Potential Medicaid cuts in North Carolina threaten programs like CAP/C, a program to assist medically fragile children, leaving many families to face uncomfortable uncertainty.

While Medicaid is funded mostly by the federal government, it is run by individual states. And Medicaid programs across the country now have some difficult choices to make, given $1 trillion in cuts from President Donald Trump's tax and spending law.

Republican Congressman Mark Amodei doesn't view Medicaid changes as cuts, but Nevada hospitals and health care providers say they do.

According to estimates from Manatt Health, rural hospitals stand to lose $70 billion over the next decade as a result of Trump’s tax cuts and spending legislation. Put it another way: Hospitals are projected to lose 21 cents from every Medicaid dollar received.

UnitedHealth Group Inc. promoted a new leader for the company’s Medicaid insurance segment, filling a role that was vacant after recent executive changes.

More than 2.6 million Michigan residents currently rely on Medicaid as health leaders voice concern over federal spending cuts.

Massachusetts is preparing for a massive outreach effort to help hundreds of thousands of residents who qualify for Medicaid keep their coverage in the wake of new requirements signed into law Friday by President Trump.

Medicaid is the state's largest health insurer, covering a quarter of Michigan residents. Reform supporters say the changes will eliminate loopholes.