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Who doesn’t text in 2022? Most state Medicaid programs
As states prepare for the end of the COVID public health emergency, they are making plans to reevaluate each Medicaid enrollee’s eligibility. They...
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Biden plan to lower Medicare eligibility age to 60 faces hostility from hospitals
“Hospitals are very aware about generous commercial rates being replaced by lower Medicare rates.”
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Election gift for Florida? Trump poised to approve drug imports from Canada
Industry observers say the drug importation proposal under review by the administration is squarely aimed at Florida – the most populous swing...
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Using Obamacare authority, Trump aims to shift dialysis care to patients’ homes
The plan aims to increase the number of patients getting dialysis at home and double the annual number of kidneys available for transplant.
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A large employer ‘frames’ the Medicare-for-all debate
“This bill removes an albatross from the neck of American business, puts more money in consumer products, and will boost our economy,” one CEO...
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Walmart charts new course by steering workers to high-quality imaging centers
The retail giant is believed to be the first to prod workers to use specific imaging providers based on diagnostic accuracy – not price.
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Under Trump, number of uninsured kids rose for first time this decade
After years of steady decline, the number of U.S. children without health insurance rose by 276,000 in 2017.
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Midterm election boosts Medicaid expansion, but challenges remain
Despite some big wins, it wasn't a clean sweep for Medicaid in the Nov. 6, elections.
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Booming economy helps flatten Medicaid enrollment and limit costs, states report
Medicaid covers about 20% of U.S. residents and accounts for nearly one-sixth of health care expenditures. Nearly half of enrollees are children...
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Despite U.S. court’s ruling, Medicaid work requirements advance in other states
The fallout from the federal court ruling June 29 that struck down the Medicaid work requirement in Kentucky was swift.
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Verma unveils Medicaid scorecard but refuses to judge efforts
In a meeting with reporters, Ms. Verma refused to discuss the findings in any detail or comment on any individual states that performed poorly or...
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HHS says no to lifetime limits on Medicaid
The Trump administration’s promise of unprecedented flexibility to states in running their Medicaid programs hit its limit on May 7.
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Evaluations of Medicaid experiments by states, CMS are weak, GAO says
“Demonstration programs have been used since the 1990s to advance policy agenda for whoever holds power in Washington and not designed to test an...
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Uninsured rate falls to record low of 8.8%
Both the overall number of uninsured and the percentage are record lows.