Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will be given access to the personal data of the nation’s 79 million Medicaid enrollees, including home addresses and ethnicities, to track down immigrants who may not be living legally in the United States, according to an agreement obtained by The Associated Press.
As Congress pushes forward Medicaid cuts, hundreds of thousands of Washingtonians poised to lose health care
Overnight, the United States House of Representatives voted to make deep cuts to Medicaid, the federal program that provides medical insurance for low-income individuals, many rural and immigrant communities, and people who have lost their jobs.
With the possible end of many public health programs looming, Murray convenes community health roundtable
Amidst significant uncertainty regarding the future of many public programs, including Medicaid and Head Start, Washington Sen. Patty Murray on Tuesday convened a roundtable of community health experts serving a variety of communities who rely on such programs to survive.
Proposed Medicaid work requirement threatens coverage for AAPI elders, disabled
“I come without answers,” Charissa Fotinos admitted.
Public Health Emergency ends — So does Medicaid automatic re-enrollment
For those with private insurance or Medicare, the end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) on May 11 should pass almost unobserved.