Medicaid

Medicaid Materials

• KFF Health News: People With Disabilities Fear Service Cuts as Trump’s DOJ Questions Legal Protections

  August 03, 2026: Amanda DeSimone-Shabrack relies on a home healthcare aide to help her high-needs autistic 12-year-old son. Virginia’s Medicaid program covers the assistance, enabling her to work as both an education technology specialist and a Read More >

• KFF Health News: Medicaid Insurers’ Contracts on the Line in Tight Governor’s Race

  July 30, 2026: One of America’s most competitive gubernatorial races could settle a heated argument over whether private insurance companies should run Medicaid. The race is in Iowa, whose Medicaid program has been plagued with controversy Read More >

• KFF Health News: Trump’s Personnel Agency Says It Will Remove Some Identifying Info as It Sweeps Up Medical Records

  July 22, 2026: The Trump administration is forging ahead with a controversial plan to collect the medical records of millions of federal workers and retirees, as well as their family members. The Office of Personnel Management said in a notic Read More >

• KFF Health News: Facing Funding Losses, States Call Out Big Businesses With Employees on Medicaid

  July 15, 2026: As the Trump administration’s January deadline looms for states to enforce new Medicaid work requirements, some state lawmakers are turning the tables by pushing to publicly name the largest companies that have employees enrolle Read More >

• KFF Health News: Real Estate Investors Profit From Long-Term Care While Residents Languish

  April 24, 2026: Leslie Adams’ mother, Shirley, died after developing infected bedsores at Lakeview Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, according to a lawsuit he filed. “She had wounds that no one could explain,” he testified. A court awarded Read More >

• KFF Health News: New Federal Medicaid Rules Require One Month of Work. Some States Demand More.

  April 16, 2026: Millions of people who apply for Medicaid in the coming years will have to prove they’ve been working, going to school, or volunteering for at least a month before they can gain or retain health insurance through the government Read More >

• KFF Health News: New Medicaid Work Rules Likely To Hit Middle-Aged Adults Hard

  February 11, 2026: Lori Kelley’s deteriorating vision has made it hard for her to find steady work. The 59-year-old, who lives in Harrisburg, North Carolina, closed her nonprofit circus arts school last year because she could no longer see well Read More >

• KFF Health News: These 3 Policy Moves Are Likely To Change Health Care for Older People

  January 23, 2026: Month after month, Patricia Hunter and other members of the Nursing Home Reform Coalition logged onto video calls with congressional representatives, seeking support for a proposed federal rule setting minimum staff levels for nur Read More >

• KFF Health News: Solving the Home Care Quandary

  January 08, 2026: You’re ready to leave the hospital, but you don’t feel able to care for yourself at home yet. Or, you’ve completed a couple of weeks in rehab. Can you handle your complicated medication regimen, along with shopping and co Read More >

• KFF Health News: One Big Beautiful Bill Act Complicates State Health Care Affordability Efforts

  December 16, 2025: As Congress debates whether to extend the temporary federal subsidies that have helped millions of Americans buy health coverage, a crucial underlying reality is sometimes overlooked: Those subsidies are merely a band-aid covering Read More >