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GOP must cut Medicaid now. Or risk debt crisis and devastating cuts later. | Opinion
President Donald Trump promises to balance the budget without touching Medicaid. But keeping both promises is impossible.
Wildfire smoke exposure is harming pregnant patients who have limited access to health care: Study
The U.S. health care system is ill-prepared to treat pregnant patients and their infants who have endured the impacts of ...
How would New Jersey's candidates for governor preserve access to Medicaid, health care?
We asked the candidates running for New Jersey governor to share their plans to preserve Medicaid funding and health care ...
Access Health: NCQA President: Quality Systems Manage This "Like Crazy"
Margaret "Peggy" O'Kane is the founder and president of the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). She started the ...
FDA limits access to COVID-19 vaccine to older adults and other high-risk groups – a public health expert explains the new rules
On May 20, 2025, the Food and Drug Administration announced a new stance on who should receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The ...
FDA limits access to COVID-19 vaccine to older adults and other high-risk groups
On May 20, 2025, the Food and Drug Administration announced a new stance on who should receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
‘Everyone should be alarmed’: Older adults at high risk under Medicaid cuts, experts say
This is a critical time in the fight to protect health care access and affordability for everyone.” That’s what Healthy Wyoming Interim Executive Director Jenn Lowe said during a webinar Thursday ...
NH health care advocates warn about risks to rural area if Medicaid cuts are approved
A New Hampshire organization that advocates for health care access is raising concerns about the potential impact of proposed Medicaid cuts.
Climate change raises risk to maternal health and birth outcomes in India
Extreme heat, driven by climate change, poses an increasing threat to maternal health and birth outcomes in India and other developing countries due to limited ...
Who Could Be Losing Medicaid Access? What to Know About Proposed Cuts
Millions of Americans could lose their Medicaid coverage under Republican plans to vastly cut federal spending. Lawmakers on ...
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Continuing the Fight to Protect Medicaid and Access to 24/7 Hospital Care for Patients and Communities
Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Agriculture — after long debates and discussions this week advanced their portions ...