Many legal experts say the pause is an illegal impoundment and compromises Congress’s constitutional “power of the purse.”

Alabama Medicaid program reopens

The state's largest insurer has advocated for using Medicaid expansion dollars to pay for private plans for people in the coverage gap.

The Trump Administration announced a halt on federal funding for loans and grants Monday to take effect Tuesday, but a federal judge stopped the funding freeze minutes before it was supposed to be

The DOJ found that the state must make community-based services accessible so that physically disabled children can avoid being segregated in nursing facilities.

The legislation, Senate Bill 50, would expand access to medical coverage to Georgians making less than 138% of the federal poverty limit and would request a waiver to do so from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

The leader of the Alabama House of Representatives said Thursday that Medicaid expansion will not be one of the chamber’s priorities for the 2025 legislative session, but that changes to the ...

A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a push from President Donald Trump to pause federal funding while his administration conducts an across-the-board ideological review to uproot progressive initiatives.

At least three U.S. lawmakers said on Tuesday healthcare providers were blocked from the Medicaid payment portal after the Trump administration announced a federal funding pause, even as the White House said the program was exempted.

The online system for federal health funding warned of delays due to executive orders after the Trump administration announced a freeze.

The outage at least temporarily jeopardized payments the federal government makes to state programs, and sowed uncertainty for patients, doctors, hospitals and others.