The continuing growth in states’ Medicaid programs has placed a severe financial strain on state budgets. In fiscal year 2024, Medicaid was the largest category of total state spending, consuming 29.8 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The largest cut is to Medicaid, pulling roughly $1 trillion from the joint federal and state program over the next decade, ...

Medicaid is the main health insurance program for people in Alabama who have low incomes, but it is often hard to get. Alabama hasn't expanded its Medicaid program, which means getting Medicaid can be ...

You might have a decent idea of which state provides your health insurance coverage if you signed up for MaineCare or Medi-Cal. But what if you enrolled in a plan under Healthy Connections? That's ...

Alabama school districts are missing $68 million in federal funds, putting programming and some jobs in jeopardy as state officials try to get answers. The money, which was meant for local ...

An Alabama lawmaker who leads a state budget committee said President Trump’s tax cut and spending bill means Alabama will have to tighten programs that hundreds of thousands of families depend on for ...

Jordyn joined Investopedia in February 2025. She was previously a freelance writer covering lifestyle, entertainment, politics in the Midwest, and more. Getty Images Some Medicaid recipients think ...

FLORENCE, Ala. -- Sometimes, in a quiet moment between appointments, Dr. Carson Cruise runs the financial numbers through his head. They make a cold but compelling case: If he dropped all of the ...

The Senate narrowly approved President Donald Trump's massive legislation package on Tuesday, July 1, which includes the largest cuts to Medicaid in history. Here's what Alabamians need to know. The ...