People across Washington are feeling the economic pinch, from the grocery aisle to the pharmacy counter. In times like these, programs like Medicaid are more important than ever to help ...

A proposal backed by Gov. Bob Ferguson to increase student access to free meals served at public schools also appears dead, at least for now.

Congressman Paul Tonko visited Albany's Whitney Young Health Center on Friday, saying the Republican-controlled Congress is considering massive cuts to Medicaid.

Two bills in the Washington state House and Senate are seeking to ease workforce shortages and financial burdens faced by ...

The Mosquito Fleet Act is the fastest and cheapest way to put new boats on the water,” state Rep. Greg Nance said.

With Medicaid now consuming 10% of the federal budget and covering more than one-quarter of Americans, taming its spending growth is a top priority for fiscal conservatives. But efforts to ...

The hearing offered the public a glimpse of the Trump administration's plans for Medicaid, a federal-state health program for low-income and disabled residents. Though Trump vowed during the ...

In Pennsylvania, state budget makers recently unveiled the scale of that miscalculation, with Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro proposing an increase of $2.5 billion in Medicaid spending in the next ...

Josh Shapiro proposing an increase of $2.5 billion in Medicaid spending in the next fiscal year. That amounts to a roughly 5% increase in overall state spending, mostly driven by the cost to care ...

monitor health care quality through inspections at hospitals and nursing homes and provide states with matching funds for Medicaid, the federal-state health program that covers low income families.

according to data posted on the state Agency for Health Care Administration website. Lawmakers in 2011 created a system in which most Medicaid beneficiaries are required to enroll in managed care ...

Washington is finally on the verge of proving Nathan Deal right about Medicaid expansion. It was August 2012. The Republican National Convention was taking place in Tampa. Two months earlier, the ...