Medicaid, Republican budget proposal
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Congress is proposing significant changes to Medicaid that would reduce government spending on the program by $716 billion. Here is what to know.
The amount of health care cuts and the number of people losing coverage and becoming uninsured are expected to grow as House Republicans make changes in preparation of bringing the bill to the House floor.
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Wednesday called on Congress to halt its effort to cut Medicaid, joining a handful of other Democratic governors to decry the cuts as a giveaway to the ultra-wealthy on the backs of the working poor.
The most extensive research on Medicaid coverage to date found that it reduced the risk of death by 21 percent.
The CMS last month declined to include anti-obesity medications in its Medicare coverage for Part D, a move that Lilly says could interfere with patients getting the appropriate medical care.
Hospital officials told CBS News the closure was driven by the same factors that have closed other rural hospitals: low reimbursement rates.