Topic - U.S. Government

"Nearly all U.S. hospitals participate in Medicare and Medicaid, and this action is designed to ensure that the U.S. government will not be in business with organizations that intentionally or unintentionally inflict permanent harm on children," the department said Thursday in a statement.

HHS seeks to ban Medicare, Medicaid to hospitals offering 'sex-rejecting' procedures for minors →

BOSTON — President Donald Trump ’s administration asked a federal appeals court Friday to block a judge’s order that it distribute November’s full monthly SNAP food benefits amid a U.S. government shutdown, even as at least some states said they were moving quickly to get the money to people.

Trump administration seeking to block full SNAP payments for November →