The reversal aligns with Biden’s promise to make health care accessible for all Americans.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said the move is an attempt ‘to score cheap political points.’

Sen. Graham is attempting to rewrite history on Obama’s Affordable Care Act.

The ‘public charge’ test can once again be used to deny immigrants visas or green cards if they receive public assistance — even during a pandemic.

If present trends continue, experts say, it’s only a matter of time until all states expand the health program.

Also: Racism is recognized as a public health crisis in Michigan, and residents of Nevada will have an easier time voting in November.

Also: Oklahoma expands Medicaid and Congress unveils an ambitious climate proposal.

For a decade, Republican lawmakers in Oklahoma refused to expand Medicaid coverage to more Oklahomans. Then voters stepped in.

Despite the pandemic and high unemployment, Republicans in Kansas ended this year’s legislative session by blocking Medicaid expansion.

Gov. Mike Parson ignored the advice of the Missouri State Medical Association, which called for stay-at-home orders to stop the spread of the virus.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants Donald Trump and Republicans to expand Medicaid during COVID-19 pandemic, not take health care away from millions of Americans.

Medicaid expansion is a ‘shovel-ready program for investing in the health care of the rural community,’ Brock Slabach of the National Rural Hospital Association said.

Ten days after vowing that he would ‘be cutting’ entitlement programs, Donald Trump called it a lie to suggest he ever would.

Also this week, Tennessee deported a Nazi, and gun safety advocates won a victory at the Supreme Court.

Less than 24 hours later, he said the complete opposite.

Health care coverage is on hold as Republican legislators fight over an unrelated constitutional amendment to repeal abortion rights.

For every tweet about Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security, Donald Trump sends 100 about Democrats.

The proposal would also fail to eliminate the deficit over 10 years.

House Democrats condemned the administration’s ‘illegal actions’ to give block grants to states.

A Missouri hospital just became the 87th rural hospital to shut down in a state that did not expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.

A newly proposed rule could lead to cuts of up to $49 billion a year in total Medicaid spending.

Rather than acknowledge the Trump administration’s announced cuts, Pence changed the subject to his time as governor of Indiana.

The administration is renaming its efforts to cut Medicaid as ‘Healthy Adult Opportunity’ grants.

Immigrants, who make up just a small portion of those receiving benefits, will no longer be granted permanent residence if they use Medicaid, food stamps, or housing vouchers.

Trump also suggested Democrats were the ones hoping to slash crucial safety net programs.

Trump appears to be walking back prior promises not to cut social safety net programs like Medicare and Medicaid.

Virginia welcomes its first woman speaker of the House of Delegates the same week New York legislators pass a bill making it easier to vote, and Kansas worked to expand health care to 150,000 more residents.

A new study finds southern states that expanded Medicaid are helping to prevent health declines among their most vulnerable citizens.

Trump has been criticized for his treatment of the island in the past, particularly his response in the wake of Hurricane Maria.

Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam has put on Virginia’s attempt to impose a work requirement on Medicaid expansion beneficiaries on hold.