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In the waning days of summer, Stacy Staggs should be thinking about how to celebrate the birthday of her twin girls, who turn 13 in September. Instead, the Charlotte mother is anxiously waiting for Congress to return from their August recess to address a growing healthcare crisis

Shannon Hughes had heard that big changes were coming to Medicaid. She just didn’t realize they could affect her

DHS says technology will help identify who meets the rule or qualifies for an exemption. But some cases may still require a “very human kind of workflow.”

Improving population health depends on intentional partnership, aligned priorities, and sustained collaboration between Medicaid and public health leaders. Strong Medicaid and public health partnerships can also help states make more efficient use of taxpayer dollars by aligning investments in prevention, health care delivery, and population health strategies to reduce duplication, improve coordination, and better target…

Wisconsin health leaders worry future work requirements for Medicaid recipients will create both an administrative and ethical burden for doctors and other providers

Transgender young people and their families rallied outside the Supreme Court in May 2023 after an event called the Trans Youth Prom in Washington, DC. Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post

As many as 300,000 low-income Hoosiers could be subject to Indiana’s new Medicaid work requirements, state officials estimated Tuesday

WASHINGTON — The Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday it plans to end federal Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program funding for puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and gender-transition surgeries for children and adolescents

Aug. 11 (UPI) — On Tuesday, the Trump administration finalized rule changes that ban the use of Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program funds for gender identity healthcare for children

President Donald Trump listens to Medicare and Medicaid Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz during an announcement in the Oval Office on October 16, 2025. See all topics