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Constrained Budgets Lead States to Restrict HIV Drug Access Through Ryan White
As states face constrained budget pressures, KFF explores how state Ryan White AIDS Drug Assistance Programs are responding, including by restricting eligibility and reducing the scope of services offered, actions that could led to negative health outcomes for people with HIV and lead to new HIV infections.
A Look at the Intersection of SNAP and Medicaid as States Implement Medicaid Work Requirements
The 2025 reconciliation law includes a new mandate for states to implement work requirements for Medicaid. Our new brief describes the intersection between Medicaid and SNAP and discusses how information from SNAP may be leveraged by states when implementing these new work requirements.
Trump’s Cuts to Medicaid Threaten Services That Help Disabled People Live at Home
Iowa patient advocates say that in the face of federal Medicaid cuts, the state is quietly reducing in-home services that help people avoid being institutionalized. National groups are bracing for similar cuts elsewhere.
Lawmakers, Health Groups Resist Their States’ Rural Health Fund Plans
Some Republican state lawmakers and state health associations are pushing back against spending plans under the Trump administration’s $50 billion federal rural health fund. Federal administrators already approved states’ plans, but in many cases, state lawmakers must greenlight spending.
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Families Defend Disability Services Amid Medicaid Cuts
Medicaid Is Paying for More Dental Care. GOP Cuts Threaten To Reverse the Trend.
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