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A brief shutdown of the federal health insurance program struck fear into patients – and concern about what’s to come

An order from Trump to temporarily block the disbursement of most federal grants and loans could have a massive impact on health programs.

Until recently, Jonathon Murray relied on Medicaid to pay for treatments for multiple health conditions, including chronic insomnia. Murray, a 20-year-old restaurant worker from the college town of Brookings, South Dakota, said that without his medication, he would stay awake for several nights in a row.

As states begin to require people to requalify for the free health insurance, many who are eligible are losing coverage because of administrative snafus.

"Republicans' budget cuts could throw 720,000 to over 2.5 million Americans out of work," Elizabeth Warren warns

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Marne Harvich of Orange Park runs a Facebook group for Florida parents like herself who count on Medicaid as health insurance for their children. Though Harvich and her husband work, their income doesn’t cover the high cost of medical care their daughter on a ventilator requires.

Multiple states are rethinking their enrollment policies for the youngest Medicaid members

More than half of uninsured kids qualify for free coverage but don't know it. The government has released $49 million to get the word out, especially as the end of the COVID health emergency looms.

Until last year, Georgia’s Medicaid coverage for new moms with low incomes lasted 60 days.