News | Environment & Health Missouri’s GOP Governor Forced to Expand Medicaid Access Following Court Ruling Missouri now joins 37 other states and Washington, D.C. in expanding Medicaid access through the Affordable Care Act. By Chris Walker , Truthout August 10, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | Environment & Health Democrats Propose Medicare for a Few More Instead of Demanding Medicare for All Amid a resurging pandemic, Democrats are reneging on their promise and refusing to go all out for Medicare for All. By Ana Malinow , Truthout August 6, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Democrats Seek Workarounds to Republican Resistance on Medicaid Expansion In the years leading up to the pandemic, states that expanded Medicaid cut their uninsured rates by half. By Rebekah Barber , FacingSouth July 2, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Missouri GOP Lawmakers Block Expansion of Medicaid, Despite Voter Referendum The refusal to fund the Medicaid eligibility expansion will likely lead to lawsuits against the state, experts say. By Chris Walker , Truthout May 3, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Biden Urged to Withdraw All Trump-Era Medicaid Work Requirements The Trump administration approved policies making Medicaid coverage subject to stringent work requirements. By Kenny Stancil , CommonDreams April 6, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Across the Country, Republican Legislatures Are Keeping Trump’s Agenda Alive A wave of bills cracking down on voting, protesting, transgender protections, and more are sweeping GOP-run states. By Jon Skolnik , Salon March 29, 2021 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor 20 Rural Hospitals Closed in 2020. 13 Were in the South. The closures will leave many rural communities without their primary employer and main economic infrastructure. By Olivia Paschal , FacingSouth March 21, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Biden Plans to Rescind Trump-Era Medicaid Work Requirements The move has been lauded as a step toward reversing one of Trump's most vicious attacks on the poor and vulnerable. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams February 12, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Trump Admin Approves Tennessee’s Plan to Slash Medicaid Amid Pandemic Instead of the open-ended federal funding, Tennessee will instead get an annual block grant. By Andrea Germanos , CommonDreams January 11, 2021 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Many Workers at Largest Corporations in US Depend on Federal Benefits to Survive Walmart and McDonald's depend on taxpayers to subsidize the income of many workers because their wages are so low. By Igor Derysh , Salon December 12, 2020 Truthout