Pew Stateline By: Michael Ollove Toward the end of 2018, the Trump administration seemed to be marching briskly toward its goal of requiring able-bodied adults in Medicaid to prove they had jobs to participate in the public health plan for the poor. But while a number of states still are adopting work requirements, the path […]
STATE By: Nicholas Florko Medicaid advocates have a lot of opinions about the Trump administration’s rebate rule. Namely, that it makes no sense. The Trump administration’s controversial proposal to eliminate the drug rebates that pharmacy middlemen and insurers use to negotiate down the price of certain drugs doesn’t stop with that massive change — it […]
Marketplace By: Kimberly Adams The percentage of uninsured children in the U.S. has been in decline for years. But a new study by the University of Minnesota finds that it’s moving upward again. The rate increased across demographic groups, and the study estimates that some 4 million U.S. kids are now uninsured. Declining rates of […]
Vox By: Julia Belluz and Nina Martin The only way to solve America’s maternal mortality problem is to fix its insurance problem. That’s the clear takeaway from a widening pool of research. The majority of deaths involving pregnancy and childbirth aren’t happening in the delivery room, they’re happening after a woman has a baby — […]
Texas Tribune By: Elizabeth Byrne Katherine Edmundson didn’t know her 7-year-old son was off Medicaid until she took him to the dentist for his annual cleaning in February. An employee at the front desk told her that his coverage was invalid and that her son couldn’t be seen that day. … Cortez sees the issue as […]
Bloomberg Law By: John Tozzi Centene Corp. Chief Executive Officer Michael Neidorff said the proposed acquisition of WellCare Health Plans Inc. will require unloading health plans in two states with limited competition in the Medicaid market. “There are two states, Nebraska and Missouri, where there’s three plans, and WellCare’s one, we’re one,” Neidorff said in […]
