The former TV personality, now running the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said people should have to “prove that ...

Ernst argues Medicaid cuts would only impact cheaters and those too lazy to work. While there is no doubt there are cases of people who don’t merit government assistance, there also are people who ...

Ernst was being pelted with questions and accusations that she didn’t care about people during a town hall in Parkersburg on Friday, May 30. Many Iowans want more information about Medicaid funding, ...

Her tone-deaf response shows Ernst is missing the point: Yes, everyone will die but those without health care are going to die earlier than they would otherwise. Following the uproar caused by her ...

Here in New Hampshire, nearly 200,000 people depend on Medicaid, including half of all nursing home residents.

It is hard to articulate a justification for ballooning the federal debt in service of saving fewer lives.

Ernst’s early reputation was as a mainstream conservative, endorsed in her first Senate race by Mitt Romney. She cut through the noise with an infamous ad in which she equated castrating hogs with ...

What do you do about Joni Ernst? The Republican senator from Iowa is being mocked by liberal media and beyond for her snarky response ...

What do you do about Joni Ernst? The Republican senator from Iowa is being mocked by liberal media and beyond for her snarky response to a question about cuts in Medicaid: “We all are going to die.” ...

"Yes, we all die. Our dying is what makes how we live so important. ... Medicaid gave my daughter the chance to be cherished, ...

No words spoken were ever more true than the recent proclamation by Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa): “We’re all going to die.” ...

The woman who yelled, “People will die,” recently as U.S. Senator Joni Ernst answered a question about Medicaid funding cuts ...