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Work requirements for Medicaid recipients, food assistance cuts and other measures in the budget passed by the U.S.
Older adults and low-income people will have a tougher time accessing food assistance and healthcare services under the House Republicans’ tax bill that will now likely face changes in the Senate.
Congress is pressing to pass President Donald Trump's legislative agenda bill ahead of Memorial Day, though some Republicans have objected to portions of it. The budget reconciliation bill, called the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act,
The bill, which Republicans will be working to pass over the next several weeks, is the centerpiece of Trump's legislative agenda.
As late-night negotiations on the House Republicans’ budget reconciliation bill pushed an expected vote to Thursday, long-term care providers are hoping for some kind of Hail Mary.
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Republicans in the House are now attempting to enact his vision. Hardliners in fact want deeper and faster cuts to Medicaid and other social programs. Whatever finally makes it through the House then has to pass the Senate, where there are stricter rules about what can or cannot be included in a budget reconciliation bill.
South Carolina Medicaid approved GLP-1s to treat obesity, placing it among the few state programs covering the drugs. But access remains limited.
At the D.C. rally, people stood in the rain holding signs that said, “Who wants long ER wait times?” and “Protect health centers, Protect communities.”
President Donald Trump moved Tuesday to end the quarrelling among various GOP factions and move his domestic-policy megabill toward passage, telling House Republicans behind closed doors that they need to unite immediately behind the “big, beautiful bill” their leaders have assembled.
Millions of Americans could lose Medicaid coverage because of cutbacks, but experts warn of the legislation's complexity.