A brief history of Medicaid and America's long struggle to establish a health care safety net
As a historian of social policy, I recently led a team that produced the first comprehensive historical overview of Medi-Cal, California's statewide Medicaid system. Like the broader Medicaid program, ...
Sierra Nevada Ally4d
Ally Audio: What is Medicaid and what does it do for Nevada?
Scott King is an award-winning reporter, multimedia producer, videographer and strategist who leads Sierra Nevada Ally’s outreach efforts with communities and individuals, and oversees operations to ...
Modern Healthcare22d
What is Medicaid waste, fraud and abuse? Depends who you ask
Republican leaders have promised to cut spending by targeting waste, fraud and abuse in Medicaid while sparing beneficiaries, but experts differ on whether they can come anywhere near their goals ...
The New York Times23d
Cutting Medicaid?
How Republicans could change the program. By Margot Sanger-Katz I cover health care. Republican leaders in Congress have directed the committee that oversees Medicaid to cut $880 billion from the ...
CNN26d
House Republicans could face a major obstacle if they cut Medicaid: Their own districts’ health needs
The House Republican drive to significantly reduce federal spending on medical care has placed the party on a collision course with the health needs of its own constituents. The House GOP is ...
The New York Times26d
Republican Voters Support Medicaid but Want Work Requirements, Poll Finds
More than 60 percent of all voters — and 47 percent of Democrats — supported a work requirement for Medicaid, the country’s largest health insurance program. By Sarah Kliff As Congressional ...