The financial balance of U.S. states faces a significant challenge as recent federal policies shift the responsibility and costs of essential social programs onto their budgets. The question is not if ...

The price tag of Medicaid and SNAP climbs automatically because benefit formulas are tied to inflation and the cost of ...

North Carolina’s rural hospitals will face $3.7 billion in Medicaid cuts and the state could be forced to end its ...

States, already facing cuts to services by Trump administration, now trying to figure out how to fit Medicaid and SNAP cuts into their budgets.

There are some projected savings, but Connecticut will see some significant fiscal impacts under the new federal law.

Local leaders warn of lost benefits, rising healthcare costs and deep service cuts as federal budget shifts burden to states.

Missouri currently pays about 35% of the cost of covering about 900,000 people covered by traditional Medicaid. Anyone who is enrolled now in the expansion group would be covered with a 90% ...

The bill, ushered through Congress by Republican leadership and signed by Trump Friday, includes $4.5 trillion in tax cuts, ...