Media Coverage
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12K have lost Arkansas Medicaid coverage over work rule
The Associated Press By: Andrew DeMillo Arkansas removed more than 12,000 people from its expanded Medicaid program over the past three months for not complying with a new work requirement, the state said Thursday. Another 6,000 are at risk of losing coverage by December if they don’t find work. The state Department of Human Services…
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How to maintain your perspective as Trump plays the immigration card (again)
Arizona Republic By: Linda Valdez What’s not legitimate? The scare tactics Trump uses to justify treating hard-working men and women – and their children – like a big-time threat to our jobs, our homes, our language and our way of life. One of those tactics is a proposed rule change by the Department of Homeland…
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The Fight for Grade-Level Reading podcast episode 3: Elisabeth Burak on Medicaid and CHIP
Sarasota Herald-Tribune By: Brian Ries We talk to Elisabeth Burak, Senior Fellow at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy’s Center for Children and Families, where she directs projects focused on young children’s development. Burak has more than 15 years of experience in public policy to support low-income children and families at national and state…
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Five Ways the Midterms Changed Healthcare
Medscape Medical News By: Marcia Frellick Tuesday’s midterm elections resulted in changes in leadership and passage or denial of ballot initiatives that have implications for healthcare nationwide. Here are five of the major areas affected. 1. Medicaid. The red states of Nebraska, Idaho, and Utah approved Medicaid expansion. … Joan Alker, MPhil, research professor at…
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How Medicaid’s networks could change
Axios Vitals Newsletter By: Sam Baker Health insurers that run state Medicaid programs must have adequate networks of doctors so people don’t have to travel far. But that may change under a new federal proposal, Axios’ Bob Herman reports. How it works: An Obama-era rule required states to come up with “time and distance” standards…
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Voters expand Medicaid in red states; gridlock in Congress likely to protect Obamacare
USA Today By: Ken Alltucker With Democrats capturing the House of Representatives and Republicans strengthening control of the Senate, experts predict gridlock will likely block major changes to the Affordable Care Act. But access to health care and spiraling medical costs remain top-of-mind issues for consumers and state lawmakers, even in traditionally conservative states. Voters…
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Steve Ferrara, Greg Stanton tout different health care paths in 9th Congressional District
Arizona Republic By: Rachel Leingang In Arizona’s 9th Congressional District, a Republican doctor is running against the Democratic former mayor of Phoenix in a race has been dominated by their disagreements over the future of health care. Steve Ferrara, a doctor who works at the Phoenix VA and the county hospital, wants to adjust the…
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The Ground Game for Medicaid Expansion: ‘Socialism’ or a Benefit for All?
The Pew Charitable Trusts By: Michael Ollove Bills to expand eligibility for Medicaid, the health plan for the poor run jointly by the federal and state governments, have been introduced in the Nebraska legislature for six straight years. All failed. Senate opponents said the state couldn’t afford it. The federal government couldn’t be counted on…
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Missouri’s rural residents need better health care options
St. Louis Post-Dispatch By: Aaron Griffin and Jen Bersdale There are people all across Missouri who are struggling to access health care, but the situation is much worse for those living in rural communities and small towns. While about a quarter of Missourians living in metro areas like St. Louis and Kansas City are uninsured,…
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Medicaid At Center Of Iowa Governor’s Race
Iowa Public Radio By: Katarina Sostaric Ads are flooding screens and mailboxes in Iowa calling the state’s move to privately-managed Medicaid a failure and a health care crisis. … The program start was delayed by federal regulators. Then complaints started mounting from patients who were denied services, and care providers who were taking financial hits…
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Oklahoma’s Rural Hospitals See A Lifeline In Medicaid Expansion
KGOU By: Jackie Fortier As more GOP-led states with vast rural areas consider Medicaid expansion, supporters in Oklahoma are watching. They say it’s the best solution to make sure rural hospitals survive. … Oklahoma’s rural hospitals are in trouble: Four have closed in the past eight years, and the hospital association estimates that half of rural to…
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Children’s hospitals bear largest brunt of Trump immigration crackdown
Modern Healthcare By: Virgil Dickson The immigration clampdown [by the federal government] could cause American children of undocumented parents to exit Medicaid, policy insiders say. … Medicaid directors as well as managed care plans disclosed via reports last week that they were noticing the first drop in Medicaid enrollment in a decade. Researchers tied that…
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Shepherd’s Hope and Other Free Clinics Are Making Up for Florida’s Decision to Not Expand Medicaid
90.7 WMFE By: Danielle Prieur Healthcare is one of the most important things for Floridians this election. That’s according to a recent Kaiser Family Foundation poll. While voters decide on which candidate has the best plan, free clinics bear the brunt of Florida’s uninsured. … Shepherd’s Hope serves uninsured patients in Orange and Seminole Counties. And…
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Will Ron DeSantis’ or Andrew Gillum’s health care plan cover more people? Experts weigh in.
Tampa Bay Times By: Emily L. Mahoney During last week’s final Florida governor’s debate between Republican Ron DeSantis and Democrat Andrew Gillum, an ugly back-and-forth over alleged ethical lapses grabbed headlines. It also overshadowed what might have otherwise been the news of the night: DeSantis announced he had uploaded his long-awaited health care plan to…
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States discover news ways to finance Medicaid expansion
ABC News By: Shefali Luthra Last year, nearly 60 percent of Maine residents voted to expand the state’s Medicaid program — an option provided by the Affordable Care Act that would extend health insurance to tens of thousands of the state’s low-income people. … Rather than being a cash drain, many health policy researchers and…
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Expanding Medicaid saves parents, children
The Grand Island Independent By: John J. Vann As a pediatrician, I work every day to ensure children receive the care they need to have the best chance at a healthy life. I also know that children are more likely to be healthy if their parents have access to health coverage. Nebraska can take an…
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What happens if Idaho expands Medicaid? Experts can’t be sure. Here are their guesses
Idaho Statesman By: Devon Downey, Melissa Davlin, and Audrey Dutton A consulting firm examining how much Medicaid expansion would cost Idaho significantly revised its analysis over the course of six drafts in a one-month span this year, from June 15 to July 19. The Milliman firm swung between an estimated 10-year cost of $105 million,…
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In Medicaid expansion, small Idaho hospitals see a potential lifeline
Idaho Statesman By: Audrey Dutton and Melissa Davlin Idaho’s small-town hospitals have their own reason to back Medicaid expansion: In some cases, it may keep their doors open. After years of stalled debate in the Idaho Legislature, expansion will go to a statewide public vote Nov. 6. Among other arguments, proponents have urged Idahoans to…
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Medicaid expansion and the fate of Obamacare are at the heart of the heated Georgia gubernatorial race
CNBC By: Emma Newburger A national battle over whether to extend public health insurance to low-income adults is at the center of a tightly contested gubernatorial race in Georgia, where hospitals and drug stores are closing across the Republican-controlled state’s rural southern and western counties. Georgia is one of eight states that opted not to…
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Events Promote Health Care for Utah’s Latino Communities
Public News Service By: Katherine Davis-Young Cities in Utah and nationwide this month are promoting health care in Latin American communities. The American health-care system is complicated and can seem even more so for people new to the country or who don’t speak English. Yehemy Zavala Orosco, preventive-health manager for Comunidades Unidas, said the Latin…