End of COVID Public Health Emergency

Beginning April 1, 2023, states will be allowed to terminate Medicaid enrollment for individuals who are no longer eligible for benefits. Under the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE), the federal Medicaid program has required states to maintain enrollment of nearly all Medicaid beneficiaries, as a condition of receiving increased federal funding during...

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Tax Bill Cuts Medicare, Repeals ACA, Threatens Social Security and Medicaid

  Senate leaders are working to ram through a tax bill this week which will greatly increase deficits, triggering $25 billion in Medicare cuts and leading to major cuts in Social Security and Medicaid to pay for the deficit.  The bill would chiefly benefit the highest earners while hurting the middle class, according to the Congressional Budget Office, the Joint Committee on Taxation, and other experts. In addition, the bill would repeal...
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