Los Angeles Times By: Noam Levey As millions of people lose jobs in the coronavirus outbreak, jeopardizing their health benefits, the Trump administration and many states are doing little if anything to connect Americans with other insurance coverage. … Federal courts have blocked work requirements, deeming them inconsistent with Medicaid’s purpose of providing health coverage, […]
Colorado Public Radio By: Markian Hawryluk As a teenager, Paulina Castle struggled for years with suicidal thoughts. When her mental health was at its most fragile, she would isolate herself, spending days in her room alone. “That’s the exact thing that makes you feel significantly worse,” the 26-year-old Denver woman said. “It creates a cycle […]
U.S. News By: Gaby Galvin Efforts to curb the country’s maternal mortality crisis through policy change have, like most issues, taken a back seat to the coronavirus pandemic. … … In an ironic twist, though, the pandemic’s economic crisis has also likely kept some new mothers on Medicaid longer than they normally would have been eligible. […]
KMMO Kids Win Missouri, a multi-issue children’s advocacy coalition, announced its official endorsement of the “Yes on 2” ballot initiative on Wednesday, July 8. The initiative will expand health insurance coverage for parents and workers in Missouri… According to a report from the Georgetown Center for Children and Families, states that have not expanded Medicaid […]
Roll Call By: Sandhya Raman Medicaid experts and public health officials are pushing Congress to increase federal funding for the program for low-income people, as the COVID-19 pandemic pushes more individuals into government-sponsored coverage. Total Medicaid enrollment was up 5.8 percent over the past three months, data on 15 states by the Georgetown University Center […]
New York Times By: Sarah Kliff Deeply conservative Oklahoma narrowly approved a ballot initiative Tuesday to expand Medicaid to nearly 200,000 low-income adults, the first state to do so in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. The vote to expand the Affordable Care Act’s reach once again put voters, many of them conservative, at odds […]
