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Inside Health Policy (Subscription or free trial only)
CMS told Inside Health Policy it expects to issue a decision on Indiana's 1115 Medicaid waiver soon, despite having extended the state's current program for another month. The state has asked for agency approval to renew its existing Medicaid waiver provisions, known as the Healthy Indiana Plan 2.0, and to add new measures that include imposing work requirements on some Medicaid beneficiaries and charging higher premiums to beneficiaries who use tobacco.
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The Hill
A new patient group says it plans to spend seven figures this year backing candidates who support policies to lower drug prices in what it hopes will be a counter to the pharmaceutical industry. The group is called Patients for Affordable Drugs NOW and is founded by a cancer patient named David Mitchell.
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The Hill
The city of Baltimore will sue two drug companies as well as local businesses over the marketing of opioids, in an effort to stem the drug abuse epidemic that is killing tens of thousands of Americans each year. Baltimore City Solicitor Andre Davis announced the lawsuits Wednesday and said the companies marketed opioids knowing that the high number of pills would be "destructive of lives," The Baltimore Sun reports.
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The Washington Post
For months, as Congress held off on reauthorizing the Children's Health Insurance Program, Varina Mead fretted about how she'd manage if she had to buy private insurance through her nonprofit employer. She received a reprieve when President Donald Trump signed a bill to keep the program running for another six years, part of a deal to end the government shutdown. The saga came with a cost. Even though no child in the country lost healthcare coverage during the months-long CHIP stalemate, the political brinkmanship left a heap of bureaucratic and psychological debris.
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Roll Call
A growing number of mostly Republican-led states are rushing to follow Kentucky's lead in requiring thousands of people on Medicaid to work or lose health coverage. The governors of South Dakota, Alabama, Louisiana and South Carolina have said in recent weeks that they plan to pursue work requirements for their Medicaid programs, following the Trump administration's release of guidelines for the concept in January.
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The Washington Post
A House committee voted Tuesday to impose work requirements on Medicaid recipients, something Republicans are seeking as a precondition to expanding the healthcare program to more low-income, uninsured Virginians. It was not clear how many of the state's 1 million Medicaid recipients would be affected if the bill becomes law because the majority are children, the elderly, pregnant women and people with disabilities, all of whom would be exempt under the plan because they are considered to face some barrier to work.
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The News Journal
The Delaware health department has changed its Medicaid contract with insurance companies to focus on patient outcomes — not the number of hospital stays or procedures. The new contract allows the state to penalize insurers if they don't meet certain performance levels.
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The Associated Press via The Seattle Times
A Democratic-led push to expand healthcare coverage by allowing almost anyone to buy into Medicaid is gaining ground in New Mexico amid Republican efforts in Washington to dismantle Obamacare. The state legislature is considering initial studies and steps toward opening up access to Medicaid services through a fee to individuals and possibly employers.
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