House debates Republican Medicaid, tax proposals and more
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Over 300 rural hospitals had already been identified as being at "immediate risk" of shutting down, regardless of potential cuts.
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Republicans and Democrats grew weary in the early hours of Wednesday morning on Capitol Hill as they slogged through at-times contentious debate over provisions in President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending cuts package.
Deloitte Consulting is taking in tens of millions in tax dollars to build, manage and market Georgia’s Medicaid work requirement program. Yet only 3% of eligible residents have enrolled.
President Donald Trump has repeatedly vowed he wouldn't allow Medicaid to be cut, but House Republicans' bill to fund his agenda aims to cut hundreds of billions of dollars from the program that provides health care for poor, elderly and disabled Americans.
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Three key panels are addressing some of the thorniest issues poised to make or break the Republicans' massive bill for Trump's agenda.
House Republicans have unveiled planned medicaid cuts. Children rely more on Medicaid and CHIP, Older Americans get more from Social Security.
The health cuts would save $715 billion but leave 8.6 million more people without coverage nationwide, the Congressional Budget Office said. How would it affect NC?