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Politico
As the partial government shutdown extends into its third week, the Department of Agriculture won't say how long it can keep paying out food stamp benefits for the nearly 39 million people who depend on the program each month.
The White House and House Democrats, locked in a bitter political struggle over border wall funding, have started raising alarm that the food stamp program, one of the most significant forms of aid for low-income Americans, could run out of funds in coming weeks if Congress doesn't act — an apparent attempt by both sides to increase pressure on Congress to end the shutdown.
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MarketWatch
Here are two more ways a partial government shutdown could affect Americans if it continues: Millions won't get food stamps, and the economy will grow at a slower pace.
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The Hill
The Trump administration's Medicaid director is leaving after less than three months on the job.
Mary Mayhew announced Friday her resignation as the director of the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMS). Mayhew said in an email to staff she has accepted a position with Florida Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis.
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Kaiser Health News
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CNN
Medicaid expansion is finally advancing in Maine, more than a year after voters approved it at the ballot box.
Newly sworn in Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat who campaigned on broadening access to health insurance, used her first executive order to direct the Maine Department of Health and Human Services to begin implementation of Medicaid expansion.
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Los Angeles Times
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced sweeping proposals to tackle the state’s healthcare needs shortly after taking office on Monday, outlining a dramatic Medi-Cal expansion that would cover young immigrant adults who are in the U.S. illegally, require that all consumers in the state carry health insurance and increase subsidies for middle-class families to help those who need it.
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Reuters
Hours into his new job, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order on Monday that could dramatically reshape the way prescription drugs are paid for and acquired in the most populous U.S. state. The order, along with another naming the state's first-ever surgeon general, marks a fast start for a governor who has vowed to combat inequity and position California as a counterweight to the conservative Trump administration in Washington.
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Bloomberg
Washington wants drug prices to fall. Wall Street wants stock prices to rise. For some of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies, pleasing both sides could be a problem.
Last year, the industry promised restraint after President Donald Trump took aim at rising pharmaceutical costs. On Jan. 1, drugmakers returned to their annual practice of regular increases, boosting prices for dozens of treatments, from hot-selling arthritis therapies to painkillers at the center of the U.S. opioid epidemic.
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STAT (Subscription required)
President Trump may be expecting a tremendous drop in prescription drug prices, but more than two dozen payers think otherwise: They foresee their per-unit acquisition costs rising between 3 percent and 5 percent annually over the next three years, according to a new survey by Cowen analysts.
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