Top US health agency makes $25,000 buyout offer to most of its employees
Most of the 80,000 federal workers responsible for researching diseases, inspecting food and administering Medicare and ...
Staten Islander with autism fears potential Medicaid cuts: ‘What’s going to happen to me?'
Fears about the future of Medicaid have prompted protests on Staten Island following U.S. House passage of a budget ...
If Medicaid cuts include work requirements, people may lose health coverage as a result, research finds
Congress may have to implement Medicaid cuts to reach its budget targets. That could include new work requirements in order to obtain coverage.
How Elon Musk, the world's richest man, has dominated Trump's agenda
Billionaire Elon Musk is at the center of cutting federal spending for Donald Trump, but the president urged him to use a scalpel rather than hatchet.
North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein still concerned about potential cuts to state’s Medicaid in Charlotte visit
Stein and his Health secretary, Dr. Devdutta Sangvai, said the proposal could reduce health care access for more than 3 ...
Meet Amy Gleason, the DOGE administrator who may — or may not — be wielding extraordinary power
Amy Gleason, the acting administrator of the U.S. DOGE Service, isn't a household name. But as Elon Musk’s effort to ...
The Columbian1d
‘The proposed cuts would not spare anyone in’ Washington; Clark County health care providers concerned Medicaid cuts
The local impact of a Republican-led proposal to potentially cut Medicaid remains unclear, as some of Clark County’s largest health care providers are still unsure of the long-term consequences.
Republican Medicaid cuts could shutter rural hospitals, maternity care
Potential Medicaid cuts could devastate America’s teetering rural health-care system and jeopardize Republicans’ political ...
The Lewiston Tribune1d
Here’s how Congress could push Washington lawmakers into extra session
The leader of the Washington state House of Representatives said the quiet part out loud this week: lawmakers should brace for a special session if Congress slashes funding for Medicaid, the health ...
Opinion
The Lewiston Tribune1dOpinion
OPINION: Cuts to Medicaid would hurt Washington's children and poor
More than 1.8 million Washingtonians are enrolled in Medicaid. Such a cut would hit Washington hard, and would hurt Republican areas more heavily than Democratic ones.
DOGE redefines ‘fraud’ to defend cutting federal employees, programs
Outside watchdogs and analysts say Trump and Musk are using overly broad claims of fraud to build political support for their ...
New Jersey Globe1d
D.C. Dispatch: What N.J.’s members of Congress did in Washington this week
All of Congress – well, all of Congress besides those who decided to bail – gathered in the House chamber this week for the ...