Explore how Medicaid provides healthcare for low-income individuals, understand eligibility criteria, state-specific coverage, and key benefits.

Compare Medicaid and long-term care insurance to determine the best coverage for your needs. Understand key differences in ...

Medicare is a health insurance program for people age 65 or older and some people under 65 with certain disabilities or ...

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Chris Frenier is a doctoral candidate in the Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sayeh S. Nikpay is an associate ...

Medicare and Medicaid are government insurance programs. Both allow people to qualify based on disability, but the programs determine this eligibility differently. Medicare plans are suitable for ...

As new governors take office and new state legislatures convene, forecasting a state’s Medicaid budget will be a challenging task. It is critical that state leaders be prepared for the end of the ...

In addition to eroding health care, harsh Medicaid cuts would disrupt state budgets in ways that threaten public schools and middle-class pocketbooks. States that want to avoid deep cuts in health ...

After failing to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the Trump administration is trying to use block grants and per-capita caps to sabotage Medicaid. Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare ...

State and federal actions to address substance use disorders (SUD) have begun to show progress. The provisional number of drug overdose deaths plummeted by nearly 24 percent from 2023 to 2024 and is ...