Medicaid began as a welfare program, but 60 years later it covers one in five Americans. WSJ explains how it got so big, and how the “Big Beautiful Bill” will change it.

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

State Human Services Commissioner Sarah Adelman says there’s “no scenario” in which New Jersey can make up the difference. Many residents expect to lose coverage.

House members in the San Joaquin Valley who voted for the bill defended their decisions, despite projections that some of their constituents will lose coverage.

Maine Family Planning filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration Wednesday seeking to restore thousands of dollars in reimbursements.

A University of Iowa researcher with experience studying rural health care says cuts to Medicaid will only complicate care for those who already face less access and place a new roadblock in the way of those trying to coordinate care throughout the state.

States must begin verifying millions of Medicaid enrollees’ monthly work status by the end of next year — a task some critics say states will have a hard time carrying out. A provision in the tax and spending bill President Donald Trump signed into law July 4 will require the 40 states plus Washington,

Lesley Cyford has a job and her husband is a doctor. They might not be able to afford their severely disabled son's care under Trump's Medicaid cuts.