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Trump's Hunt For Undocumented Medicaid Enrollees Yields Few Violators
Last August, the Trump administration sent states the names of hundreds of thousands of Medicaid enrollees with orders to determine whether they were ineligible based on immigration status. But seven months later, findings from five states shared with KFF Health News show that the reviews have uncovered little evidence of a widespread problem.
States Pay Consultants Millions to Help Comply With New Medicaid Laws
States are paying contractors such as Deloitte, Accenture, and Optum millions of dollars to help them comply with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act — a law that will strip safety-net health and food benefits from millions.
How Last Year's Budget Bill Could Impact People Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid
Historically, when states face budget shortfalls, they find savings by cutting Medicaid benefits that are optional under federal law. Many of these optional benefits are those that people dually eligible rely on because Medicare does not cover them – including at-home care through home and community-based services (HCBS), dental, vision, and hearing.
Millions Could Lose Medicaid Coverage Due to New Rules
Between 4.9 and 10.1 million people could lose Medicaid coverage in 2028 as the result of new work requirements and more frequent eligibility checks.
Oz Escalates Medicaid Fraud Claims Against States After Focus on Minnesota
The Trump administration has signaled a willingness to halt billions of dollars in federal health payments to multiple states, mirroring moves they made against Minnesota.
President Trump Launches Anti-Fraud Task Force to be Led by Vice President Vance
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday launching a national task force led by Vice President JD Vance aimed at proving Trump's claims that federal funds intended for social-welfare programs are being stolen in some states.
When evidence and policy don’t align: Medicaid cuts and a failed cancer test
In this week’s issue, the federal government is finding new ways to cut the programs that keep the sickest and poorest Americans alive, while a celebrated cancer screening test marketed to healthiest and wealthiest just failed its first big trial.
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Florida Looks to Add Work Requirements Even Without Expanding Medicaid
In states that have long refused to expand Medicaid to more low-income adults, people in the program aren’t subject to new rules under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act requiring them to prove they’re working in order to get and keep coverage. That’s not stopping Florida lawmakers from trying to adopt Medicaid work requirements anyway.
Trump Administration Widens Anti-Fraud Efforts With Medicaid Probe in NY
President Donald Trump’s administration is expanding its crackdown on state Medicaid programs to New York, launching a fraud probe in the state a week after it said it was freezing nearly $260 million in Medicaid funding in Minnesota over similar accusations.
