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Fraud and Abuse Against Medicaid: Rhetoric and Reality in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
We have not cut Medicaid, and we have not cut SNAP. What we’re doing…is working on fraud, waste, and abuse. And everyone in Louisiana and around the country understands that that’s a responsibility of Congress….[Medicaid] is intended for vulnerable populations, for young single pregnant women and the elderly and the disabled and people who desperately…
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More Fact Checking on Medicaid Spending for Immigrants
Last week, a member of the Trump administration repeated a claim that the Administration was “kicking illegal immigrants off Medicaid to protect Medicaid for AMERICANS!” This is consistent with misleading talking points that the House-passed reconciliation bill, now under consideration by the Senate, targets cuts on Medicaid spending to undocumented immigrants. But is any of…
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What Does the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Do to CHIP?
The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) has a long history of bipartisan support. But CHIP is not spared by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (HB 1). It’s quite possible bipartisan CHIP supporters were not aware of the impact the bill rammed through the House in the wee hours of night would have on children…
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House Bill Takes Health Care Away From Immigrants, Including Lawfully Present Children and Pregnant Women
Misinformation and confusion (even among lawmakers, more on that below) about immigrant eligibility and enrollment in Medicaid and CHIP (Children’s Health Insurance Program) continues to dominate the dialogue about the proposed changes in the House-passed reconciliation bill (see bill text as considered by the Rules Committee, alongside the manager’s amendment that was adopted before final…
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Medicaid Cuts in the House-Passed Reconciliation Bill: Questions for Senators
Last week the House of Representatives, by the narrowest of margins (215-214), passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, H.R. 1. The bill includes unprecedented changes to Medicaid summarized here by my colleague Edwin Park. Over the next ten years, these changes will terminate Medicaid coverage for millions of Americans and reduce federal Medicaid payments…
