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KCUR-FM
A coalition of Democrats and moderate Republicans powered past objections from conservative leaders in the Kansas House Wednesday to approve Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s Medicaid expansion proposal — albeit a slightly revised version. During a debate that stretched from midday into the evening, the coalition prevailed in a rules fight and fought off several amendments aimed at making the bill more palatable to conservatives before voting 70-54 to advance it to a final vote on Thursday.
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The Hill
The Trump administration is pulling out all the stops to encourage red states to make conservative changes to Medicaid without congressional input.
Administration officials are pushing ahead and granting approvals to states seeking to impose work requirements on Medicaid recipients, even in the face of legal challenges and large-scale losses in the number of people covered.
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The State Journal-Register
Officials in charge of managing the Illinois Medicaid program told state lawmakers they are focused on improving services and reducing the program's cost to taxpayers, but that will depend on whether lawmakers are willing to impose a new tax on insurance companies.
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Des Moines Register
Iowa Senate Republicans are closer to requiring some Medicaid patients in Iowa to work in order to receive healthcare benefits.
Legislation moving through the state Capitol would require able-bodied Iowans to work, get involved in community activities or be enrolled in school to be a part of Medicaid. Medicaid is the healthcare program for poor and disabled Iowans.
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Concord Monitor
A group of state and national organizations are suing the federal government to halt New Hampshire's Medicaid expansion work requirement, arguing that the program will unlawfully lead to low-income residents being kicked off their health insurance.
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The Associated Press via The Brunswick News
Legislation authorizing Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp to pursue a Medicaid waiver has received approval from a state House panel. It would give Georgia more flexibility to use federal funding but also cap who's eligible.
Georgia is one of 14 states that haven't fully expanded Medicaid under the 2010 Affordable Care Act, which called for Medicaid coverage for those making slightly above the federal poverty level.
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The Associated Press via Idaho Statesman
Two pieces of legislation putting work and other requirements on the voter-approved Medicaid expansion in Idaho advanced on Wednesday in both the House and Senate.
On the House side, the House Health and Welfare Committee voted 10-3 to send to the full House a bill put forward by Republican Rep. John Vander Woude.
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KCUR-FM
About 60 percent of the approximately 70,000 Missourians purged from the state's Medicaid program in 2018 lost coverage because they failed to reply to a mailed renewal form, according to state data.
The Missouri Department of Social Services started using an automated system to determine residents’ Medicaid eligibility last year. If the system couldn't find their information, the state mailed enrollees renewal forms to complete and return.
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The Hill
Most of the 18,000 people who lost Medicaid coverage in Arkansas as a result of new work requirements have not found new jobs, according to an analysis of state data.
The analysis from the left-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities also found that most of those unemployed people are still uninsured.
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AL.com
Alabama Arise, a coalition of churches, organizations and individuals that advocates for low-income families, showed up in force at the Alabama State House to renew its call for Medicaid expansion and tax reform.
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The Columbus Dispatch via Akron Beacon Journal
Average hourly pay for the workers who provide home and personal care to Ohioans with developmental disabilities would increase by 11 percent over the next two years — to $12.38 an hour — under a state budget proposal that seeks to address the worsening labor shortage.
If approved, the plan would mark the state's biggest effort yet to boost wages in an industry desperate to recruit and retain front-line employees. It also reflects a first-ever agreement between the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities and county disabilities boards to split the roughly $22 million annual cost.
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