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Trump Administration Plans Effort to Let States Remodel Medicaid

Wall Street Journal By: Stephanie Armour The Trump administration is readying guidance that could let states remodel their Medicaid programs to more closely resemble block grant proposals favored by Republicans during their failed effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act, according to people familiar with the discussions. … “Whenever there has been an initiative to […]

Updated Georgetown study finds Medicaid work requirements would harm Oklahoma families

Oklahoma Hospital Association An estimated 4,000 to 13,000 of Oklahoma’s poorest parents could lose health coverage if the federal government approves the state’s request to impose new work reporting rules on parents and caregivers receiving Medicaid, according to a new study from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families. The coverage losses would predominately […]

Number of uninsured children rises: report

Journal Inquirer By: Zachary Vasile After a three-year-long ebb, the number of children in Connecticut without health insurance is once again rising. According to a new report from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families, about 24,000 children in the state lacked health coverage in 2017, amounting to about 3.1 percent of all people […]

DeSantis taps Mary Mayhew to lead Florida health agency

Orlando Sentinel By: Naseem Miller Mary Mayhew, director of the nation’s Medicaid program, is resigning after three months on the job to become Florida’s top health regulator, the state’s governor-elect announced. As secretary of the Agency for Health Care Administration, Mayhew will replace Justin Senior, who resigned in November to become CEO of the Safety […]

Report: HUSKY Health Gets High Marks, Could Do More

Public News Service Connecticut is providing quality health care to more than 330,000 children but could reach more, according to a new report. The report from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families ranked the state 12th in the nation for the rate of children covered by its HUSKY Health program, which includes Medicaid […]