More than a dozen Minnesota GOP lawmakers wrote the president recently warning that too deep of a cut is unmanageable in any instance. Gov. Joe Lombardo, R-Nev., told Congress in a letter that proposed reductions would put lives at risk. In Alaska, state Senate Majority Leader Cathy Giesse...
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By the way, I have written on this topic before, and even included a handy infographic that explains a version of the scam. Let’s now return to the column. The author cites an example from Connecticut. Connecticut hospitals will pay $900 million in taxes, but the state will offset that...
The change also applies to state Medicaid programs, which would now no longer be allowed to exclude coverage of weight loss drugs for obese residents. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services estimates that 12% of adults covered by Medicaid would be newly eligible. Adolescents could also be...
Medicaid is a huge program that touches many lives but is nonetheless poorly understood by both the public and policymakers. Each state has the right to not participate in the Medicaid program, but Medicaid is one of the largest government insurance programs for individuals of all ages whose inco...
Navas said the state could not explain why her 12-year-old daughter, Camila, remained covered by Medicaid even though the children live in the same household with their parents. In March, Indira Navas (center), of Miami, learned that her 6-year-old son, Andres (below center), had been...
s adults under age 65 who are considered uninsured. A2022 reportfrom the National Center for Health Statistics estimated North Carolina’s uninsured population at 17.6%, significantly above the national average of 12.6%. The state currently has 2.9 million enrollees covered ...
But when Julie found out she might qualify for public health insurance, she was relieved but also dubious. She filled out the income and family size questionnaires on the health exchange for the state she lives in, truthfully, including her current lack of income, and the result surprised her...
Dual eligible beneficiaries are among the poorest and sickest of those covered by either Medicare or Medicaid and, subsequently, they account for a disproportionate share of spending in both programs. Yet unfortunately their care is disjointed, with little to no coordination. State and federal agencie...
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and antiretroviral therapy (ART) are generally covered by state Medicaid, though coverage varies from state to state. Some states do not even pay for the necessary routine labs and STI testing. advertisement