Medicaid, Republican budget proposal
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House Republicans are pushing to slash at least $1 trillion from two of the nation’s bedrock safety net programs, Medicaid and food stamps, as part of their sweeping package aimed at enacting President Donald Trump’s agenda.
Congress is proposing significant changes to Medicaid that would reduce government spending on the program by $716 billion. Here is what to know.
The most extensive research on Medicaid coverage to date found that it reduced the risk of death by 21 percent.
Hospital officials told CBS News the closure was driven by the same factors that have closed other rural hospitals: low reimbursement rates.
The article describes a report indicating over 300,000 Arizonans could lose health insurance under a GOP bill.