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Piatt County Journal-American
Illinois lawmakers took several steps this legislative session to increase efficiencies in the state's Medicaid managed care system, which has been widely panned by high-volume Medicaid providers since its inception in 2011.
The negotiations included insurers, health care providers, government regulators and lawmakers, and all sides expressed optimism about a bill which was approved unanimously in both chambers and awaits action from Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
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WECT-TV
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper wants the state budget to include money for expanding Medicaid and he hopes the third time is the charm for getting the initiative passed.
Cooper was in Wilmington on Tuesday talking to childcare workers at Masonboro Baptist Church one day before state legislators are scheduled to meet at the governor's mansion to discuss Medicaid.
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San Antonio Current
A new study has a dire prognosis for medical care in the Lone Star State — namely that the most of us can't afford it.
More than one half of Texas adults — 55% to be precise — say it's difficult for their families to afford health care, according to data from the Episcopal Health Foundation. What's more, 4 in 10 Texans also say they or someone in their household had problems paying or were completely unable to pay their medical bills in the past 12 months.
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WTVD-TV
Potential changes in federal rules could force up to one million working families out of government programs.
The Office of Budget and Management is seeking public comment on the methodology used to calculate the federal poverty rate.
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The Hill
Oklahoma's Supreme Court has paved the way for people in the state to vote on Medicaid expansion, after ruling against a conservative think tank's challenge to the ballot initiative.
In its opinion Tuesday, the court ruled the description for the petition was not misleading, as the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs claimed in its lawsuit, the Tulsa World reported.
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Kaiser Health News
The Medicaid work requirement plan devised by Arkansas and approved by the Trump administration backfired because it caused thousands of poor adults to lose coverage without any evidence the target population gained jobs, a new study finds.
In fact, the requirement had only a limited chance for success as nearly 97% of Arkansas residents ages 30-49 who were eligible for Medicaid — those subject to the mandate — were already employed or should have been exempt from the new law, according to the study published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Vox
The first major study on the nation's first Medicaid work requirements finds that people fell off of the Medicaid rolls but didn’t seem to find more work.
Since Arkansas implemented the nation's first Medicaid work requirements last year, a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine has found, Medicaid enrollment has fallen for working-age adults, the uninsured rate has been rising, and there has been little discernible effect on employment.
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U.S. News & World Report
Statistically speaking, it's more dangerous to give birth in the U.S. today than it was a generation ago.
The maternal death rate more than doubled between 1987 and 2015, even as that rate fell for women in other developed countries. About 700 women in the U.S. now die every year during pregnancy, at childbirth or shortly afterward, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and about 2 in 3 of these deaths are likely preventable.
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KXLF-TV
The results from a Montana Healthcare Foundation report that aimed to reduce health care costs associated with Montana homelessness were shared at the Billings Hotel and Convention center Tuesday.
"We created models of how Medicaid waivers and system designs could be used to re-imagine how Medicaid can support the most vulnerable members of Montana communities," Ted Madden, the foundation's CEO, said.
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WBKO-TV
A bill that would extend the "Medicaid Money Follows the Person" program has passed in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Kentucky Congressman Brett Guthrie wrote the legislation, which would extend the program through the 2024 financial year.
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