could face a cascade of troubles if federal funding for health care is slashed.
Russell Vought has long proposed deep cuts to social programs like Head Start and SNAP that benefit lower-income people, who were key to Trump’s election in both red and swing states.
They won status as state employees to get union rights. Now they’re fighting for an election and better jobs.
Federal funds cover more than 60% of California’s low-income health insurance plan. Losing even part of that money could result in cutbacks on care for kids or state tax hikes.
Experts warn that Trump’s return could mean drastic cuts to public assistance programs from Medicaid to food assistance, while low-income voters want Harris to offer more support.
Advocates say outreach is needed to ensure deportation fears do not stop immigrants from applying.
Health care exchange workers say the Biden administration should force their employer to provide good jobs.
After years of contentious battles amid a rural health crisis, the state voted to expand the program.
Ending the pandemic emergency increases burdens for people with long COVID.
In a moment of genuine emergency like the pandemic, any improvement in health care access is welcome.
Immigrant rights advocate Cynthia Buiza explains Gov. Newsom’s historic plan to help immigrants receive health care.
A new program would divert 500,000 Georgians out of the ACA exchange and nudge them into private insurance company offerings.
Trump’s legal assault on Obamacare could mobilize large numbers of Latino voters against him in Florida and Texas.
Even as Trump attacks Medicaid, 2020 might be the year for expansion in North Carolina.
The Senate tax proposal could add over $1.4 trillion to the federal deficit by 2027, and Republicans are already targeting entitlements. Cutting Medicare and Medicaid may change how some people are allowed to die.
Three people tell Capital & Main that the Affordable Care Act repeal and proposed cuts to Medicaid will decimate their finances and their quality of life. BY LARRY BUHL
Under the American Health Care Act passed by the U.S. House of Representatives last week, California’s half million in-home care recipients, who include the elderly, the blind and the disabled, could be facing big cuts in services.
Whatever aspirins are prescribed by the Senate, as it prepares its version of the American Health Care Act, they may not make Americans’ health-care headaches go away.