During a routine check by HHS' Office of Inspector General, which investigates Medicare and Medicaid fraud, special agents in Florida noticed that a local company had recently changed owners and had another address in their building. But that location didn't have any actual employees. It was ...
a nonprofit that advocates forlow-incomeand underserved people, has filed civil rights complaints with two federal agencies alleging discrimination against people with disabilities. The group has not filed a lawsuit in Florida, though its attorneys say they've heard of many of the same problems ther...
Indira Navas of Miami found out that her 6-year-old son, Andres, had been disenrolled from Florida's Medicaid program when she took him to a doctor appointment in March. She had scheduled Andres' appointment months in advance and is frustrated that he remains uninsured and his therapy for ...
and they face stress and stigma whenever they have to visit a doctor, she explained. Much of western North Carolina exists in the Medicaid coverage gap, “and its citizens are absolutely left behind,” McBane said. She expects expansion will not only ease the financial...
"Without (Medicaid), I mean, I couldn't afford it," Ray said. "Have you seen what a doctor charges?" While Kentucky's expanded Medicaid program brought coverage to hundreds of thousands of people, a new study from the University of Kentucky shows one way they have used that...