Trimming Medicaid would be hard, despite GOP lawmakers' goal
Efforts by Republicans in Congress to make steep spending cuts have stirred widespread concerns that the federal government ...
Medicaid insures 1 in 5 Americans. This is how the GOP budget could impact coverage.
The House's budget resolution seeks $2 trillion in federal savings. If the Senate adopts the resolution, lawmaker could ...
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Callous Medicaid cuts by GOP would mean health care doom for millions
What are Republicans thinking by supporting a proposal to strip health care from millions of vulnerable people, including potentially 770,000 in Illinois?
Republicans once maligned Medicaid. Now some see a program too big to touch
There's a mid-March deadline to avoid a partial government shutdown, and hesitation is surfacing among congressional ...
GOP lawmakers commit to big spending cuts, putting Medicaid under a spotlight – but trimming the low-income health insurance program would be hard
Efforts by Republicans in Congress to make steep spending cuts have stirred widespread concerns that the federal government ...
New House Democratic PAC ads target vulnerable GOP over Medicaid
House Majority Forward PAC released 23 ads targeting districts deemed competitive in the 2026 midterm elections when historically, the House flips to the opposing party.
Dems hit Medicaid, Elon Musk fears in expensive campaign targeting 23 House Republicans
Democrats are preparing to use Elon Musk and Medicaid as two lightening rods in the 2026 midterms, a new ad campaign suggests.
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Comment: Medicaid cuts would hurt millions; and Republicans
Republicans are taking a huge political gamble as they try to find money for tax cuts by threatening to slash Medicaid. As Congress has learned repeatedly, most recently in 2018, when the party in ...
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Dems run ads against GOP lawmakers over Medicaid cut proposals
A Democratic political action committee seeks to pressure swing district Republicans to oppose $880 billion in Medicaid cuts Congress is considering.
Democrats split on how to handle Trump’s joint address to Congress
Multiple Democratic lawmakers confirmed to the Washington Examiner that leaders did not issue specific guidance on whether ...
Hundreds vent to Gary lawmakers at town hall
About 300 people packed into a Saturday town hall meeting in Gary with state Democratic lawmakers to voice concerns over ...
Looming shutdown deadline presents minefield for Speaker Johnson
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is facing a political minefield as he seeks to avoid a government shutdown in just 10 days, with ...