7 entries in the ledger
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a final rule Aug. 11 barring federal Medicaid dollars for what it calls "sex-rejecting procedures" — including puberty suppression, cross-sex hormone therapy and...
U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns of Massachusetts on July 30 denied a preliminary injunction sought by 26 states and the District of Columbia against the interim final rule implementing Medicaid work requirements...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said on July 28, 2026 that it will end after 2026 the demonstration program that has held down premiums for Medicare Part D prescription drug plans. The agency said its review...
On July 21, 2026, the Department of Health and Human Services deferred more than $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota, withholding roughly $867.5 million from California and about $199 million from...
On July 16, 2026, U.S. District Judge Brendan Hurson in Maryland stayed eight provisions of a Trump administration rule that would have reshaped Affordable Care Act marketplaces, days before the changes were set to take...
Vice President JD Vance, acting in his role as the administration's fraud czar, announced that the federal government would defer $1.3 billion in Medicaid payments to California. CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz described...
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and state Human Services Commissioner Shireen Gandhi sued the Trump administration on March 3, 2026, in federal district court in Minneapolis, seeking a temporary restraining...