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The Hill
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin's decision to cut Medicaid benefits for thousands of adults in the state has created confusion, in some cases reportedly resulting in dentists wrongly denying care to patients. Dentists told Kentucky's Courier-Journal that they have had to deny care to some patients, including children, who incorrectly appeared in the state's computer system as having lost coverage, even though they are supposed to be exempt from the cuts.
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The Associated Press
U.S. Rep. Andy Barr said Tuesday that Kentucky's efforts to put work requirements on many Medicaid recipients would be in their best interests, leading them toward self-sufficiency and away from reliance on the government health insurance program.
That stance could elevate health care as a flashpoint in a congressional race that Democrats think gives them their best chance to gain a seat this year in a state that has trended heavily toward Republicans.
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KCUR-FM
Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer says he will continue to push for a Medicaid work requirement despite a recent court order blocking a similar policy in Kentucky.
Last week, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, an Obama appointee in the District of Columbia, questioned whether the Trump administration had adequately considered the consequences of Kentucky’s work requirement before reversing longstanding federal policy to approve it.
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Forbes
Supporters of Medicaid expansion in Nebraska say they have reached their goal to become the third Republican-leaning state this year to put an initiative on the November general election ballot.
The group Insure The Good Life said Thursday that more than 133,000 signatures — shattering the required 85,000 needed — will be submitted Thursday to the Nebraska Secretary of State's office to bring healthcare to 90,000 Nebraskans via ballot measure. The Secretary of State and county clerks then have 40 days to certify the signatures, supporters said Thursday.
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The Associated Press via The Charlotte Observer
Maine's Republican governor is publicly laying out a proposed tax hike on hospitals to pay for voter-approved Medicaid expansion.
Gov. Paul LePage's office says Medicaid expansion will offset a tax hike by decreasing charity care and bad debt. Maine's hospital tax rate is 2.23 percent, and Rabinowitz said Maine could go up to six percent.
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Washington Examiner
Several top drugmakers have decided to raise prices this month, a few days after a plea from Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar for restraint. Pfizer has decided to raise prices for more than 40 drugs, with some big ones like Viagra and antidepressant Zoloft getting a price hike of nearly 10 percent. Several other drugmakers also plan to make hikes to their products.
The hikes from several drugmakers come a week after Azar appeared before the Senate Finance Committee to discuss healthcare affordability.
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HFI’s mission is to partner with healthcare clients to improve their fiscal health by advocating for their most vulnerable members. HFI helps members get necessary benefits and income affording them access to important social determinants of health.
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The Hill
CVS Health says it is not standing in the way of lower drug prices, pushing back on comments Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar made last week.
Larry Merlo, president and CEO of CVS Health, wrote in a letter to Azar that he was "surprised" to hear him say pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) — companies that manage insurance plans for employers and insurers — are standing in the way of lower drug prices in order to protect their bottom lines.
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MHPA
Patti Darnley, president and CEO of Pittsburgh-based Gateway Health Plan, and Trey Sutten, CEO of Cardinal Innovations in North Carolina, have joined Medicaid Health Plans of America's board of directors as its newest members.
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