By Mary Stroka (The Center Square) Seventeen attorneys general have filed an amicus brief supporting Florida’s healthcare regulation that denies Medicaid coverage for gender transitioning procedures. They’re supporting Florida’s motion for summary judgment in the lawsuit August Dekker v. Jason Weida in the U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida …
Read More »Biden to Open Up Medicaid, Obamacare to About 700,000 Illegal Immigrants
By Dan McCaleb (The Center Square) About 700,000 foreign nationals in the U.S. illegally will be able to access taxpayer-funded health care under a new program President Joe Biden authorized Thursday. Foreign nationals in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals – or DACA – program will be able to access …
Read More »‘We’re Going Away’: A State’s Choice to Forgo Medicaid Funds Is Killing Hospitals
GREENWOOD, Miss. — Since its opening in a converted wood-frame mansion 117 years ago, Greenwood Leflore Hospital had become a medical hub for this part of Mississippi’s fertile but impoverished Delta, with 208 beds, an intensive-care unit, a string of walk-in clinics and a modern brick-and-glass building. But on a …
Read More »Former Trump Budget Director Is Advising House Republicans To Gut Medicaid
Trump is out of office, but his budget director is advising House Republicans to use the debt ceiling to gut vital programs like Medicaid and food stamps. The Washington Post reported on the agenda of Russ Vought:“I’m tired of this focus on Social Security and Medicare, as if you’re climbing …
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