Several states have joined President Donald Trump's deportation efforts and are taking federal reporting requirements to immigration authorities a step further—by using their public health agencies as arms of enforcement.
May 18, 2026
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The Trump administration has ordered states to investigate certain individuals enrolled in Medicaid to determine whether they are ineligible because of their immigration status, with five states reporting they've together ...
Nov 5, 2025
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An estimated 1.4 million immigrants who are in the country legally but are not citizens stand to lose their government-subsidized health care coverage under the sweeping tax and spending bill President Donald Trump signed ...
Oct 13, 2025
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By age 18, three in five U.S. children have enrolled in Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and two in five have experienced a period of being uninsured, according to a microsimulation model developed ...
Sep 24, 2025
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Jake Margo Jr. stood in the triage room at Starr County Memorial Hospital explaining why a person with persistent fever who could be treated with over-the-counter medication didn't need to be admitted to the emergency room.
Sep 22, 2025
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Republicans insist that President Donald Trump's cuts to Medicaid were aimed at reducing fraud and getting more of its adult beneficiaries into jobs. But the side effects may include less care for sick kids.
Sep 15, 2025
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Jonnell Wieder earned too much money at her job to keep her Medicaid coverage when the COVID-19 public health emergency ended in 2023 and states resumed checking whether people were eligible for the program. But she was reassured ...
Aug 27, 2025
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People in America adopt hundreds of thousands of children every year, but not all of them receive health insurance once adopted into their second home. A study by the University of Maryland (UMD) School of Public Health, ...
Aug 4, 2025
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Like many residents of this copper-mining town in the mountains east of Phoenix, Debbie Cox knows plenty of people on Medicaid.
Jun 2, 2025
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As Republicans in Congress consider cutting the federal share of Medicaid funding, states are weighing numerous options to scale back their programs. But voters in three states have significantly limited those options by ...
Apr 22, 2025
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