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News · US
Falling ACA marketplace enrollment and plans to cancel coverage for nearly 760,000 people are bringing cost and eligibility questions into focus.

News · OH
Seven people from Northeast Ohio face Medicaid fraud allegations in a case not directly connected to an election or candidate.

News · AR
The Arkansas attorney general announced seven arrests by the state unit responsible for Medicaid fraud enforcement.

News · NV
The proposal would enlarge an existing attorney general’s office function focused on Medicaid fraud.

News · AR
The bipartisan measure would set national NIL and revenue-sharing rules while adding protections involving scholarships and health care.

News · VA
Attorney General Jay Jones has aligned Virginia with other states opposing a proposed federal rule involving Medicaid.

News · VA
Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones has joined other states opposing a proposed federal rule involving Medicaid.

News · SD
Amendment I’s ballot language says expanded Medicaid would end if federal support falls below 90%, but its sponsors dispute that reading.

News · US
The administration says the GENEROUS model will cut Medicaid prescription drug costs, but the pricing agreements remain private.

News · NJ
The cases cover immigration, federal funding, elections, health care, environmental rules, tariffs and infrastructure.

News · SD
Attorney General Marty Jackley’s ballot wording conflicts with lawmakers who say Amendment I would only give the Legislature authority to reconsider expansion.

News · MA
The governor proposed improving postpartum health care following the Lindsay Clancy trial and told affected residents, “I see you.”

News · OK
The lawsuit asks an Oklahoma court to extend protections for life-saving abortion care to pregnancies with fatal fetal diagnoses.

News · IL
The Illinois Grocery Initiative will fund new stores, recently closed locations and equipment upgrades, including projects in food-access areas.

News · VA
Virginians can begin voting early Friday in general and special elections involving three proposed constitutional amendments.

News · AK
The Anchorage Fire Department is combining its opioid overdose response with support delivered during the on-scene encounter.

News · CO
Miko Brown promoted Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell for airport legal work before insurer AIG agreed to hire the firm.

News · MA
House Bill 5595 removes the state’s 24-week abortion limit, hospital requirement for later procedures and multiple-physician approval process.

News · US
The plan lists more than 100 proposals covering housing, energy, food and health care before the 2026 midterms.

News · CA
SB 1392 will phase in smog-check exemptions for qualifying collector vehicles from model years 1976 through 1985.

News · TX
The family sued Attorney General Ken Paxton and the doctors who treated the woman after she died from a pregnancy-related condition.

News · TX
The family says Texas law blocked lifesaving medical care for Walker before she died of preeclampsia while 20 weeks pregnant.

News · KY
Six people face criminal allegations involving Medicaid fraud, with the case now moving through the court process.

News · KY
The program is expected to eliminate about in medical debt for more than 130,000 Kentucky residents.

News · MA
The Massachusetts governor has proposed improving health care after childbirth following the Lindsay Clancy trial.

News · MA
The health care proposal follows the Lindsay Clancy trial but is not directly connected to an election or candidate race.

News · AR
The longtime Republican lawmaker left the Senate to become vice president of external affairs for Arkansas Electric Cooperatives.

News · AK
Gov. Mike Dunleavy signed a law allowing newborns up to 21 days old to be surrendered through approved baby boxes.

News · UT
Opponents challenged a Republican effort to repeal a voter-approved ban on gerrymandering, complicating familiar images of Utah women.

News · KS
Federal funding has been awarded to 11 Kansas hospitals for work intended to strengthen rural health care.