#medicaid-funding

#medicaid-funding

Every working adult was once a playing child. Coping mechanisms and how one adapts to employment can be traced back to early experiences. Yet, recent cuts in hundreds of billions of dollars to Medicaid put access to mental health care for children at risk. Cuts to Medicaid, the largest payer for children's mental health services, are harmful to implement at a time of crisis for youth mental health. They can also adversely affect the future workforce.

I think it's really, really important to note that nothing is changing immediately. These would be proposals that would go out for public comment, it would take months for the Trump administration to issue a final rule, and then, if past is prologue, we would see litigation over whatever the final rules are.

Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) had initially secured a meeting with President Trump earlier this week, but it was cancelled at the urging of Republican congressional leaders. Funding is set to run out at midnight on Sept. 30, at which point most federal agencies will shut down without a spending agreement from Congress. Driving the news: Jeffries said in a press gaggle on Capitol Hill he has a "positive and communicative relationship" with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), but that there is "no trust" between House Democrats and Republicans.

The Supreme Court ruled that South Carolina can bar Planned Parenthood from federal Medicaid funding for non-abortion services, enabling states to limit Medicaid providers.

Enrollment in community nonprofit organizations for elderly care is capped due to action from Gov. Maura Healey; new applicants face a waiting list until service levels decline.