State-by-state report by Dems projects millions of people could lose Medicaid coverage

Among them, 3 million would be rural residents and 10 million would be children. Additionally, 1 in 5 seniors could lose Medicaid ... which provides health insurance for retired Americans and ... Read More

Thought inflation was bad? Health insurance premiums are rising even faster

“Insurance premiums have been going up faster than wages over the last 20 years,” said Miranda Dietz, a researcher at the UC Berkeley Labor Center who focuses on health insurance. “Especially in the ... Read More

GOP eyes cuts to growing Medicaid program. MA lawmakers respond

House Republicans drew outcry from MA Democrats after advancing broad budget framework telling committee that oversees Medicaid to find $880B in cuts. Read More

Insurance could become unaffordable for 90% of RIers on state plans. Here's why

Since 2021, thousands of Rhode Islanders have benefited from premium tax credits that have made health insurance more affordable. That may change soon ... Read More

How Medicaid cuts could improve access to care

“Millions could lose health insurance,” warns Newsweek. “Medicaid on the chopping block,” is the CBS News headline ... University poll shows that Americans’ top healthcare priority ... Read More

31 million Americans borrowed money for health care last year: Poll

(The Hill) — More than 31 million ... to pay for health care, a new survey found. Those Americans borrowed about $74 billion, despite most of them have some form of health insurance, the West ... Read More

What Happens If You Don’t Have Health Insurance?

More than 92% of the U.S. population has health insurance, which can keep your medical bills more manageable. But there were still 26 million Americans ... you could be sued and have your wages ... Read More

How major cuts to Medicaid could be ‘catastrophic,’ even for Alaskans with private insurance

If federal funding is substantially reduced, many Alaskans could lose their insurance ... for health care services in Alaska last year, and the state paid just 24% of that, or $634 million. Read More

State-by-state report by Dems projects millions could lose Medicaid coverage

WASHINGTON— A report released Thursday by Democrats details how many people in each state would lose access to Medicaid if Republicans in Congress were to cut the program by one-third— a scenario some ... Read More