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The New York Times
The Trump administration broadened its attack on the Affordable Care Act on Monday, telling a federal appeals court that it now believed the entire law should be invalidated. The administration had previously said that the law's protections for people with pre-existing conditions should be struck down, but that the rest of the law, including the expansion of Medicaid, should survive.
If the appeals court accepts the Trump administration's new arguments, millions of people could lose health insurance, including those who gained coverage through the expansion of Medicaid and those who have private coverage subsidized by the federal government.
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CNN
The national conversation around health care is increasingly about "Medicare for All," but Democrats are still working to bring Republican states on board with expanding access to a different government program — Medicaid.
Under the Affordable Care Act, states can get federal money to pay for adding people to the program for low-income Americans, but 14 states never accepted it.
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The Associated Press via The Augusta Chronicle
Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp could soon have wide leeway in reshaping the state's healthcare system under a bill given final passage by the state House on Monday.
The measure authorizing Kemp's office to pursue a Medicaid waiver passed the House on a 104-67 vote, largely along partisan lines with Republicans in support.
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Cleveland.com
As the new director of the Ohio Department of Medicaid, Maureen Corcoran said she has heard plenty of criticism that state health care officials under former Gov. John Kasich were not straightforward and transparent. Speaking Wednesday at a Columbus healthcare forum hosted by the Center for Community Solutions, Corcoran made promises to be direct and provide data. She repeated the same remarks earlier in the day at a budget hearing in an Ohio House committee. She said the criticism has come from "everyone" — including lawmakers and providers.
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Idaho Statesman via EastIdahoNews.com
The Idaho Legislature is weighing two very different bills on how to expand Medicaid to Idaho's working poor.
Republican leaders say the big question they're grappling with is this: Should Idahoans seeking Medicaid coverage be offered work training? Or should they have to report their job status in order to get taxpayer-funded health insurance?
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The Associated Press via The News & Observer
Some Republican leaders in Montgomery, Alabama, might have cracked open the door to Medicaid expansion in the state, but also say it won't become a reality unless a funding source can be identified.
Republican Gov. Kay Ivey agreed to have discussions with Democrats about expansion and other Democratic caucus priorities, but has made no further commitment.
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The Wichita Eagle
Supporters of Medicaid expansion celebrated this week after the Kansas House voted to expand the program to some 150,000 residents.
One lawmaker called it "monumental" after nearly a decade spent trying to get the conservative state to open up the state-run health program to more Kansans.
Even Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders posted a congratulatory tweet.
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The Telegraph
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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Florida Politics
Florida inked new Medicaid managed care contracts worth at least $90 billion last year and has completed the transition of tens of thousands of patients into new plans.
But now there's a move to lengthen the terms of the plans' contracts from five years to seven — or eight.
Florida Medicaid law requires the state to re-procure contracts every five years, so extending the length of the contracts would require legislative approval.
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Missoulian
Montana Legislators got a glimpse Friday of a state estimate showing the Republican version of a bill to continue Medicaid expansion with added work requirements would result in about half the 96,000 people on the program losing coverage.
The fiscal note is attached to Rep. Ed Buttrey's House Bill 658, which was expected to be voted on in the House Human Services committee Friday.
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Omaha World-Herald
Nebraska nursing homes are being put in danger by a growing gap between Medicaid payment rates and operating costs, a key state lawmaker said Monday.
State Sen. John Stinner of Gering, the Appropriations Committee chairman, told fellow committee members that the situation has reached a crisis level.
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Urban Milwaukee
As states get ready to impose Medicaid work requirements, there's concern over how many people could lose health coverage — and what an increase in those without insurance could mean for hospitals.
A recent study by the Commonwealth Fund estimates that hospitals in the state could lose 15 percent of their Medicaid revenue. Other states like Kentucky could lose more — up to 22 percent — because their work requirements apply to more people.
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