Insurance News Net - Monongah resident Amy Davis is on disability and Medicaid. Read the full article. But with the changes to Medicaid proposed by House Republicans in Washington, it’s not herself she’s worried about. “I worry for my oldest daughter,” Davis said. “She is on the spectrum, has complex PTSD and suffers from a lot of mental health issues. She’s…
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Charleston Gazette-Mail - The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday narrowly approved a far-reaching budget reconciliation package that, if enacted, would sever at least tens of thousands of West Virginians’ access to health and social safety net programs. Read the full article. The Republican-majority House passed the budget reconciliation package in a mostly party-line 215-214…
Wheeling Intelligencer - President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” fiscal package is on its way to the U.S. Senate after West Virginia’s delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives voted in favor of the bill in an early morning vote Thursday. Read the full article. The House passed H.R. 1, named the One Big Beautiful…
WCHS - The U.S. House of Representatives passed a budget bill early Thursday morning that included about $700 billion in cuts to Medicaid. Medicaid provides health care coverage for about a third of West Virginians. Read the full article. In response, Protect Our Care West Virginia hosted a virtual press conference Thursday where health officials expressed concerns…
West Virginia Watch - A Republican plan to cut hundreds of millions of dollars from food assistance and health care programs for low income Americans to make way for tax cuts would have “devastating” results in West Virginia, advocates and providers say. Read the full article. The U.S. House of Representatives early Thursday passed a…
West Virginia MetroNews - Both of West Virginia’s congressional representatives voted for the big reconciliation bill that narrowly passed earlier today. Read the full article. The bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives and is now headed to consideration by the U.S. Senate, where it could face changes. The legislation, called the One Big Beautiful Bill, passed…
The U.S. House is expected to vote on a sweeping budget package this week that would enact the largest cuts to Medicaid and SNAP in program history—even before potential changes that could increase cuts and accelerate the implementation of provisions that will result in health coverage losses. This legislation breaks key promises made by President…
West Virginia Watch, Beckley Register-Herald - Provisional data shows that overdose deaths in West Virginia declined by an astonishing 43.5% in the last year. Nationally, overdose deaths fell 27% over the same period, the largest one-year decline ever. While researchers are still analyzing the data, declines in overdose deaths have coincided with increased Medicaid coverage…
Charleston MetroNews - As Congress moves toward making significant changes to the federal Medicaid program, Congressman Riley Moore of West Virginia expressed support. Read the full article. Moore said the changes being considered maintain services for those who need the health insurance safety net while reducing spending. The proposals do institute more rigorous requirements that are anticipated…
This week, Congress is marking up their long-awaited committee bills to achieve the $1.5 trillion in spending cuts outlined in April's budget resolution to partially offset the cost of extending expiring tax cuts that primarily benefit the nation's wealthiest households. Many of the provisions would disproportionately harm West Virginia, increasing grocery and health care costs…