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States Pay Deloitte, Others Millions To Comply With Trump Law To Cut Medicaid Rolls
2+ hour, 16+ min ago (1658+ words) States are paying contractors such as Deloitte, Accenture, and Optum millions of dollars to help them comply with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act " a law that will strip safety-net health and food benefits from millions. State governments rely on…...
Trump’s Hunt for Undocumented Medicaid Enrollees Yields Few Violators
2+ hour, 16+ min ago (779+ words) This story also ran on States Newsroom. It can be republished for free. By Phil Galewitz March 31, 2026 Last August, as part of the federal government's crackdown on people in the country illegally, the Trump administration sent states the names of…...
How the Trump Administration Uses Migrant Kids To Find and Detain Family Members
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (532+ words) The Trump administration is using migrant children held by the Department of Health and Human Services" Office of Refugee Resettlement to lure parents and relatives into immigration detention, whether or not they have a criminal record." In one example, a…...
Trump Team Claims Successes Against ACA Fraud While Pushing for More Controls
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (850+ words) This story also ran on U.S. News & World Report. It can be republished for free. By Julie Appleby March 27, 2026 Complaints about enrollment fraud in Affordable Care Act health insurance coverage have bedeviled the federal marketplace for years. Now, the Trump administration…...
CDC’s Acting Chief Promises a Return to Stability in a Tumultuous Moment
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (817+ words) President Donald Trump will soon nominate a permanent director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, its acting chief, National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya, told agency employees at a Wednesday staff meeting. According to a recording obtained…...
In the Affordability Alphabet Soup of the ACA and EHBs, a Link to Higher Premiums Isn’t Clear-Cut
1+ week, 3+ day ago (504+ words) When President Donald Trump unveiled his one-page outline to address health care spending, dubbed "The Great Healthcare Plan," he specifically mentioned the Affordable Care Act's role in driving up costs." "I call it the unaffordable care act," he said. He…...
Senate Dems Unveil Framework To Try To Make Health Insurance Affordable
1+ week, 4+ day ago (163+ words) The three goals of the Democrats' plan, Stat reports, are to make insurance affordable, make it simple, and end "corporate greed." Meanwhile, a new survey finds that almost 1 in 10 Americans who had ACA plans last year dropped health insurance entirely,…...
RFK Jr. Improperly Reshaped US Policy On Trans Health Care, Judge Rules
1+ week, 3+ day ago (144+ words) The judge agreed with states that the government didn't follow long-standing procedures when it altered policy, noting, "The notion that "I will go forward and issue a declaration and see if we can get away with it" is not a…...
Oz Escalates Medicaid Fraud Claims Against States After Focus on Minnesota
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1305+ words) This story also ran on U.S. News & World Report. It can be republished for free. By Bram Sable-Smith March 20, 2026 The Trump administration has signaled a willingness to halt billions of dollars in federal health payments to multiple states, mirroring moves they…...
Oz Says California’s Not Fighting Health Care Fraud, but Data Shows It’s Part of a Larger Battle
1+ week, 5+ day ago (843+ words) This story also ran on Los Angeles Times. It can be republished for free. By Don Thompson March 19, 2026 SACRAMENTO, Calif. " For weeks, Mehmet Oz has been waging a public feud with California leaders over health care fraud, accusing the blue…...