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Trump's Budget Law Threatens Medicaid Expansion to U.S. Prisons and Jails
President Donald Trump's budget law is imposing budget cuts and programmatic changes that are forcing U.S. states to reconsider their efforts to expand Medicaid coverage to incarcerated populations in prisons and jails, according to NPR. Medicaid is a joint federal-state health insurance program designed for low-income individuals and families. These expansion initiatives had previously enjoyed bipartisan support, bringing together Republicans and Democrats across multiple states. However, the budget cuts and changes mandated by the law now threaten the future of these collaborative bipartisan efforts.