The Congressional Budget Office has faced criticism over its analysis of Republicans' big tax breaks and spending cuts bill ...

Large hospitals like HCMC and community clinics like the People’s Center in Cedar-Riverside say their low-income clients will see a big impact from tighter Medicaid eligibility requirements, leading ...

The White House has issued a memo demanding federal agencies fire workers not aligned with the president's agenda if a GOP-led spending bill is not passed by Tuesday, intensifying pressure on Senate ...

With a government shutdown looming and midterms about a year away, Democratic lawmakers are itching for a fight on health care.  Democrats have successfully run on health care before, and they ...

Small business owners, self-employed people and early retirees are among the 24 million Americans who could lose the tax credit ...

On final accounting, SLO County ended up with $3.8 million more in its general fund for fiscal year 2025-26 than anticipated, ...

Disability advocates are lining up against a bipartisan bill that they say would direct tens of billions of dollars toward ...

The looming changes are already being felt by entire rural communities, whether patients there are on Medicaid or not.

The Senate passed a bill to fund the program on Monday, and the House passed its version Tuesday. Both chambers voted ...

Medicaid coverage will likely be cut next month – and state employees and teachers will continue to go without raises – after ...

Nationwide, states are scrambling to close budget shortfalls and are eyeing Medicaid, generally one of a state’s biggest costs — even before President Donald Trump’s hulking tax-and-spending law ...

Stein in a letter last week urged House and Senate lawmakers to pass a budget — which was supposed to be enacted at the end ...