Budget Bill: Takes away billions of dollars from Medicare and Medicaid
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Medicaid cuts: Impact on nursing home care
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Dementia Policy Project: Impact of Medicaid Cuts on families coping with dementia
We help people with different types of dementia and their caregivers understand how government decisions affect their care, support, and daily lives using plain language. Our mission is to give families the knowledge and tools they need to stay informed and to take action. House approves Budget Bill: Takes away
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Cuts to Medicare and Medicaid funding are paying for the tax cuts in the budget
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How much will Trump’s tax bill save you? Gains could vary by income.
The GOP tax bill could boost the highest-earning Americans’ incomes while hurting low earners, according to findings from nonpartisan research groups.
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Broken Promises: Republicans’ Budget Reconciliation Bill Would Cut Medicare - Justice in Aging
The OBBBA takes direct aim at Medicare, gutting eligibility and restricting access to benefits, while also cutting Medicaid in ways that would harm people who are dually eligible for both programs. For low-income older adults and people with disabilities, the health and economic ramifications of these cuts would be devastating.
Katrina Cohens
Modern Medicaid Alliance Opposes Medicaid Policies in House Reconciliation Bill - Modern Medicaid Alliance
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Modern Medicaid Alliance (MMA) sent a letter to House leaders expressing strong opposition to the policies in the current reconciliation bill that would cut upwards of $700 billion from the Medicaid program and impose arbitrary, bureaucratic barriers that will result in unprecedented coverage loss for millions of Americans across every […]
Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ will lead to Medicare cuts: CBO
The House GOP’s “big, beautiful bill” will add so much money to the debt it will force across-the-board spending cuts to Medicare, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CB…
Ian Swanson
New Medicaid work requirements “impossible” for people to navigate
Millions of Americans could lose Medicaid coverage because of cutbacks, but experts warn of the legislation’s complexity.
Jasmine Laws