As we continue to analyze the Medicaid provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, today we’ll look at one of the more controversial—and frankly long overdue—provisions: defunding Planned Parenthood. It’s got the usual suspects clutching their pearls, but for those of us who value life, accountability, and Biblical principles, it’s a welcome and courageous…
Medicaid Integrity or Bureaucratic Overreach? Looking at the Six-Month Eligibility Check Provision
Yesterday we looked at the work requirements provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Today, we turn to another element of the legislation: the requirement that states conduct income and residency checks every six months to ensure that individuals enrolled in Medicaid are still eligible. This provision may sound technical—just another line item in…
Compassion and Cost: Navigating Medicaid Reform
Early this morning, after a grueling overnight session, the House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced a critical piece of the GOP’s broader tax legislation: a health care provision that includes sweeping reforms to Medicaid. The plan proposes to slash federal Medicaid spending by hundreds of billions of dollars over the next decade—part of a larger…
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