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Institute for Medicaid Innovation
Today, the Institute for Medicaid Innovation continues to help change the culture of childhood obesity with the release of the ChildHood Obesity Prevention and Treatment (CHOPT) for Medicaid toolkit for Medicaid health plans. The new resource, supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and developed in partnership with Medicaid Health Plans of America and the Association for Community Affiliated Plans, will show your plan how to run its own childhood obesity prevention program.
"Not only is childhood obesity a serious health issue that can lead to increased risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease in adulthood, but it's a financial one as well: The annual costs of obesity for children and adolescents alone are $2.9 billion, so the motivation for Medicaid health plans to invest in solutions is high," noted Jennifer E. Moore, PhD, RN, principal investigator for CHOPT for Medicaid and director of the IMI. "With this toolkit, they will have the information they need to potentially reverse childhood obesity trends and improve the overall quality of life for children and their families."
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The Hill
House Republicans are beefing up their efforts to tackle the nation's deadly opioid crisis, but some experts question how effective their piecemeal approach will be. Congress is touting its recent flurry of action — the House is on track to pass more than 50 bills addressing the issue by the end of this week — on an issue that is hitting many constituents hard, and one that lawmakers are sure to hear about on the campaign trail this year.
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The Hill
Kentucky's attorney general sued Walgreens Thursday, alleging that the company contributed to the state's opioid epidemic. Attorney General Andy Beshear, a Democrat, sued Walgreens for its role as both a distributor and a pharmacy. The lawsuit alleges that the company failed to report suspicious shipments of opioids to authorities and that it dispensed large quantities of the painkiller.
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The Wall Street Journal
The push to expand Medicaid is gaining traction in some Republican states that previously rejected the idea, thanks to grassroots efforts to let voters weigh in directly on the issue and recent changes in the program that make it more friendly to conservatives.
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Kaiser Health News
Texans think the Legislature should expand Medicaid to more low-income people and make healthcare more affordable, according to a survey released Thursday. Researchers surveyed 1,367 Texans between March and May of this year about topics ranging from Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act, maternal mortality and the role of government in tackling healthcare issues.
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The Hill
Attorneys for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), as well as Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, began their legal fight Friday against a group of activists from the state who are suing the Trump administration over the approval of Kentucky's Medicaid waiver.
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Detroit Free Press
So hundreds of thousands of low-income Medicaid recipients in Michigan are now going to have to find work or face losing their health insurance? As always with government, the issue is more complicated than that.
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The Plain Dealer
Proposed work requirements on Medicaid expansion enrollees could affect more than 300,000 people in Ohio, including nearly 52,000 in Cuyahoga County, according to new research from Policy Matters Ohio, a left-leaning think tank.
A waiver submitted to the federal government April 30 by the Ohio Department of Medicaid requires most able-bodied adults to work or participate in a sanctioned community engagement activity, like Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) education and training activities, for 80 hours monthly to be eligible for Medicaid.
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