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July 17, 2025
A newly revealed agreement gives ICE access to the personal data of 79 million Medicaid enrollees, raising alarm over privacy…
Hakeem Jeffries, theGrio.com
July 3, 2025
"Shame on the people who've decided to launch that kind of all-out assault on the health and the well-being of…
Wes Moore, Donald Trump, theGrio.com
July 1, 2025
"If you are a multi-millionaire, congratulations, because this bill is for you," said the Maryland governor and rising Democratic Party…
William Barber, theGrio.com
June 3, 2025
"This is a big, ugly, deadly, destructive bill," Barber told theGrio a couple of hours after being released from police…
Hakeem Jeffries, theGrio.com
June 2, 2025
The "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," which includes Trump's tax and spending cuts, would require at least $600 million in…
Medicaid, Congress, theGrio.com
May 21, 2025
The "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" extends Trump's 2017 tax cuts and make spending cuts to Medicaid and SNAP totaling…
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May 19, 2025
In a narrow Sunday night vote, Republicans move Trump’s tax cuts forward but face deep internal rifts over Medicaid.
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May 16, 2025
Opponents say the tax and budget bill will only make the rich wealthier and stifle Black communities in the long…
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May 13, 2025
the package is touching off the biggest political debate over taxes, spending and the nation's priorities in nearly a decade.
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January 22, 2025
Drug pricing experts are not sure why rolling back drug pricing initiatives would be a day one priority for President…
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December 5, 2024
Should the GOP reduce extra federal Medicaid funding, more than 3 million adults in nine states would be at immediate…
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November 27, 2024
if approved by President-elect Donald Trump, a Biden administration proposal would require Medicare and Medicaid to cover weight-loss drugs for…
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August 8, 2024
Of the 10 states that haven’t expanded Medicaid, seven are in the South. Advocates say opposition is largely driven by…
July 2, 2024
Blacks and Hispanics were two times as likely as their white peers to lose Medicaid because they couldn't complete the…
March 17, 2024
The federal government requires every state to recover money from the assets of dead people who relied on Medicaid.
Medicaid, hospitalizations, theGrio.com
January 30, 2024
Researchers found the most common issues that faced Black people for preventable hospitalizations were heart failure, diabetes and COPD.
June 20, 2023
More than 1 million people have been dropped from Medicaid in the past couple months as some states moved swiftly…
April 30, 2023
More than a half million of the poorest Americans could be left without health insurance under legislation passed by House Republicans.
March 19, 2023
Millions of people will enter unfamiliar territory in the health insurance marketplace when they lose Medicaid coverage in the coming…
NursingHomeMedicaidNeedsAllowance, theGrio.com
March 15, 2023
Medicaid's personal needs allowance is meant to pay for anything not provided by the home, from a phone to clothes…