Medicaid
PulseAugur coverage of Medicaid — every cluster mentioning Medicaid across labs, papers, and developer communities, ranked by signal.
- instance of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 90%
- instance of Medicare 90%
- used by Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 70%
- affiliated with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 70%
- affiliated with Trumprx 70%
- located in Minnesota 70%
- other Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 60%
- affiliated with Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 60%
- affiliated with social security 60%
- affiliated with The Cigna Group 60%
- affiliated with Kaiser Family Foundation 60%
- competes with Medicare 50%
- 2026-08-13 regulatory The Trump administration announced that Medicaid and CHIP will stop covering gender-affirming surgeries and hormone treatments for transgender minors. source
- 2026-07-22 regulatory The Trump administration is deferring over $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota due to suspected fraud and noncompliance. source
- 2026-07-21 regulatory The Trump administration has frozen over $1 billion in Medicaid funds to California and Minnesota due to concerns over questionable claims. source
- 2026-07-01 regulatory A coalition of states sued federal agencies over the implementation of Medicaid work requirements, alleging that exemptions for medically frail individuals were improperly narrowed. source
- 2026-06-29 regulatory Multiple states sued the Trump administration over new Medicaid work requirements. source
- 2026-06-06 regulatory Upcoming work requirements for Medicaid enrollees are set to take effect in 2027, with a significant portion of the population unaware of the changes. source
- 2026-05-12 regulatory Nebraska implements work requirements for Medicaid recipients, impacting ACA expansion enrollees. source
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