Medicaid

Trump wants Kennedy to run the agency overseeing drug, vaccine and food safety; medical research; Medicare and Medicaid.

In any contest to name the cruelest and most useless healthcare “reform” favored by Republicans and conservatives, it would be hard to beat the idea of applying work requirements to Medicaid.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services oversee the country’s largest healthcare programs, providing coverage to more than 150 million Americans.

President-elect Donald Trump and his advisers are eyeing major cuts to federal safety net programs like Medicaid and food stamps to balance the cost of their massive tax agenda, The Washington Post reported Monday.

Trump’s victory endangers vaccines, Medicare and Medicaid recipients, and abortion rights.