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Lexington Herald-Leader
The American Medical Association and a dozen other national groups representing doctors, hospitals, the elderly and the disabled are asking a federal judge to again strike down Gov. Matt Bevin's tougher eligibility rules for Kentucky's Medicaid program, which are set to take effect April 1.
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The Associated Press via The Sacramento Bee
A proposed bill in the Wyoming Legislature would put work requirements on certain Medicaid and food assistance recipients in the state.
The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reports that Senate File 144 was approved Monday by the Senate Labor, Health and Social Services Committee and sent to the Senate floor.
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Jackson Hole News & Guide
A local lawmaker is taking another swing at Medicaid expansion, which would grant health care to a swath of low-income Wyomingites but has fallen on deaf ears in the Wyoming Legislature in recent years.
Rep. Andy Schwartz's flagship House Bill 244, introduced Thursday, would extend Medicaid eligibility to anyone earning up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level. Medicaid advocates like former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Throne have called the move a "no-brainer" way to ensure coverage for more residents.
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Los Angeles Times
A newly published study of the Medicaid expansion in California says that the program substantially reduced in-hospital mortality for patients who gained coverage, put hospitals on a firmer financial footing, and improved access to care, and better care, for millions of residents.
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The Wichita Eagle
Kansas lawmakers now have a plan to expand Medicaid, setting up a showdown between Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly, who has made boosting enrollment in the program a core goal, and Republican leaders, who are vehemently opposed.
Kelly delivered her plan, which she says will provide coverage to some 150,000 Kansans, to lawmakers on Tuesday — Kansas Day — as she had promised. The plan is based on a 2017 expansion bill that was approved by lawmakers but vetoed by then-Gov. Sam Brownback.
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Deseret News
Utah lawmakers have been grappling since 2012 with solutions to avoid a full — and what many of them believe would be a costly — Medicaid expansion.
With already a few different bills filed to change what about 54 percent of Utah voters in the last election wanted, which was full expansion, it seems Utah legislators want to debate it all yet again.
If nothing happens, as has been the result for so many years, voters can be encouraged that Proposition 3 to expand Medicaid will stand, with eligibility starting April 1.
But lawmakers are saying something has to change.
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The Salt Lake Tribune
Since Medicaid expansion became optional for states in 2012, the Rev. Scott Hayashi said Monday, poll after poll of Utahns showed support for closing the so-called coverage gap and providing health care to low-income residents.
Hayashi, bishop of the Utah Episcopal Diocese, said the state Legislature repeatedly failed to represent their constituents on the issue, finally leading supporters to launch a successful ballot initiative, Proposition 3, to provide "conclusive evidence" to lawmakers.
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Idaho Statesman
The Idaho Supreme Court dug into constitutional details Tuesday as it heard from lawyers on both sides of the Idaho Freedom Foundation’s lawsuit against voter-approved Medicaid expansion.
The lawsuit claims that Proposition 2 — which passed on the November ballot with 61 percent of the vote — is unconstitutional. It cedes too much power to the federal government and to the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, the Idaho Freedom Foundation claims.
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Idaho State Journal
Enrollment in Idaho's health insurance exchange is expected to drop by 20 percent, the exchange's executive director told lawmakers Thursday.
About 18,000 of Your Health Idaho's enrollees make between 100 and 138 percent of the poverty level, Pat Kelly told the House Health and Welfare Committee. Once Medicaid expansion takes effect, which is expected to happen on Jan. 1, 2020, these people will no longer qualify for the tax credits they use to pay for their insurance and will likely move onto Medicaid.
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The Associated Press via The News & Observer
Mississippi's Medicaid director said Wednesday that the program will not seek additional money for the final half of the state budget year. This is the first time that has happened in the past five years.
Director Drew Snyder told lawmakers that enrollment has decreased, accounting for some savings.
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