This week, a disabled young woman moved out of a hospital to her own apartment. The Trump Administration celebrated its role in this. Even though it’s ending the federal program that made it possible.
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How the GOP spending bill now before the Senate would impact Medicaid
NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with Adrianna McIntyre, assistant professor of health policy and politics at Harvard, about how the GOP spending bill before the Senate would impact Medicaid.
Why a GOP senator says the budget bill breaks Trump’s promise
The massive budget bill that Senate Republicans are debating pays for some of its tax cuts by slashing hundreds of billions of dollars in Medicaid spending. The latest report from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office estimates nearly 12 million people will lose health insurance if the Senate version of the bill becomes law.
Trump insists the cuts come from eliminating waste, fraud and abuse. Democrats have said they break Trump’s promise not to touch Medicaid — and over the weekend, Republican Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina agreed. “What do I tell 663,000 people in two years or three years when President Trump breaks his promise by pushing them off of Medicaid because the funding’s not there anymore?”
We asked Sarah Jane Tribble, the chief rural correspondent for KFF Health News, what the cuts will mean for rural residents of states like North Carolina — and the hospitals that serve them.
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How Medicaid cuts could impact rural hospitals
NPR’s Juana Summers talks with Sarah Jane Tribble, chief rural correspondent for KFF Health News, about how the Reconciliation Bill’s cuts to Medicaid could impact rural hospitals.
Supreme Court upholds key Obamacare measure on preventive care
Siding with the government on Friday, the court upheld the Affordable Care Act, allowing the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force to continue determining which services will be available free of cost to Americans covered by the Affordable Care Act.
Autism rates have exploded. Could the definition be partly to blame?
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has spent years spreading doubt about the safety of vaccines and linking them to autism.
Dozens of studies have debunked the theory, but it has nevertheless persisted for years. Part of the reason why may be that autism diagnoses have soared over the last few decades.
Dr. Allen Frances is psychiatrist who led the task force that created the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, which expanded the definition of Autism. Frances says that expanded definition played a role in the increase.
Rates of autism have exploded in recent decades. Could the clinical definition of autism itself be partly to blame?
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Medicaid changes don’t meet Senate rules in ‘big, beautiful bill’ says parliamentarian
The nonpartisan Senate official whose office determines if legislation fits within the rules of the chamber dealt Senate Republicans a blow on proposed changes to Medicaid.
Supreme Court upholds South Carolina’s ban on Medicaid funds for Planned Parenthood
The Supreme Court allowed South Carolina to remove Planned Parenthood clinics from its state Medicaid program, even though Medicaid funds cannot generally be used to fund abortions.
Is this a medical marvel or horror movie? You tell me.
Adriana Smith’s pregnancy became an ethical and legal quandary. After being declared brain dead, a Georgia hospital kept her on life support without her family’s consent because of the state’s abortion laws. Now that the baby has been delivered and Smi…
Purdue Pharma, Sacklers reach new $7.4 billion opioid settlement
A new $7.4 billion opioid settlement for Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family has been approved by all U.S. states and territories
