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When evidence and policy don’t align: Medicaid cuts and a failed cancer test
In this week’s issue, the federal government is finding new ways to cut the programs that keep the sickest and poorest Americans alive, while a celebrated cancer screening test marketed to healthiest and wealthiest just failed its first big trial.
Florida Looks to Add Work Requirements Even Without Expanding Medicaid
In states that have long refused to expand Medicaid to more low-income adults, people in the program aren’t subject to new rules under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act requiring them to prove they’re working in order to get and keep coverage. That’s not stopping Florida lawmakers from trying to adopt Medicaid work requirements anyway.

Trump Administration Widens Anti-Fraud Efforts With Medicaid Probe in NY
President Donald Trump’s administration is expanding its crackdown on state Medicaid programs to New York, launching a fraud probe in the state a week after it said it was freezing nearly $260 million in Medicaid funding in Minnesota over similar accusations.

States Will Have To Spend Millions to Comply With New Medicaid Requirements
Across the nation, states face an immense task and high costs to prepare for the Jan. 1 kickoff of new Medicaid eligibility mandates affecting millions of lower-income adults in the government-funded health care program.

For Those Who Help The Poor, 2025 Goes Down As A Year Of Chaos
LOGAN, Ohio – Before dawn, in a cold, blustery drizzle, a line forms outside a small, squat building on an open stretch of road on the outskirts of town. “My heater quit working in my car,” Scott Skinner says good-naturedly to the next man in line. “Man, what kinda luck am I having.” The building is called “The Market” because it has a food pantry, but Skinner and the others are here to sign up for heating assistance. He’s been calling for a month to get an appointment with no luck, so he showed up an hour ago to snag […]

Medicaid Plans Step Up Outreach Efforts Ahead of Coming Changes

Americans Are Buckling Under Medical Bills And It Could Get Worse
“Charities that help people cover their medical bills say they’re seeing an alarming increase in requests for help.

When Medicaid Cuts Hit, Urban Hospitals Could Be Hit Hardest

A North Carolina Medicaid Program Worked on Every Level—And Got Killed
“In early 2023, Rebecca Smith was two months sober and looking for help. Her addiction to methamphetamines had cost her custody of her children, and she’d moved back home to Graham County, North Carolina, to rebuild her life. High cholesterol and heart problems ran in her family, and during her struggle with addiction she had been diagnosed with diabetes. She knew that staying sober would require taking better care of herself.

