Mother Jones By: Tracie McMillan … The more likely outcome of a complicated eligibility system, regardless of who runs it, is that people leave the program, losing insurance and suffering the health effects that will cause. In June, Arkansas became the first state to implement work requirements for its Medicaid clients, spending about $7.6 million […]
KJZZ 91.5 By: Mark Brodie In advance of the deadline to enroll in a health care plan on the Affordable Care Act marketplace Saturday, The Show has been talking about the issue of health care this week. More American children did not have health insurance last year than the year before — specifically, an estimated […]
Boise State Public Radio By: James Dawson The number of uninsured children across the country has increased for the first time in more than a decade. Despite a strong economy and low unemployment, close to 4 million children in the U.S. do not have health insurance. In Utah that number by grew by 12,000 last […]
NBC News By: Elizabeth Chuck Raquel Cruz has a lot of stress in her life. A single mother of three daughters, she is the manager of a small health clinic and is going to school full-time for an education degree. But her biggest stressor is worrying about health insurance. … Last year, the number of U.S. […]
WREG News Channel 3 Arkansas is making some changes to its new Medicaid work requirement program as thousands of residents lose coverage. Medicaid recipients will be able to report the hours they work each month by telephone starting December 19, the Arkansas Department of Human Services announced Wednesday. … Consumer advocates, however, say that the […]
KUER 90.1 By: Erik Neumann For the first time in nearly a decade, fewer kids in Utah have health coverage, according to a new report from Georgetown University. KUER’s Erik Neumann spoke with Joan Alker, executive director of the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families about the new report and what’s behind this trend. […]
