Trump Team’s Use of Arcane Budget Rule Threatens Medicaid Coverage By Phil Galewitz Aug. 14, 2026

https://kffhealthnews.org/medicaid/trump-cms-medicaid-expansion-1115-waivers-budget-neutrality-arkansas/ Coverage for hundreds of thousands of Arkansas Medicaid enrollees next year is in question after the Trump administration refused to renew a key state waiver. The state might not be the last to have to adjust to an arcane rule change under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.