Public News Service By: Roz Brown South Dakota is not one of 33 states that expanded its Medicaid program under the Affordable Care Act, but a new report contends that if it had done so, more rural low-income residents would be covered by health insurance. The report from Georgetown University showed that states without expanded […]
Kaiser Health News By: Shefali Luthra The Trump administration wants to redefine a status known as “public charge” — a category used to determine whether someone seeking permanent resident status is “likely to become primarily dependent on the government for subsistence.” … The new rule would expand the list to include some health insurance, food […]
Metro News By: Shauna Johnson West Virginia is serving as example to other states when it comes to the benefits of expanding Medicaid in a new report from Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families and the University of North Carolina’s NC Rural Health Project. Released Tuesday, the report looks at changes in numbers of […]
Georgia Health News By: Andy Miller The potential impact from Medicaid expansion would be bigger in rural Georgia than in urban areas of the state, according to a new report released Tuesday. Medicaid expansion would benefit low-income people across the state, said the report, by Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families and the University […]
Fierce Healthcare By: Rose Meltzer Rural states may have the most to gain from expanding Medicaid, according to a new study from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families and North Carolina Rural Health Research Program. The uninsured rate is higher in rural areas than metro areas across the board, in expansion and non-expansion […]
WFPL News Louisville By: Lisa Gillespie The number of people who gained insurance because of the Affordable Care Act, also called Obamacare, was the largest in rural areas and small towns across the country. And Kentucky saw one of the biggest gains in health insurance in its small towns and rural areas. According to a new […]
