News | Immigration New Biden Admin Rule Expands Access to Health Exchange for DACA Recipients More than 100,000 uninsured people covered by DACA are expected to utilize the program. By Chris Walker , Truthout May 7, 2024 Truthout
News | LGBTQ Rights 4th Circuit Rules Against States Discriminating Against Trans Patients Arguments about “costs” being too burdensome were soundly rejected by the court. By Chris Walker , Truthout April 30, 2024 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Nearly 1 in 4 Adults Kicked Off Medicaid Are Now Uninsured, Survey Finds Medicaid “unwinding” is causing a massive drop in insurance coverage and health care access. By Phil Galewitz , KFFHealthNews April 14, 2024 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirements Cost Taxpayers $26M Despite Low Enrollment Only about 3,500 people have signed up, whereas expanding Medicaid could see over 359,000 uninsured people get coverage. By Andy Miller & Renuka Rayasam , KFFHealthNews March 20, 2024 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Trump Aides Do Damage Control on His Comments to “Cut” Social Security, Medicare “There is a lot you can do in terms of entitlements, in terms of cutting,” Trump said. By Chris Walker , Truthout March 12, 2024 Truthout
News | LGBTQ Rights Idaho Legislature Moves Toward Restricting Gender-Affirming Care Funds “This bill seeks to discriminate further against my trans and non-binary siblings,” one LGBTQ rights advocate said. By Zane McNeill , Truthout March 11, 2024 Truthout
Op-Ed | Environment & Health 16 Million Americans Have Lost Health Care Coverage Since March 2023 We’re only halfway through the largest ever Medicaid purge, and medical debt is now the biggest source of bankruptcy. By Liz Theoharis , TomDispatch March 11, 2024 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Critics Say GOP’s Budget Blueprint Is a Thinly Veiled Ploy to Slash Key Programs “A vote for the GOP budget is a vote to cut Social Security and Medicare,” Social Security Works said. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams March 6, 2024 Truthout
News | Reproductive Rights PA Supreme Court Expresses Doubts Over State’s Anti-Abortion Medicaid Law The state's high court ordered a lower court to re-examine the legality of a 1982 anti-abortion statute. By Chris Walker , Truthout January 29, 2024 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Health Care “Denial by Delay” Can Be a Matter of Life and Death Patients are forced to navigate a prior authorization system marked by roadblocks, red tape and appeals. By Lauren Sausser , KFFHealthNews December 27, 2023 Truthout