Interviews Candice Woods Nardini, project director of the Iowa Mental Health Access Plan, about managed Medicaid. Mishaps that have occurred with the pairing of public agencies and private managed care companies to provide healthcare for the poor; How Iowa's managed Medicaid program for behavioral ...
GOP Gov. Mike Parson on June 7, 2023,signeda bill that will restrict gender-affirming health care for minors and some adults in Missouri starting in late August of that year. Thelawprevents the state’s Medicaid division from covering such treatment for people of any age,...
However, more than half of voters in both states instead selected Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, or Joe Biden, all of whom have called for building on private insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) rather than dramatically upending the current system. Elizabeth Warren...
The Katie Beckett Waiver, sometimes also called theTax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 (TEFRA), is a type of Medicaid Waiver. It provides people under the age of 19 with serious conditions with institutional-level care at home. The Katie Beckett Waiver is aMedicaid waiverfor child...
Paying for a nursing home is not always straightforward, and families can use multiple sources to cover nursing home costs. Often, some nursing home care can be covered with Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, or veterans benefits. Short-term stays in skilled nursing facilities for rehabilitation...
The ACA provides federal subsidies for insurance to those who qualify, but 39 states added their own subsidies to make it even easier for low-income people to be insured. These extra subsidies come from Medicaid expansion. Here is a list ofstates that have implemented this expansion. ...
A Miller trust, also called a Qualified Income Trust (QIT), can help you qualify for Medicaid nursing home benefits or other long-term home-based care services if your income exceeds the eligibility requirements. For many people, long-term care— which is covered by Medicaid but not by Med...
Frankly, unless you’re a millionaire, you cannot afford to travel without insurance.Your domestic provider will not cover you overseas(including Medicare and Medicaid), and visiting a place like Indonesia without decent coverage would be a huge mistake. Travel insurance will protect you against fli...
Just when you think there is a bottom with this president, Trump does something to show that for him, no bottom exists. The Atlantic story made clear just how much Trump disrespects the military. He called the fallen soldiers — who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms —“losers”...
That is not true. Clinton is a Christian, and though she is fairly private about her faith, it has never been a secret. They are again bearing false witness.Back in January of this year, at a campaign stop in Iowa, Clinton, when asked about her faith, proclaimed, “I am a person ...