RFK, HHS and Congress
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The Congressional Budget Office reviewed the leading proposals from Republicans who are trying to cut the costs of a program that serves roughly 72 million poor and disabled Americans.
A broad coalition of addiction experts wants Congress to maintain healthcare funding for the nation's response to fentanyl and other street drugs.
In 2023, the Congressional Budget Office estimated a Medicaid work requirement would save $109 billion in federal spending over a decade. A recent survey by the health policy nonprofit KFF found ...
according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). In a brief letter to Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.), the CBO said the committee’s reconciliation recommendations ...
Republicans push deep Medicaid cuts in late-night sessions as disabled protesters are arrested, and millions face the loss of life-saving coverage. At the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, over two dozen protesters were arrested during a dramatic demonstration against Republican plans to slash Medicaid funding.
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Republicans are scrambling to find creative ways to fulfill budget cuts they voted on without gutting Medicaid.
The so-called "X-date" marks when the government could run out of borrowing power and face an unprecedented default without action from Congress to address the debt limit.
W.Va., and Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., reintroduced the Access to Prescription Digital Therapeutics (PDT) Act on Thursday to expand access to software-based t | Advocates are leaning on MAHA and international economic data to pass the bill.
A coalition representing more than 150 Michigan-based health care providers, advocates, educators and community organizations urged Michigan’s congressional delegation Tuesday to vote against Medicaid cuts proposed by the U.
The government spent $342 billion more in the fiscal year that began Oct. 1 than it did in the same period during the previous fiscal year, the Congressional Budget Office, lawmakers ...
Colorado’s delegation is split on the proposals, which include expanding work requirements or shifting more costs to the states.