Nunn backed a $1T Medicaid cut and Iowa hospitals are feeling the pain
A medical center in Des Moines laid off 67 employees this month.
By Jesse Valentine - March 11, 2026
A medical center in Des Moines laid off 67 employees this month.
By Jesse Valentine - March 11, 2026
More than 36,000 Alaskans are expected to lose health insurance by 2034.
By Jesse Valentine - March 10, 2026
About 41 million Americans currently receive SNAP benefits.
By Jesse Valentine - May 15, 2025
About 9.9 million receive Medicaid because of a physical or mental disability.
By Jesse Valentine - May 14, 2025
LePage vetoed Medicaid expansion and a minimum wage hike as governor
By Jesse Valentine - May 06, 2025
Ciattarelli said in 2017 that a state government audit would lead to “false savings and phantom revenues.”
By Jesse Valentine - April 30, 2025
The Center for American Progress estimates the proposal could lead to 34,000 additional deaths every year.
By Jesse Valentine - April 24, 2025
Planned Parenthood says they will continue offsetting the costs of seeing patients on Medicaid despite a bill signed into law Thursday
By Anna Spoerre, Missouri Independent - May 09, 2024
'In the state of Pennsylvania, 85% of counties don't have a single doctor providing abortion care,' says nurse practitioner Kara Pravdo.
By Rebekah Sager - September 26, 2023
The Georgia Republican said President Joe Biden wants to pass 'big socialist programs' like Medicare and Medicaid.
By Emily Singer - July 17, 2023
The bill would let state funds be used to pay for health insurance plans that cover state workers and Medicaid recipients seeking abortions.
By Associated Press - May 19, 2023
A case involving an Indiana man who suffered from dementia could have far-reaching consequences.
By TAI Contributor - February 13, 2023
The Senate Republican leader says that the plan is Scott’s, not the Republican Party’s. But Scott is not alone.
By Josh Israel - February 10, 2023
Even after calls for Medicare and Social Security cuts failed to produce their expected 2022 ‘red wave,’ they are still plowing ahead with calls for ‘reforms.’
By Josh Israel - January 12, 2023
Republicans in Congress have a history of using the national debt ceiling as a tool for demanding budget cuts — but only when a Democrat is in the White House.
By Josh Israel - October 11, 2022
Don Bolduc has previously called for massive cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
By Josh Israel - September 23, 2022
The Ohio Republican Senate nominee’s campaign has not said whether J.D. Vance still supports cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.
By Josh Israel - July 07, 2022
Why would Republican lawmakers take issue with a bill that would help protect pregnant people in the workplace?
By Lisa Needham - June 22, 2022
A $20 billion government COVID program that covered testing, treatment and vaccine costs for uninsured people has been shut down.
By Associated Press - May 08, 2022
Florida Sen. Rick Scott’s plan for possible Republican majorities in Congress includes sunsetting all federal laws every five years, including social welfare programs.
By Kaishi Chhabra - May 06, 2022
Even Fox News wasn’t buying the Florida Republican’s claims about his tax plan.
By Josh Israel - March 28, 2022
Americans in the Medicaid gap are risking their lives because they can’t afford health care. President Joe Biden’s agenda may help address that problem.
By Belinda Sherley - March 09, 2022
The program has helped 550,000 Virginians get health insurance — and has saved the state hundreds of millions of dollars.
By Nick Vachon - October 07, 2021
Nursing homes and long-term care facilities house a tiny proportion of the U.S. population, but they’re estimated to account for about three in 10 deaths from COVID-19.
By Associated Press - August 15, 2021
The conservative state is still in crisis when it comes to Black maternal mortality, a new report shows.
By Lisa Needham - July 29, 2021
The Hyde Amendment has taken away the right to choose from an incalculable number of Americans with lower incomes since 1976.
By Josh Israel - July 16, 2021
The governor and state Legislature took an oath to support the Missouri Constitution, but they have decided not to do so.
By Josh Israel - May 13, 2021
‘You only get this kind of mismatch when the legislature is pretty significantly out of step with the average voter.’
By Associated Press - May 03, 2021
Prohibitive costs are blocking people from getting health care, but House Democrats want to change that.
By Lisa Needham - April 01, 2021
Republican governors are still refusing to expand Medicaid for their lowest-income citizens, even with more free money from the federal government.
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