MissouriNet By: Jason Taylor A new study shows the percentage of rural elderly Missourians who are dependent on Medicaid services is twice that of urban elderly residents. … The research titled “Medicaid’s Role for Seniors Living in Small Towns and Rural Areas” from Georgetown University’s Rural Health Policy Project reveals 18 percent of aging citizens […]
Vox By: Dylan Scott The headlines of the Senate Republican bill’s Medicaid overhaul should be familiar by now: It ends the generous federal funding for Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion and places a federal spending cap on the program for the first time. … “The days when medical debt and uncompensated care were significant problems in the […]
NPR Upshot By: Charles Ornstein No corner of the health care system would be harder hit than Medicaid, the federal-state health insurance program for the poor, if Republican leaders in Congress round up the votes to repeal major portions of the Affordable Care Act. … “All of the bells and whistles and hoops that people […]
Jackson Free Press By: Arielle Dreher A majority of Mississippi kids rely on Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program for health care in the state. … The Georgetown University Center for Children and Families analyzed Census data that show that more than 43 percent of children rely on government-funded health insurance in most counties. […]
Los Angeles Times By: Noam N. Levey Communities like this aging West Virginia coal town along the Kanawha River were key to President Trump’s victory last year; more than two-thirds of voters in surrounding Fayette County backed the Republican nominee. … “There is a very strong return on the Medicaid investment,” said Joan Alker, executive […]
The Washington Post By: Sandhya Somashekhar, Laurie McGinly, Lena H. Sun, and Lenny Bernstein Millions of Americans of all ages and needs would be affected if Republicans in Congress succeed in overhauling major parts of the Affordable Care Act. And the latest maneuvering is only intensifying concerns. … Under a Senate “carve-out” for medically complex […]
