The request for this estimate was submitted by Maryland Democrat Rep. Steny Hoyer, but the proposal was constructed by Wendell Primus, an economist and long-term Congressional staffer, who spent ...

Medicaid is a joint federal and state program that provides health care coverage to low-income individuals and families. It services over 79 million Americans.

It ends the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO), which reduced or eliminated the Social ...