| Mark Swartz | This article was written with the support of a journalism fellowship from the Journalists Network on Generations, the Gerontological Society of America and the NIHCM Foundation.  | …

States can help people keep their Medicaid coverage by reducing paperwork and allowing them to self-report health conditions and caregiving responsibilities as exemptions from work requirements.

Learn about the Medicare and Marketplace Open Enrollment Periods (OEPs) for the 2026 plan year and get tips for choosing affordable coverage options for older adults.

Learn about the Medicare and Marketplace Open Enrollment Periods (OEPs) for the 2024 plan year and get tips for choosing affordable coverage options for older adults.

A government watchdog has raised concerns about high administrative costs in Georgia's Medicaid program. The U.S.

Key Findings State systems are unprepared for federal demands to implement a Medicaid work reporting requirement and other onerous changes. HR 1 (P.L. 119-21) requires states to implement complex w…

“It's just a way of cutting people off of coverage and then blaming them for it.”

Michigan's health director spent a year and $30 million building a work requirements system for Medicaid. The problems he encountered have him worried now that 40 states must do the same by 2027.

A growing group of middle-income elderly people are too rich for government benefits but can't afford long-term care.

In early July, President Trump signed H.R.1 also known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” after narrowly passing both the House and the Senate. The bill cuts over a trillion dollars from Medicaid, Me...

A growing group of middle-income elderly people are too rich for government benefits but can't afford long-term care.

Join the Protect Medicaid Vigil to stand up for essential healthcare services. Learn more about our events, partners, and how you can take action.

Connecting with health coverage after leaving jail or prison can be difficult and confusing. A growing number of older adults are incarcerated, meaning that Medicare is increasingly a health coverage ...

The Trump/GOP budget bill will cause millions in California to lose their healthcare and food assistance. How are advocates preparing for what's to come?

The bill sets a dangerous precedent that Congress will use Medicaid, Medicare, and SNAP as a piggy bank for billionaires.

Senate-Passed H.R. 1: Updated Estimates on Impact to State Medicaid Coverage and Expenditures, Hospital Expenditures, Including Impacts by Congressional District

Justice in Aging condemns the Senate's passage of the budget reconciliation bill, which would cut health care and nutrition assistance that older adults,

The reconciliation bill that just passed out of committee in the House proposes cutting Medicaid and therefore gutting essential services upon which disabled and older people rely.

Late Saturday the Senate voted to proceed to debate on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which is the opposite of beautiful: the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) now confirms the legislation will cut.....

Those caring for relatives with severe disabilities say planned Republican cuts will be fatal for some

Disability-related eligibility processes for Medicaid are often lengthy and overly restrictive, ultimately creating barriers to enrollment

Proposed federal budget cuts to health and social programs would affect about 8 million seniors living in poverty. Many rely on state and federal support that the Trump Administration wants to cut.

As state officials anticipate Medicaid funding cuts that could strip resources for those with disabilities and chronic health conditions, an army of unpaid caregivers waits in the wings: children. At ...

Nearly 1.4 million medically fragile, low-income dual Medicare and Medicaid enrollees could find it harder to retain a valuable prescription drug subsidy if the Republican House reconciliation bill be...

The OBBBA takes direct aim at Medicare, gutting eligibility and restricting access to benefits, while also cutting Medicaid in ways that would harm people who are dually eligible for both programs. Fo...

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A new study by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health found nearly half of America's states are on the brink of a caregiving emergency.

Some $500 billion in cuts to Medicare could be avoided if Congress instructs the White House budget office to disregard the reconciliation package’s debt impact.

Health Safety Net Programs: Will Older Adults Fall Through? - Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Researchers studied the health care program's effect on the health of millions of Americans and found tens of thousands of lives were saved.

Watch the Full Event Here. Washington, D.C. — Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries joined Protect Our Care and health care advocates in a roundtable discussion about the harm the...

Bay Area senior Carol Crooks doesn’t know where congressional Republicans will land on Medicaid cuts as they look to fund a tax bill, but her health has already deteriorated as she worries about losin...

Congressional Republicans want to impose work requirements aimed at “able-bodied” adults. But data shows it would actually target poor middle-aged women who have left the workforce.

Without Medicaid, 12 million Medicare enrollees could not access the care they need.