President Donald Trump’s Day One executive order rescinding Biden-era Medicare and Medicaid price innovation programs signals sweeping changes to the drug and treatment pricing agency within the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and perhaps a substantive shake-up in two of the largest federal social welfare programs.
Donald Trump has rescinded an executive order from President Joe Biden that sought to lower the price of drugs.
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, the government health care programs used by millions of disabled,
A provision about insulin in the Inflation Reduction Act is conflated with a 2022 executive order by former President Joe Biden on lowering prescription drug costs in posts online that suggest President Donald Trump has canceled the $35 insulin co-pay cap for certain Medicare programs.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday rescinded a widespread freeze most federal gr a nts and loans just one day after it was issued amidst significant criticism, according to a memo a source provided to NBC News. A senior administration official confirmed the order was rescinded Wednesday.
President Donald Trump issued a flurry of executive orders during the first ... one of the orders revoked was one that lowered prescription drug costs for people on Medicare and Medicaid. Several VERIFY readers asked us if these posts are true.
The Trump administration is offering buyouts to federal workers as part of an effort to downsize the government. An email reportedly sent to millions of employees Tuesday is offering to buy them out if they resign by next Thursday. Those who choose to leave will receive about eight months of pay.
The two-page memo, which is set to take effect on Tuesday night, could impact lower-income households that rely on Medicaid, school breakfast and lunch programs; and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women,
Massachusetts is joining in legal action as President Trump's administration begins a review of spending that could freeze trillions of government dollars.
President Donald Trump has moved aggressively to block the government from disbursing funds authorized by Congress for a range of programs, potentially seizing power from the legislative branch to wield greater say in public spending.
State and congressional leaders in West Virginia are monitoring a now-paused temporary federal freeze in grants and aid that could have short-term and lasting effects on the state general revenue budget.