U.S. Federal Budget & Healthcre Newsletter
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Some suggestions for what U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo can do now for housing in Idaho
16 Apr 2025 11:17 GMT
U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, … senator is chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, which has jurisdiction … members of Congress cut $880 billion out of the Medicaid program to … fiscal Pandora’s box.” The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget has called …
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Why might NY seniors have fewer Medicare Advantage choices?
16 Apr 2025 17:23 GMT
… federal budget cuts.
The problem is that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid … president and CEO of Excellus BlueCross BlueShield.
“I think it’s … the House’s Ways and Means Committee, which oversees Medicare, … health plan officials warned, if CMS or Congress …
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Tell Congress to Stop Spending Your Tax Dollars on Nuclear Weapons
16 Apr 2025 16:12 GMT
… fiscal year 2025 federal budget and thus our nation’s priorities. This … of who America is.
U.S. Congress has just passed a … movement calls on the United States to take a leadership role … of any U.S. president to launch a nuclear attack; taking U.S. weapons …
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Foreign Assistance Cuts Hamper Community Health Workers And Patients
16 Apr 2025 14:22 GMT
… many healthcare workers rely on funding from the U.S. Agency … for International Development (USAID) to cover things like salaries, medications … than 1% of the federal budget—is a perfect system. … statement last month urging Congress to prevent the …
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Tennessee lawmakers in limbo over federal budget cuts
15 Apr 2025 22:56 GMT
Scurrying to pass a budget this week as the Tennessee legislature prepares to adjourn, lawmakers are putting their own stamp on the state's budget despite being hampered by federal cuts that eat into the spending plan.
Republican chairs of the House …
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Two Press Releases–One from Huffman and One from the White House on Social Security
16 Apr 2025 07:55 GMT
… of dollars from the federal budget—without oversight or … House issued the following press release on Social Security:
Today, President … a Medicare and Medicaid fraud-prosecution program in 15 U.S. … to come to the United States.
President Trump promised to take …
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Federal Budget Should Provide Relief, Not More Burdens on Poor
15 Apr 2025 15:43 GMT
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Catholic Conference of Catholic Bishops issued the following statement on April 15:
“As Congress continues to work towards budget reconciliation legislation, we implore them to protect programs such as Medicaid and SNAP and to expand …
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Commentary: McDowell’s Plea for Help
16 Apr 2025 04:05 GMT
… County Commission President Michael Brooks … costs, uncertainty surrounding federal Medicaid contributions (despite assurances), … Capito’s seniority in the U.S. Senate and Senator Justice’s … Add in today’s strained federal budget and shifting geopolitical …
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IU medical research takes a hit from federal budget cuts
15 Apr 2025 08:00 GMT
By Kyla Russell for WISH-TV.
Broadcast version by Joe Ulery for Indiana News Service reporting for the WISH-TV-Free Press Indiana-Public News Service Collaboration
Congress has slashed a decades-old federal medical funding program by more than half.
The …
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Don’t Be Fooled: Trump’s Attacks on Medicaid Are an All-Out War on Reproductive Justice
16 Apr 2025 00:46 GMT
When U.S. Congress recently approved a budget … spending cuts to execute President Donald Trump’s agenda, which will … for ways to trim the federal budget, Medicaid is often first on … to lifesaving reproductive healthcare.
Access to healthcare should never be …