Modern Healthcare By: Rachel Cohrs House Democrats proposed an 8% increase in federal Medicaid matching funds to states in Congress’ second legislative package in response to COVID-19, which could ease the burden of the outbreak on state budgets and provider reimbursement. … States operate on balanced budgets and without assistance could be forced to cut Medicaid […]
AZ Central By: Stephanie Innes and Rafael Carranza As more cases of new coronavirus are identified in Arizona, immigrant families in the state may be afraid to get medical help if they need it. … Fifty-four percent of Latino children in the U.S. live in what’s called a “mixed-status” home that includes people with different […]
Bloomberg Law Medicaid enrollment could decline if the Trump administration allows states to impose more frequent eligibility determinations for program beneficiaries, an advisory panel warned Friday. … Commissioner Tricia Brooks said she’s “extremely concerned” about a proposal for more frequent eligibility determinations that would increase administrative burden on state Medicaid staffs. “It seems to me […]
Texas Medical Center Traveling Texas Children’s Hospital health care professionals provide much-needed vaccinations and checkups to uninsured children in the Houston area through the Ronald McDonald Care Mobile. … Texas has the highest rate of uninsured people 18 and younger as well as the most uninsured children of any state—872,794 in 2018. Harris County ranks first among the nation’s counties for […]
Washington Post The first years of life play an outsize role in human health. They are foundational to the development of the brain and the cardiovascular, immune and metabolic systems. Early childhood is when medical interventions to correct problems in any of those areas are most likely to succeed. … So, for many health experts, […]
AIS Health A three-judge federal appeals court panel on Feb. 14 sided with a lower court and unanimously ruled that Arkansas’ Medicaid work requirements are unlawful because they don’t align with the chief objective of the Medicaid program — providing access to medical care to those who can’t afford it. … “This certainly puts a […]
