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CNN via WRAL-TV
The coverage gains achieved by the Affordable Care Act are starting to erode. The uninsured rate for those ages 45 to 64 jumped to 10.3% in 2018, up from 9.3% a year earlier, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published Thursday.
It's the first time a government study has shown an increase in the rate, though polling and research groups had previously found that people had been losing their health insurance since President Donald Trump took office.
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Modern Healthcare
The CMS approved state plans to amend Medicaid 16% faster last year than they did in 2016, according to new federal data. CMS Administrator Seema Verma said that the agency will improve the waiver process that allows states to make changes to Medicaid such as eligibility requirements and rates.
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia may be in line to forge a new path in the way the nation funds Medicaid expansion for the poor, potentially putting the state in line for millions of additional dollars from the federal government, a Trump administration official told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Wednesday. If it bears out, it's a victory for Gov. Brian Kemp's healthcare plans for the state, and a blow to Democrats who argued against his plan. And it's just one way in which Georgia's proposal might serve as a national model for more stringent Medicaid guidelines that the Trump administration favors, according to remarks from the official, Seema Verma.
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The Associated Press via Valdosta Daily Times
Georgia is seeking proposals to develop a Medicaid waiver that Republican Gov. Brian Kemp says will make health care more affordable and accessible, the governor's office said Monday.
If approved by the federal government, the waiver would allow Georgia to expand Medicaid more conservatively than federal rules typically allow.
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CBS News
Days before Mother's Day, Democratic presidential hopeful and New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley introduced legislation in the Senate and House to address the maternal mortality crisis in the United States. The bill, named the Maximizing Outcomes for Moms through Medicaid Improvement and Enhancement of Services (MOMMIES) Act, aims to substantially extend the time period Medicaid will cover postpartum women to a year after they give birth. Current Medicaid coverage for postpartum women is two months.
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Lincoln Journal Star via Marietta Daily Journal
Supporters of Nebraska's successful Medicaid expansion initiative are considering all options, including a potential lawsuit, to combat what they view as the Ricketts administration's slow-walk implementation of the expanded coverage directed by Nebraska voters.
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mHealthIntelligence
Texas lawmakers are considering a bill that would create a statewide telehealth pilot program for early childhood intervention services, with providers reimbursed through Medicaid.
H.B. 12 would, if approved, create a network of connected care services in schools and other locations in parts of the state where access to early childhood intervention services is limited. The state’s Health and Human Services Commission would select eligible schools and school districts, providers and students for the so-called "tele-connective pilot program."
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Insider NJ
As part of New Jersey's solution driven strategy to improve maternal health outcomes, a bill to establish a perinatal episode of care pilot program in Medicaid was signed into law by Gov. Phil Murphy. The law mandates the three-year perinatal episode of care pilot program in Medicaid to be developed by a steering committee established by the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in the Department of Human Services.
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Wisconsin Public Radio
More people would be able to afford medication to treat opioid addiction if Wisconsin accepts a federal expansion of Medicaid, according to a new report from a liberal advocacy group.
The report, released Wednesday by Citizen Action of Wisconsin, found the average low-income individual who would be eligible for Medicaid under the expansion would pay as much as 72 times more for opioid addiction drugs on the Affordable Care Act's private insurance marketplace than through Medicaid.
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The Associated Press via Star Tribune
Wisconsin Republicans planned to scrap expanding Medicaid, legalizing medical marijuana, raising the minimum wage and a host of other priorities of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers on Thursday, as they begin dismantling his two-year budget plan.
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Florida Phoenix
Florida missed another opportunity this year to provide healthcare coverage to more than 800,000 low-income residents.
As expected, the 2019 Legislature never considered any effort to expand Medicaid, the federal-state healthcare program for the poor and disabled, under the federal Affordable Care Act. It was also never an item on first-year Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis' legislative agenda.
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