Health CareNews
Partisan Fighting Flares Over Medicaid Funding
At the beginning of critical markups on Republicans’ “one big, beautiful” budget bill, Democrats made clear that they would resist all of the proposed cuts… Read More
Health CareNews
House Panel’s Medicaid Reform Proposals Set Off Predictably Fierce Debate
The House Energy and Commerce Committee unveiled its proposals to revamp Medicaid on Sunday night, drawing the predictable cheers and jeers from Congress’ varying factions—establishment… Read More
Health CareNews
Rejecting Calls for Medicaid Cuts, Hawley Castigates GOP’s ‘Wall Street Wing’
Sen. Josh Hawley is sounding the alarm that Republicans should avoid deep cuts to Medicaid in the budget reconciliation process. In an op-ed published in… Read More
News
State Legislators From Across Country Urge End to Federal Funds for Planned Parenthood
More than 180 pro-life state legislators from 49 states have sent a letter to congressional leaders urging them to end Planned Parenthood’s receipt of federal… Read More
PoliticsNews
Inside the $880 Billion Republican Plan for Medicaid Overhaul
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A key House committee has drafted a far-reaching proposal that would restructure Medicaid eligibility, restrict health care funding for transgender procedures,… Read More
PoliticsNews
Texas Lawmaker Targets Medicaid Expansion
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Rep. Chip Roy is taking on Medicaid expansion, introducing a bill Friday that he says will prevent “able-bodied adults” from taking… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Protecting Medicaid Means Ending Preferential Federal Funding
The liberals and the mainstream media are using scare tactics to upend efforts to bring much-needed transparency, accountability, and fairness to the Medicaid program. In… Read More
PoliticsNews
We Can Eliminate Medicaid Waste and Fraud, Saving Billions, House Speaker Says
Amid a hectic push to pass a House budget reconciliation bill by Independence Day, House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday he thinks Republicans can find… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Can’t Make Government Efficient
Steve Jobs co-founded Apple when he was 21 years old. Nine years later, at age 30, he was purged and fired from the company he… Read More
PoliticsNews
States May Have to Adjust to Medicaid Reforms, Speaker Johnson Says
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson said Tuesday that states will have to figure out on their own how to adjust to proposed reforms to… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The High Cost of Big Government—A Heist on Taxpayers
$521 billion. That’s the estimate the federal government itself put forward of annual fraud levels. That’s enough money to rebuild every crumbling bridge and school… Read More
Health CareNews
Trump Appointee Saves Tens of Millions by Cutting Funding for Child Sex Changes
The Trump administration’s decision to prohibit Medicaid coverage of child sex-change procedures will save taxpayers at least $18.5 million. Between 2019 and 2023, the total… Read More
LawCommentary
Can States Nix Medicaid Dollars for Abortion Clinics? Supreme Court Justices Appear Divided
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, a case with enormous consequences for federalism and the… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Sen. Roger Marshall: Dr. Oz Will Save Medicare, Strengthen Medicaid, Secure a Healthier America
Medicaid and Medicare are on a path that should concern all Americans, but with the right leadership, we can turn their trajectory around. On its… Read More
LawNews
Supreme Court Case Could Allow States to Strip Medicaid Funding from Planned Parenthood
Praise and worship music clashed with shouts of “Abortion is health care” as pro-life protesters and abortion supporters rallied outside the United States Supreme Court… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Will the Baby Boomers Make America Go Bust?
In 1998, former NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw published a bestselling book about Americans who came of age during the Great Depression and World… Read More
PoliticsNews
Report: Medicaid Misspent $4.3 Billion in Duplicate Payments
Taxpayers spent at least $4.3 billion over a three-year period covering the same Medicaid patients twice, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Medicaid paid health… Read More
Supreme Court to Decide if States Can Withhold Medicaid Funding From Planned Parenthood
The Supreme Court could soon strike a blow to America’s largest abortion provider. Amid growing concerns about the quality of care at Planned Parenthood facilities… Read More
Health CareCommentary
How a Black Movement About Freedom Became a Movement About Welfare
The 36 million who watched President Donald Trump’s address to Congress also watched as Congressional Black Caucus member Rep. Al Green shook his cane and… Read More
Health CareNews
Trump Supporters Oppose Medicaid Funding Cuts, Poll Finds
Most Americans who voted for President Donald Trump oppose proposed cuts to Medicaid funding, according to a poll released Friday. As Congress considers changes to… Read More
EconomyNews
71% of Americans Favor Removing Illegals From Medicaid, Adding Work Requirements
As Congress considers a transformational budget bill that can pass the Senate with just 51 votes instead of 60 through the process of reconciliation, a… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Obamacare’s Flawed Priorities and the Need for Reform
Obamacare, formally called the Affordable Care Act, was sold to the American public as a transformative step toward equitable health care access. Yet, its fundamental flaws remain… Read More
PoliticsNews
Speaker Johnson Addresses Budget Questions: ‘Take a Deep Sigh of Relief’
The House Republican leadership is still working on ironing out differences between members surrounding the budget reconciliation process as Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., gave an… Read More
SocietyCommentary
NYC Subway Incident, Neely’s Death Didn’t Have to Happen. But Family, Laws Failed Him.
Jordan Neely could have been my brother. Both were diagnosed with severe schizophrenia, both with violent criminal histories, and both forcibly, temporarily hospitalized at Bellevue… Read More
Health CareAnalysis
Supreme Court Set to Consider Medicaid Coverage for Abortion
A case just taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court—Kerr v. Planned Parenthood—might just be the sleeper hit of the October 2024 term. At issue… Read More
EconomyCommentary
5 Facts and 5 Worst Offenses From Report Showing Government Made $161B in Improper Payments in 2024
As many Americans shopped for Black Friday deals, the Biden-Harris administration released annual data on improper payments showing that the federal government spent at least… Read More
Health CareNews
‘Transparently Crooked’: Biden-Harris Admin Buying Votes With Medicare Changes, Experts Say
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced in September that it would be reducing certain Medicare prescription drug premiums in what… Read More
SocietyNews
Taxpayer Protection: Idaho Law Blocks Funding for ‘Gender-Transition’ Procedures
An Idaho law enacted Wednesday (H. 668) protects taxpayers from paying for “gender transition” procedures in a variety of ways. The legislation “adds to existing… Read More
SocietyCommentary
America’s Families Would Be Slammed by House Panel’s Expansion of Welfare
A major feature of the House Ways and Means Committee’s “tax bill” is an expansion of the child tax credit. This expansion was necessary to… Read More
PoliticsNews
EXCLUSIVE: GOP Legislation Challenges Biden Admin Push to Use Federal Funds for Abortion
FIRST ON DAILY SIGNAL: Rep. Josh Brecheen, R-Okla., is leading Republican lawmakers in introducing two pieces of pro-life legislation challenging President Joe Biden’s efforts to… Read More
