Healthcare — Federal Healthcare Funding Pressures Intensify: Medicaid Services Face Major Cuts While Cost Control Issues Surface

Healthcare · 2026-03-02

A clear pattern of federal healthcare funding pressure is emerging across multiple fronts, with particularly acute impacts on Medicaid programs. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act's $900 billion in projected cuts over the next decade is already triggering state-level responses, with Idaho leading indicators of how states may reduce critical services like in-home care. Simultaneously, oversight…