Politics Today News Republicans Fear Political Cost Of Medicaid Cuts

GOP lawmaker says health care bill will help fix rising costs

U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks is the lead sponsor on a GOP bill aimed at making health care more affordable, without extending ACA subsidies. Read More

North Carolina Gov. Stein cancels Medicaid rate cuts amid legal and legislative battles

North Carolina Democratic Gov. Josh Stein is canceling Medicaid rate cuts he initiated more than two months ago. Read More

Democratic lawmakers push NC Republicans on Medicaid. GOP says Dems are politicizing the issue

Nearly every Democratic state lawmaker in North Carolina traveled to Raleigh on Monday even though there were no votes to be held, nor any other major business on the legislative calendar. Rather, ... Read More

NC Medicaid fight: Cuts could affect millions, with no end in sight

Rising health care costs and increased enrollment have left the state’s Medicaid program with a gaping funding gap. But lawmakers can’t agree on a bill that would fill it, and they plan to ignore ... Read More

GOP rejects Stein’s call for Medicaid session, calling it attempt to ‘usurp’ power

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Stein called an extra legislative session for Medicaid funding on Nov. 17. Republican leaders refuse, citing constitutional authority ... Read More

Colorado families fear proposed Medicaid cuts could limit care for children with disabilities

Some Colorado lawmakers say Gov. Jared Polis is creating a health care crisis with his plan to limit Medicaid growth. In the governor's budget proposal for next year, Medicaid funding would need to ... Read More

Retirements signal GOP lawmakers delivered for Trump, but not themselves

Congress returned from its Thanksgiving break to a markedly different world from the one of even just a few weeks ago, when lawmakers passed the current stopgap spending bill that runs until Jan. 21. Read More