Health

Maine Morning Star -   State Medicaid budgets will be reduced by a total of $665 billion over the next decade, after President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act cuts federal investment in the health insurance program, according to a new analysis.

Researchers from RAND Health, a policy and research nonprofit, analyzed state and federal data to estimate how much the loss of federal money will affect state Medicaid budgets, publishing their findings late last month. Medicaid is the public health insurance program for people with low incomes, jointly funded by state and federal money.

The Guardian - Recreational drugs can more than double the risk of stroke, with some of the most concerning impacts seen among younger people, a major review suggests after scientists analysed medical data from more than 100 million people.