Medicaid, Trump and Florida Health Justice Project
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The federal budget bill requires people on Medicaid to get recertified for eligibility twice a year. The expectation is that 350,000 will lose their Medicaid coverage in Florida, according to Jonathan Chapman, president and chief executive officer of the Florida Association of Community Health Centers.
According to estimates from Manatt Health, rural hospitals stand to lose $70 billion over the next decade as a result of Trump’s tax cuts and spending legislation. Put it another way: Hospitals are projected to lose 21 cents from every Medicaid dollar received.
Proposed federal Medicaid cuts could significantly impact hundreds of Oklahomans with intellectual and developmental disabilities, according to officials at A New Leaf, a nonprofit based in Owasso.
Medicaid cuts in President Donald Trump's recently passed tax and spending bill could result in a larger gap in funding rural EMS departments already struggle to fill.
Healthcare professionals and elected officials expressed concern Monday around Lake County about the impact of the ‘big beautiful bill” on patients who rely on Medicaid for their medical needs.
The Wilson County Help Center fears the worst is yet to come as the country prepares for cuts to Medicaid and SNAP benefits as part of the "big, beautiful bill" that President Donald Trump signed into law last week.
Officials are warning that millions of Americans could lose their insurance under changes in the law — including 330,000 people in Illinois who could be impacted by changes to Medicaid. However, Republican lawmakers say the changes are aimed at eliminating waste,
The bill calls for cuts to Medicaid and ACA marketplace funding, which could cause more than 10 million Americans to lose health insurance by 2034.