Despite Trump’s claims, the bill is extremely unpopular. Five recent polls found net approval ratings ranging from minus-19 percentage points to minus-29 points for the legislation. “The more ...

GOP centrists are stepping aside ahead of the 2026 elections, underscoring the rising cost of bipartisanship in a polarized ...

Debate over President Donald Trump’s sweeping budget-and-policy package is over on Capitol Hill. Now the argument goes ...

"Millions of children will be kicked off Medicaid, the nation's largest funder of mental health services. Children will die because of this." ...

Senate passes Trump’s spending bill with massive Medicaid cuts After a marathon “vote-a-rama,” the Senate narrowly passed the legislation 51-50, with Vice President JD Vance casting the ...

More than 300 rural hospitals are at immediate risk of closing, and proposed Senate Medicaid cuts could push even more to the brink. Lawmakers debate how to protect these vital health centers as ...

The Senate’s allegedly catastrophic plan is to lower the 6 percent provider-tax threshold to 3.5 percent. This means states would still receive hundreds of billions more in Medicaid money than ...

The Senate parliamentarian removed key Medicaid provisions from the Republican tax and budget package, forcing the GOP to either remove or rewrite them. The parliamentarian said that the provider tax, ...

Reviving the Senate Finance version to limit provider taxes to raise more money would create friction with moderate GOP senators who already believe the House cut Medicaid too deeply.

MacDonough still hasn’t decided on Senate Finance changes to Medicaid’s state-directed payments. Louisiana and other states use part of the provider taxes to supplement the finances of rural ...

The Senate parliamentarian has advised a key Medicaid provider tax overhaul that's central to President Donald Trump's big tax cut and spending bill does not adhere to procedural rules.

Senate Republicans face challenges with Medicaid policy in GOP megabill, with parliamentarian advising cuts can't pass with simple majority.