Recent proposals from Republican congressional leaders and conservative think tanks would cut Medicaid by taking coverage away from people who don’t meet unnecessary and burdensome work requirements. ...

About 1.4 million Americans live in nursing homes, but how do they pay for it? The majority—nearly two-thirds of all nursing home residents—rely on Medicaid to foot the bill. But getting approved for ...

Liberal advocacy groups are ramping up efforts to protect the Medicaid program from potential cuts by Republican lawmakers and the new Trump administration. The Democratic group Protect Our Care ...

Liberal lawmakers and advocates are moving to shield the Medicaid program from potential cuts under the Trump administration, pledging to resist major changes to the safety-net health program that ...

Steve Frazier, right, an AARP Tax-Aide volunteer, looks over a person's taxes on Feb. 22, 2022, in Hermiston. This year’s free tax preparation program begins in February and continues on ...

Ohio is the seventh most populous U.S. state, with a 2023 population of 11,785,935, according to U.S. Census data. This is an increase from 11,759,697 in 2022 and 11,765,227 in 2021, but still ...

Vivek Ramaswamy, the co-chair of President-elect Trump’s new “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE), plans to run for governor of Ohio, two sources confirmed to The Hill on Friday.

Republicans in Congress have begun discussing possible changes to Medicaid — the public health insurance program for low-income and disabled Americans that covers 80 million people. Those ...

After enhanced federal funding for Medicaid was ended following the pandemic, 9-year-old Landon Booth of Orlando, Fla., who has leukemia, was kicked off the program. Last fall, South Dakota voters ...

The overarching theme of the policy outline is to significantly scale back federal spending, including on Medicare, Medicaid and Affordable Care Act of 2010 programs such as the exchanges and the ...

Proposed Medicaid work requirements mean more than 61,000 Ohioans could potentially lose their health insurance, if the incoming Trump administration allows Ohio Republican state leaders to ...

At least 61,000 Ohioans could lose Medicaid benefits if President-elect Donald Trump's team approves Ohio's request to add a work requirement for the public health insurance, according to state ...