California
California feared pandemic would overwhelm Medicaid, but that hasn’t happened. Why?
“It’s a mystery,” says one expert. Some 2 million Californians were projected to join Medi-Cal, the state’s insurance program for low-income people.
World & Nation
In a snub to Trump, Obama’s Medicaid expansion keeps gaining ground
President Trump still wants to overturn Obamacare, but his predecessor’s healthcare law keeps gaining ground in places where it was once unwelcome.
Politics
Missouri becomes the 38th state to approve Medicaid expansion to more low-income adults
Voters on Tuesday made Missouri the 38th state to approve expanding Medicaid healthcare coverage to thousands more low-income adults.
Business
Column: Amid pandemic and peak unemployment, Trump still pushing Medicaid work requirement
President Trump ignores the COVID-19 pandemic and record unemployment to push work requirements for Medicaid recipients.
Trump administration skimps on coronavirus aid for Medicaid providers
Medicaid and other parts of the healthcare safety net get left behind in the Trump administration’s plans for distributing aid to battle the coronavirus.
Column: How the coronavirus crisis is saving Medicaid from Trump
The coronavirus crisis has stopped Trump’s attack on Medicaid in its tracks
Hiltzik: Trump loses in court again on work rules for Medicaid
A federal appeals court rejects Trump’s work rules for Medicaid
Appeals court rejects Arkansas plan imposing work requirements for Medicaid
Appeals court rejects bid to impose work requirements on Medicaid recipients in a blow to Trump administration’s effort to reshape healthcare policy.
Hiltzik: Trump’s budget proposal shreds Social Security and Medicaid benefits
Trump’s latest budget proposal shreds the federal safety net beyond all recognition
Trump plan would reshape Medicaid with block grants
Trump administration moves to reshape the Medicaid healthcare safety net. The move will hurt poor adults, critics say.
