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Politico
The House passed legislation Thursday to repeal and replace Obamacare, as Republicans came closer than ever to realizing their seven-year pledge to overturn the Democratic law and remake health insurance for millions of Americans. The plan, the American Health Care Act, was approved mostly along partisan lines, 217-213, with just one vote to spare. No Democrats backed the bill, and a slew of Republicans opposed it as well.
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The Hill
Social media users are highlighting proposed cuts to Medicaid ahead of an expected House vote Thursday on a GOP bill to repeal and replace Obamacare. The bill slashes $880 billion in federal funding to Medicaid, according to the Congressional Budget office, despite President Donald Trump's campaign promises not to cut the program.
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The Hill
Republican senators say they don't see a way to get healthcare reform over the finish line, even if the House passes a bill this week. A senior GOP senator said the chances of getting 51 votes for legislation based on the House healthcare bill are less than 1 in 5.
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STAT
A few months ago, if you lived in Virginia, relied on Medicaid, and were seeking a residential treatment program for substance abuse, you had few to choose from. To be precise, you had four. Today, you would have 71. That increase was made possible in part by a new type of "waiver" from federal rules that has dramatically expanded treatment options for Medicaid beneficiaries here. It has also shed light on the ways in which, in much of the country, the program has limited opportunities for many people seeking help overcoming addictions.
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California Healthline
Helping homeless Medi-Cal patients afford shelter could curb their frequent emergency room visits and save California millions of dollars a year, state housing and health care advocates say. California lawmakers are considering a measure to devote an additional $90 million in state housing money over five years to subsidize rent for homeless Medi-Cal patients. That money would pay for all or part of the monthly rent for about 1,500 people at any given time during those years, say supporters of the bill.
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The Associated Press via The New York Times
Arkansas lawmakers voted Wednesday to scale back the state's first-in-the-nation hybrid Medicaid expansion under a plan that would move 60,000 people off the program and require some remaining participants to work. The changes are part of an effort in Republican-leaning Arkansas to take advantage of President Donald Trump's willingness to give states more flexibility in restricting coverage. Arkansas is pursuing the changes despite GOP efforts in Washington to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which enabled the state's program.
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Star Tribune
Minnesota has been warned that its main government health insurance program risks losing federal funding if it doesn't provide more preventive dental care to children. The problem is familiar to many families on Medical Assistance: Many dentists don't accept new patients covered by the program because Minnesota pays some of the lowest dental reimbursement rates in the country.
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The Plain Dealer
A new state budget proposal presented in the Ohio House of Representatives would limit the number of people eligible for Medicaid through the expansion. The proposed budget would only cover under the expansion those who are 55 or older or medically fragile, employed, enrolled in a workforce training program or a recovery program.
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Kaiser Health News
Like many recent grads, after Maegan Samuel got her bachelor's degree from Howard University in 2014, she held a series of temporary jobs — day care worker, secretary — before landing a permanent position a year ago working in operations for a nonprofit association of public health programs in the District of Columbia. Yet throughout this unsettled time, there has been one constant she could count on: Her mom's health insurance, which has covered her as a dependent all along.
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Nineteen states would gain $7.14-$7.75 in federal funding for each state dollar they invest in Medicaid. The 19 states that have not yet expanded Medicaid could reduce the number of uninsured by more than four million people collectively by expanding Medicaid.
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