In his first full budget proposal, President Donald Trump advocates changing the way the federal government funds Medicaid.
The fiscal 2018 budget, released last week, was short on details but endorses a bill passed last month by the U.S. House of Representatives that would restrict Medicaid spending for the first time since the program started in 1965.
Medicaid is a joint federal and state program that provides health…
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