In a contentious confirmation hearing to be the nation’s top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. struggled to answer questions about how he would reform Medicaid or Medicare, ...

Democrats worry the Trump administration plans deep cuts to Medicaid. If confirmed, here's what Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans ...

Sen. Bill Cassidy, MD, (R, Louisiana) holds a key vote on Robert F. Kennedy Jr's HHS Secretary confirmation. When Cassidy ...

While Democrats blasted Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for previous comments on vaccines and some Republicans teed him up for stump ...

In testimony to the Senate Finance Committee, Mr. Kennedy seemed to confuse the two government programs that cover more than ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was asked by Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana) about Medicare and Medicaid during Kennedy's Senate ...

The Republican Party is eyeing sweeping cuts to Medicaid, a program that the poorest Americans rely on for health care, to ...

Meanwhile, Medicare had sought to claw back some of ... which is why we’ve established the Louisiana Investigative Journalism Fund, a non-profit supported by our readers.

Medicaid and CHIP covered more than half of all children living in rural areas and small towns in six states: New Mexico, Louisiana, Arizona, Florida, South Carolina and Arkansas. Ten states had the ...

Recent proposals from Republican congressional leaders and conservative think tanks would cut Medicaid by taking coverage away from people who don’t meet unnecessary and burdensome work requirements. ...