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Post Register
Idaho has submitted its waiver request to let some people who would be covered by Medicaid expansion stay on private insurance.
The "Section 1332 Coverage Choice Waiver" was submitted Monday and, if approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, would give people making between 100 and 138 percent of the poverty level the option of getting federal tax credits to buy insurance on the Your Health Idaho state exchange instead of going on Medicaid when expansion kicks in on Jan. 1, 2020.
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The Conway Daily Sun
Maine has expanded its Medicaid program to cover adults making up to 138 percent of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL). Beth Dyson, the affordable healthcare assister at White Mountain Community Health Center, is available to help Maine residents enroll in the program.
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The Arizona Republic
Officials with Arizona's Medicaid program on Wednesday announced plans for wider use of the drug PrEP to help reduce one of the highest rates of new HIV infections in the country.
In a joint announcement with U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Dr. Robert Redfield, officials with the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System said they'd be promoting more availability of Truvada for PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) as a way of preventing new HIV infections in people who are currently HIV negative but at risk for contracting the virus.
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Winston-Salem Journal
The waiting game over when House Republican leadership will try to override Democratic North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper's state budget veto will carry over into a third week.
The veto override and the bipartisan Medicaid expansion bill were not addressed for a seventh consecutive session Wednesday.
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Utah Public Radio
Healthcare advocates are touring the state of Utah this summer, meeting with citizens, healthcare providers and community leaders concerned that the state’s rollback of Medicaid expansion will harm vulnerable Utahns.
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KCUR-FM
Laura Robeson quit her job as a fourth-grade teacher to care for her son, who has cerebral palsy and other health problems. But as politicians considered cuts to various health care programs, she felt compelled to become an activist, working with others to speak out for families like hers.
That culminated at the State of the Union Address in February. Kansas Congresswoman Sharice Davids chose Robeson to attend as her guest, providing a real-world example of the role federal healthcare policies play in a citizen's life.
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The Columbus Dispatch via The Repository
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed a plan to dump the state's current Medicaid pharmacy benefit managers, saying the legislative budget provision restricts his Medicaid department too much.
That one one of 25 vetoes DeWine issued Thursday morning to the budget he had just signed.
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A state-funded report released Thursday underscores the challenges that Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp faces in crafting a plan to provide more healthcare coverage to uninsured Georgians without expanding Medicaid, which he has long opposed.
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KETV-TV
Dozens of Nebraska families pleaded for help from the state at a special meeting Wednesday night.
They said changes made to Medicaid funding will put their children at risk.
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Piatt County Journal-Republican
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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