What New Government Funding Bill Means for Medicaid, Medicare
Republicans unveiled the new continuing resolution bill this weekend in hopes of avoiding a government shutdown Friday.
WA lawmakers push to expand mental health insurance coverage
A bill moving through the Washington Legislature would require insurance companies to follow one set of standards for mental ...
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Non-Medicaid expansion states to be hardest hit by tax credit expiration
Project losses include 286,000 jobs, plus $34 billion in GDP and more than $2 billion in local and state tax revenues.
Free school meals for thousands in WA at stake as Congress eyes budget
As Congress contemplates reduced funding for free school meals, Washington lawmakers punted on a measure to make lunch and ...
Health services, food banks, baby showers. A new wellness center has opened in Tacoma
Wellpoint Washington, which coordinates Medicaid-managed healthcare benefits for a member base of more than 200,000 statewide ...
Democrats need a new attitude, message and leaders – and they know it
To win elections, Democrats have to appeal to average American voters and develop fresh leaders to become the faces, voices ...
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Proposed Medicaid cuts threaten rural healthcare in Washington, experts warn
Proposed federal Medicaid cuts could devastate Washington state, hitting rural communities the hardest. More than 1.8 million ...
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Top US health agency makes $25,000 buyout offer to most employees
Most of the 80,000 federal workers responsible for researching diseases, inspecting food and administering Medicare and ...
Nearly 80,000 federal health employees offered buyouts to resign
Nearly 80,000 employees at the Department of Health and Human Services have about a week to decide whether to accept a ...
Staten Islander with autism fears potential Medicaid cuts: ‘What’s going to happen to me?'
Fears about the future of Medicaid have prompted protests on Staten Island following U.S. House passage of a budget ...
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‘The proposed cuts would not spare anyone in’ Washington; Clark County health care providers concerned Medicaid cuts
The local impact of a Republican-led proposal to potentially cut Medicaid remains unclear, as some of Clark County’s largest health care providers are still unsure of the long-term consequences.