Medical Xpress January 14, 2025
Under President Joe Biden, enrollment in Medicaid hit a record high and the uninsured rate reached a record low.
Donald Trump’s return to the White House—along with a GOP-controlled Senate and House of Representatives—is expected to change that.
Republicans in Washington say they plan to use funding cuts and regulatory changes to dramatically shrink Medicaid, the nearly $900-billion-a-year government health insurance program that, along with the related Children’s Health Insurance Program, serves about 79 million mostly low-income or disabled Americans.
The proposals include rolling back the Affordable Care Act’s expansion of Medicaid, which over the last 11 years added about 20 million low-income adults to its rolls. Trump has said he wants to drastically cut government spending, which may be...
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