Medicaid
President Trump Doubles Down on Pledge to “Not Touch” Social Security
Speaking yesterday on Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures program, President Trump reiterated his promise that Social Security and Medicare will not be touched except by efforts to expose and remove incidents of fraud, waste, and abuse in the systems. A…
A Medicaid Per Capita Cap
There are several options under consideration in Congress to significantly reduce Medicaid spending to help pay for tax cuts, with the recently passed House budget resolution targeting cuts to Medicaid of up to $880 billion or more over a decade.…
How much does the government spend on health care?
Spending on health programs accounts for a substantial share of federal spending; those programs are targets to achieve overall spending goals in current reconciliation discussions by the current administration. With Medicaid being the main focus of federal spending cuts, the…
10 Things to Know About Medicaid
Medicaid accounts for one-fifth of health care spending, more than half of spending for long-term care, and a large share of state budgets. Medicaid is jointly financed by states and the federal government but administered by states within broad federal…
5 Key Facts about Medicaid Eligibility for Seniors and People with Disabilities
Options under consideration in Congress to reduce Medicaid spending by nearly one-third in future years could have major implications for seniors and people with disabilities. Nearly 1 in 4 Medicaid enrollees are eligible for the program because they are ages…
Medicaid Financing: The Basics
(By Elizabeth Williams, Anna Mudumala, Robin Rudowitz, and Alice Burns for The Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Jan 29, 2025) Medicaid represents nearly $1 out of every $5 spent on health care in the U.S. and is the major source of…
How Does the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Impact Health and Health Care?
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s nominee to be the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and his nomination hearings will spotlight a range of HHS activities but may not touch on the full scope of…
How Medicaid home care programs support caregivers
Generally, Medicare does not cover home care (home and community-based services or HCBS). In 2022, Medicaid paid for two-thirds of home care spending in the United States. Medicaid supports family caregivers with various services such as training, support groups, and…
Decisions Need to be Made on Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare
This article by Juliann Ventura for The Hill explores the possibility of cuts to what he calls “social welfare programs”. Democrats need to be in on the discussion regarding how to save billions of dollars. He suggests we know the…
Thoughts on Meeting Retirement’s Financial and Healthcare Challenges
Nobody said it would be easy, and the closer many soon-to-be retired folks get to the goal line, the larger the challenges seem to loom. With savings levels down and the estimates of wealth required to retire comfortably steadily drifting…