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Gov. JB Pritzker warns of Medicaid cuts, pushes White House to release $1.88 billion in funds
Pritzker traveled to Washington Tuesday to further sound the alarm on a pending GOP budget cut to Medicaid that will strip ...
What Can House Republicans Cut Instead of Medicaid? Not Much.
In theory, the budget, which kicks off the process of passing an extension of tax cuts enacted in 2017 and up to $2 trillion ...
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DOGE didn’t ‘discover’ $2.7 trillion in improper payments in Medicare and Medicaid overseas
The nonpartisan US Government Accountability Office did, in March 2024, and the estimate includes all federal agencies since 2003 ...
Mike Johnson’s prize for victory on Trump’s budget? A fight over Medicaid
House Republicans go to war with math as they try to save hundreds of billions of dollars without scaling back critical ...
Musk isn’t DOGE’s chief. Who is Amy Gleason?
Gleason is a former health-care executive and nurse who worked for the U.S. Digital Service, DOGE’s predecessor, and has ...
Pritzker warns of Medicaid cuts, pushes White House to release $1.88B in funds
The governor traveled to Washington Tuesday to push for the release of frozen federal funds to Illinois and to warn of ...
Donald Trump Adviser Hints at Medicaid Cuts
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said the president "has made it clear" that Medicaid will be "safe for all people who deserve it." ...
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Florida GOP Chair Slams U.S. Congressman Who Says “I Am Opposed To Cutting Medicare for 100,000 People”
U.S. Representative Maxwell Frost (D-FL) is engaged in a heated exchange on X with Florida GOP Chair Evan Power in the aftermath of a rancorous congressional session that made headlines when the comb ...