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Medicaid Cuts Could Have Vast Ripple Effects in This Rural Colorado Community

By John Daley, Colorado Public Radio August 13, 2025 KFF Health News Original

In rural Colorado and across rural America, Medicaid is a lifeline, especially for people who wouldn’t otherwise have easy access to health care. That includes low-income seniors who need supplemental coverage in addition to Medicare, and people of all ages with disabilities.

Medicaid Is Paying for More Dental Care. GOP Cuts Threaten To Reverse the Trend.

By Phil Galewitz March 2, 2026 KFF Health News Original

More than three dozen states cover dental services for low-income and disabled individuals on Medicaid, in recognition of such care’s importance to overall health. But with about $900 billion in funding cuts expected to hit states over the next decade, many programs could roll back dental coverage.

Florida Hasn’t Expanded Medicaid. Lawmakers Want To Add Work Requirements Anyway.

By Daniel Chang March 9, 2026 KFF Health News Original

Florida is not mandated to add work requirements for Medicaid, because the state has not expanded eligibility to more low-income adults. But lawmakers have proposed requiring some adults in the state’s program to work anyway, a policy that could leave many uninsured.

She Once Advised the President on Aging Issues. Now, She’s Battling Serious Disability and Depression.

By Judith Graham November 28, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Coping with disability — and the cost of coping with disability — is an enormously important issue for older adults. Nora Super, an expert on aging, shares her personal story.

California Lawmakers Preserve Aid to Older, Disabled Immigrants

By Vanessa G. Sánchez June 14, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Lawmakers passed a budget that rejected Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal to save nearly $95 million by eliminating in-home support services for qualifying older, blind, and disabled immigrants lacking legal residency. Advocates say Newsom’s plan would have cost more in the long run. Newsom has not indicated whether he’ll veto.

Disability Rights Activist Pushes Government To Let Him Participate in Society

By Tony Leys August 23, 2024 KFF Health News Original

Garret Frey won a U.S. Supreme Court case as a teenager who needed assistance to attend high school. Now, he’s gained concessions under Iowa’s Medicaid program to help him live at home instead of in a care facility.

Iowa Medicaid Sends $4M Bills to Two Families Grieving Deaths of Loved Ones With Disabilities

By Tony Leys February 18, 2025 KFF Health News Original

States are required to claw back health care costs from the estates of many Medicaid recipients. Some, including Iowa, are particularly aggressive in their pursuit.

New Medicaid Work Rules Likely To Hit Middle-Aged Adults Hard

By Samantha Liss and Sam Whitehead February 11, 2026 KFF Health News Original

Republicans have said new rules requiring many Medicaid participants to work 80 hours a month will pinpoint unemployed young people who should have jobs. Policy researchers say the rules are more likely to disrupt coverage for middle-aged adults, harming their physical and financial health.

Can Medicaid’s Popularity Shield It From the Budget Ax?

By Renuka Rayasam February 21, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Republicans in Congress have suggested big cuts to Medicaid, the state-federal health insurance program for people with low incomes or disabilities. The complex, multifaceted program touches millions of Americans and has become deeply woven into state budgets and the U.S. health care system.

Republicans Are Eyeing Cuts to Medicaid. What’s Medicaid, Again?

By Renuka Rayasam and Sam Whitehead February 19, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Medi-Cal Under Threat: Who’s Covered and What Could Be Cut?

By Don Thompson April 23, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Federal law requires states to offer health insurance to many people with low incomes or disabilities. But some states, including California, are far more generous than what’s required. Budget pressures may force lawmakers to cut benefits that have led to a historic low in the uninsured rate.

‘If They Cut Too Much, People Will Die’: Health Coalition Pushes GOP on Medicaid Funding

By Christine Mai-Duc April 3, 2025 KFF Health News Original

As House Republicans mull a massive $880 billion cut from federal programs likely including Medicaid, constituents, disability advocates, and health care providers are joining forces to lobby GOP members in California — including those who represent rural, deeply conservative pockets that stand to lose the most.

Georgia Said It Would Fix Care for the Disabled Years Ago. It’s Still Not Done.

By Sam Whitehead December 6, 2024 KFF Health News Original

In recent decades, the Justice Department has sued several states for unnecessarily confining people with disabilities in places such as state psychiatric hospitals, nursing homes and segregated workspaces. Such treatment violates a key part of the Americans With Disabilities Act — as affirmed in the 1999 Olmstead decision from the Supreme Court: that people with […]

Medicaid ‘Unwinding’ Decried as Biased Against Disabled People

By Daniel Chang May 14, 2024 KFF Health News Original

People with disabilities say they are abruptly losing their Medicaid home health benefits and are being advised incorrectly when they call state offices for more information. “Every day the anxiety builds,” one beneficiary told KFF Health News.

Oz Escalates Medicaid Fraud Claims Against States After Focus on Minnesota

By Bram Sable-Smith March 20, 2026 KFF Health News Original

The Trump administration’s unprecedented actions targeting Medicaid funding in Minnesota are part of what could become a playbook as officials turn pressure toward California, Florida, Maine, and New York.

Role Reversal: Millions of Kids Are Caregivers for Elders. Why Their Numbers Might Grow.

By Leah Fabel Illustration by Oona Zenda June 2, 2025 KFF Health News Original

As state officials anticipate Medicaid funding cuts that could strip resources for those with disabilities and chronic health conditions, an army of unpaid caregivers waits in the wings: children. At least 5.4 million kids are estimated to be caring for family members at home, a number likely to rise if Medicaid cuts hit professional home-based services.

Are 5 Million Nondisabled Medicaid Recipients Watching TV All Day? That’s Unsupported

By Loreben Tuquero, PolitiFact July 22, 2025 KFF Health News Original

CNN pundit Scott Jennings said almost 5 million nondisabled Medicaid recipients “simply choose not to work” and “spend six hours a day socializing and watching television.” But a recent analysis found only about 300,000 cited a lack of interest in working as the reason they were unemployed.

At Social Security, These Are the Days of the Living Dead

By Darius Tahir May 6, 2025 KFF Health News Original

In recent weeks, Social Security has been plagued by problems related to technology, system errors, and even the marking of living people as dead.

Trump’s DOJ Accuses Medicare Advantage Insurers of Paying ‘Kickbacks’ for Primo Customers

By Julie Appleby May 19, 2025 KFF Health News Original

The Department of Justice alleges that several major health insurers paid brokerages “hundreds of millions of dollars in kickbacks” to get agents to steer consumers into their Medicare Advantage plans, allegations the insurers strongly dispute.

Vaccines Jettisoned by CDC Safeguarded Millions From Disease

By Arthur Allen and Jackie Fortiér January 9, 2026 KFF Health News Original

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