Republicans unveiled the new continuing resolution bill this weekend in hopes of avoiding a government shutdown Friday.

"Don't mess with Medicaid." These words were among the last spoken by former Houston Mayor and U.S. Representative Sylvester Turner, a dedicated servant to the people.

A bill moving through the Washington Legislature would require insurance companies to follow one set of standards for mental ...

Most Americans do not want Medicaid funding to be cut, according to a new poll, which comes as Congress is weighing changes to the program. In the latest KFF survey, the vast majority of respondents ...

Project losses include 286,000 jobs, plus $34 billion in GDP and more than $2 billion in local and state tax revenues.

As Congress contemplates reduced funding for free school meals, Washington lawmakers punted on a measure to make lunch and ...

Wellpoint Washington, which coordinates Medicaid-managed healthcare benefits for a member base of more than 200,000 statewide ...

To win elections, Democrats have to appeal to average American voters and develop fresh leaders to become the faces, voices ...

Proposed federal Medicaid cuts could devastate Washington state, hitting rural communities the hardest. More than 1.8 million ...

Most of the 80,000 federal workers responsible for researching diseases, inspecting food and administering Medicare and ...

Nearly 80,000 employees at the Department of Health and Human Services have about a week to decide whether to accept a ...