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CNBC
The U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld most of Obamacare also rejected the section of the Affordable Care Act that would have compelled states to expand eligibility in their Medicaid programs to nearly all poor adults. That part of the ruling received far less public attention — but it's that part that likely has had the biggest impact on states over the past four years.
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Bloomberg
Voters' decisions in this fall's gubernatorial elections could determine Medicaid expansion in three key states. Of the 19 states that haven't expanded the program, three — Missouri, North Carolina and Utah — will elect a governor in 2016. Medicaid expansion was introduced as part of the Affordable Care Act in 2010 and makes states eligible to receive increased federal funding for Medicaid services. In 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court said the federal government cannot require states to expand Medicaid, and the expansion became optional.
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Modern Healthcare
The success of the conservative approach to Medicaid devised by Indiana Gov. Mike Pence — Donald Trump's pick for vice president — is a mixed bag so far, according to a report that offers fodder for both sides of the political spectrum. A new analysis funded by the state shows both positive and concerning elements to Indiana's alternative Medicaid expansion. It again exposes the dichotomy of Pence embracing President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law even though his presidential running mate has called for full repeal of the Affordable Care Act.
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The Washington Post
Arizona is rejoining a children's health insurance program for low and middle-income families, becoming the last state in the union to provide coverage for healthcare, dental care, speech therapy and other services to families who don't qualify for Medicaid. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced Monday that it had approved Arizona's plan to unfreeze enrollment in the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), effective Tuesday. The insurance program, funded jointly by the state and federal governments, covers children up to age 18 whose families earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but don't have their own health insurance.
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Miami Herald
Expanding Medicaid coverage to nearly all low-income adults of working age would help Florida reduce the numbers of uninsured people in the state while lowering the risk of Zika infection among pregnant women, according to two reports released Tuesday. The nonprofit Urban Institute, in a study funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, argues that adopting Medicaid expansion in 2017 would reduce Florida's uninsured population by about 877,000 people.
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Kansas Health Institute
Dr. Julie Stewart doesn't want political candidates and elected officials to show up at her nonprofit medical clinic in Coffeyville, Kansas, for photo opportunities, grant announcements or organized tours. Instead, the physician would like those officials to take a personal interest in the patients who have chosen Stewart's Community Health Clinic of Southeast Kansas because they have no health insurance options.
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Courier-Journal
A dozen people — including a Roman Catholic priest, a nun, a physician, a farmer and others telling their stories about health coverage — gathered in Frankfort on Wednesday to protest Kentucky governor Matt Bevin's proposed changes to the Medicaid. The speakers appeared at a news conference organized by the group called "Keep Kentucky Covered," which seeks to retain the state's expansion of coverage under Obamacare.
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Georgia Health News
Up to 5 million more Americans would have health insurance coverage if the 19 states that have not expanded Medicaid were to do so in 2017, a new study says. Among those states, Georgia would see the third-largest drop in uninsured people under Medicaid expansion, a figure of 509,000, according to the Urban Institute study, released Tuesday.
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The Hill
President Barack Obama signed a bill aimed at addressing opioid addiction Friday, though he called out Republicans for the measure's shortcomings. Lawmakers in both parties reached a compromise over the bipartisan Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, though Senate Democrats held out hope until the final hour that they could win more funding for treatment.
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