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Trump Administration Severely Limits Rural Health Transformation Funds for Rural Hospitals and Clinics – Capped at 15%
Passage of the budget reconciliation law signed into law by President Trump (HR1) will result in a gross reduction of $990 billion in federal Medicaid and CHIP spending over 10 years and an increase in the number of uninsured Americans of 10 million. These are the largest health cuts in Medicaid’s history, and passage of…
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How Can the Rural Health Transformation Fund Help Make Maternal Health Great Again?
The passing of the HR.1 bill has threatened the vitality of rural health in America. To soften the blow, the Trump administration included a $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Fund (RHTF). States are preparing their applications that are due on November 5th. There is a lot to unpack with the RHTF. My colleague Adam Searing…
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The Vaccines for Children Program: A Solution to a Complex Challenge
Between 1982 and 1986, a vaccine liability crisis loomed as the greatest threat to immunizing our children. In this light, the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (P.L. 99-660) was enacted to address this problem by creating a system for “no-fault” compensation for families of children with adverse conditions related to routine pediatric immunizations.…
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Child Uninsurance Rate Hits Highest Level in Almost a Decade. Check What Is Happening in Your State
The latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) bring troubling news for children’s health coverage. After years of progress, the child uninsured rate rose again in 2024, reaching its highest level since 2014. As Joan Alker explains in her blog, these numbers signal that the progress made over the past years…
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Factchecking Claims about Medicaid and Marketplace Health Coverage for Immigrants – Government Shutdown Edition
We are getting a lot of questions about the U.S. government shutdown that began on October 1, 2025, after a bipartisan failure to reach a deal to fund the government. The main point reporters are trying to fact-check is whether or not extending Advanced Premium Tax Credits (APTC) and reversing health care cuts in H.R.…
