The Trump administration won't renew the Medicaid waiver that runs Arkansas's private option, citing authority from the 2025 budget bill. Every Arkansas Republican in Congress voted for that bill.
ACA marketplace enrollment in Michigan fell 27% in a single year after the premium tax credits lapsed, and the Medicaid cuts haven't even started yet. All three of these congressmen voted against restoring the credits, and for the law that schedules the rest.
The ten largest drug companies took in $24 billion more than last year and handed $63 billion to shareholders. Meanwhile 60% of American adults say they're struggling with or worried about affording their prescriptions — the highest share since 2018.
A new CMS rule bars state Medicaid and CHIP plans from covering puberty blockers, hormones and surgery for minors. Kids already on hormone therapy get up to six months. Puberty blockers get nothing.
New federal rules from Trump's budget bill will add about 100,000 people to Georgia Pathways. State officials say Georgia 'does not have the financial capacity' to cover them and are asking Washington for a bailout.
The Trump administration rejected Arkansas's request to renew ARHOME, the program insuring more than 200,000 low-income Arkansans. Cotton voted for the law behind the rejection, then called Medicaid important.
A 2002 Ohio law Husted cosponsored cut the deadline for suing a nursing home in half and barred state inspection reports from the courtroom. He has since taken more than $1 million from the industry.
In 2020 the federal guidance said nursing homes should have a plan to make sure residents can vote. The July 2026 replacement deletes that language and warns staff about breaking voting laws — citing a Texas prosecution in which no improper vote was ever cast.
A Washington Post investigation found lawmakers outsourcing their work to chatbots with almost no oversight. Tuberville uses ChatGPT on policy. Anna Paulina Luna's office shipped an amendment summary with 'Claude responded:' still in it. Mike Flood asked a bot about housing.