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10 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: November 9, 2026.
The state started enforcing the requirement May 1, eight months before most states, and call-center waits have doubled as some 1,100 people were denied by August.
The one-time 5% levy on the net worth of about 200 billionaires would raise $100 billion for health care, its union backers say, but Gov. Newsom and a growing list of Democrats are urging a no vote.
Section 71109 of the 'One Big Beautiful Bill' narrows which legal immigrants qualify for federally funded coverage as of October 1.
Trump said he directed CMS administrator Mehmet Oz to make the change. Mental health coverage stays; surgery and hormone therapy do not.
A 39-page Office of Legal Counsel memo concludes the ADA imposes no 'integration mandate.' On July 20 the department formally withdrew reliance on its own Olmstead guidance.
WatchAbout 200 Nebraskans lose coverage on Aug. 1 for failing to prove they worked 80 hours a month — the first terminations anywhere under the work rules in Trump's 2025 budget law. Nebraska moved eight months ahead of the federal deadline.
Under a rule set to publish July 20 and take effect in September, officers can again weigh an applicant's use of Medicaid, food stamps and housing aid — a shift analysts say could push nearly a million people to forgo help they are entitled to.
By closing exceptions for people with serious illnesses, the new rules may cause more Americans to lose healthcare coverage.
VP travels to Maine making midterm pitch that only Republicans can root out public benefits fraud.
The largest rollback of Medicaid since 1965 is now taking effect, with enhanced federal funding expired and states barred from raising provider taxes to compensate.