The U.S. Supreme Court threw out on Monday judicial decisions that favored transgender people in cases from North Carolina, West Virginia, Idaho and Oklahoma, including in legal challenges to state ...

The justices ordered the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, to review its decision that West Virginia’s ...

Tennessee's TennCare program has been a model for containing Medicaid costs through the use of a universal and mandatory managed care program, and the state's definition of "medical necessity" has ...

In fiscal 2023, the most recent year for which detailed financial information is available, Medicaid’s net cost was $894.2 ...

Memphis NAACP branch leaders urged Tennesseans to call their senators and ask them to vote against the spending cuts.

Along with proposed Medicaid cuts, the bill also would implement new work requirements for people ages 55 to 64 who receive assistance from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as ...

Democratic Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser has proposed a budget that would remove 25,000 people from Medicaid.. The budget would update eligibility requirements for Medicaid in D.C. and ...

Medicaid is the single largest payer for mental health services in the United States, playing a critical role in ensuring access to care for millions of adults with mental illness and substance ...

Like most other states, Iowa has a Medicaid “buy-in program,” which allows people with disabilities to join Medicaid even if their incomes are a bit higher than would typically be permitted.

As politicians demand that more Medicaid recipients work, many people with disabilities say their state programs’ income and asset caps force them to limit their work hours or turn down promotions.

Iowa's current asset cap for a single person in the Medicaid buy-in plan is $12,000. For a couple, that cap rises only to $13,000. Countable assets include investments, bank accounts, and other ...