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Food stamps face ‘biggest cut in the program's history' under GOP tax bill
As lawmakers look to renew certain tax rules, SNAP is poised to see big cuts. Here's how those benefits may change.
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CMS Proposes To Limit Provider Taxes
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed new limits on how states use provider taxes to finance their ...
Trump HHS Moves to Tighten Scrutiny of Medicaid Provider Taxes (1)
The Trump administration issued a proposal Monday that would tighten regulations that govern supplemental income streams that ...
The Republican tax and health plan: What's in and what's not
Republicans in the U.S. Congress are advancing a sweeping budget package that would fulfill President Donald Trump's calls to ...
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States bear the brunt of House GOP Medicaid plan
It also scales back funding from states that use their own ... “Provider taxes are an essential mechanism for states to fund their share of the Medicaid program,” said Darbin Wofford, deputy ...
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States, providers face brunt of GOP Medicaid cuts plan
New restrictions on the provider taxes, which nearly all states use to fund their share of the joint federal-state program, stand out from a state budgetary perspective. The nonpartisan ...
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Pennsylvania Republicans resurrect school voucher plans as state budget talks heat up
State Rep. Martina White, who represents parts of Philadelphia, organized a Republican policy committee hearing on Monday on ...
As drop in cigarette tax money threatens San Diego child services, supervisors step in to OK $4.3M
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to backfill the funding to First 5, a program providing health and ...
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Why states can raise taxes on the rich without fearing they'll pack up and leave
Close ties to job and family limit the appeal of low-tax ... for states across the U.S. Many states are bracing for federal spending cuts, which will harm their budgets, public programs and ...