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Modern Healthcare
The Trump administration's rejection Friday of Utah's request for full Affordable Care Act funding for a partial Medicaid expansion likely ends the hopes of leaders in a number of states for a smaller and cheaper coverage program for low-income adults.
Idaho and Georgia are two other states that currently are considering partial expansions. There are an estimated 2.5 million uninsured adults in non-expansion states who could qualify for Medicaid nationally through partial expansions, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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Kaiser Health News
U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg said "we have all seen this movie before" and criticized HHS Secretary Alex Azar for acknowledging the potential impact of the Medicaid work requirements without analyzing it. "Are the coverage losses in Arkansas likely to be replicated in New Hampshire? We have no idea, since the approval letter offers no hints," Boasberg said. Medicaid news comes out of Utah, Florida, Missouri, Oklahoma and Minnesota, as well.
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Omaha World-Herald
A federal agency's rejection of Utah's plan to partially expand Medicaid could send other states back to the drawing board on covering more low-income people under the Affordable Care Act, but it offers few clues about the potential fate of Nebraska's Medicaid expansion plan.
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The Oklahoman
Leaders of Oklahoma's House and Senate announced plans Monday for a bipartisan, bicameral working group to study health care in what may be the most telling sign to date the Legislature plans to tackle Medicaid expansion next year.
The working group will discuss forming an Oklahoma-specific plan to expand access to health care and increase coverage of uninsured Oklahomans.
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The Hill
Medicaid expansion advocates are eyeing 2020 wins in red states by taking the issue straight to voters, a strategy that yielded success last year in other Republican-led states.
Proponents are petitioning Florida, Missouri and Oklahoma to include ballot measures asking residents if they want to broaden out the federal health care program to cover more low-income adults, many of whom are uninsured.
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University of Washington via Medical Xpress
More than 4 million reports of child maltreatment involving about 7.5 million children were made in 2017 to Child Protective Services. While much work has been done to reduce these high rates of child abuse and neglect in the United States, few programs have been consistently effective. Now, new research from the University of Washington suggests that expanding Medicaid may help prevent child neglect.
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Boise State Public Radio
The Idaho Secretary of State's office has tossed out a complaint alleging campaign finance violations by the group behind the state's successful Medicaid expansion ballot initiative. The libertarian group Idaho Freedom Foundation filed the complaint against Reclaim Idaho in April, saying it should've had to report the use of paid signature gatherers in its own campaign finance records.
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Helena Independent Record
Montanans will have a chance this week to weigh in on the state's plan to add work requirements to its Medicaid expansion program, the first step in a long process to implement changes created in the 2019 Legislature.
Earlier this year, lawmakers led by a group of moderate Republicans joining with Democrats passed a bill that continues the state's Medicaid expansion. It was set to expire this year otherwise, with the addition of an 80-hour-a-month work requirement and premium increases for people on the program longer than two years.
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PatientEngagementHIT
A bipartisan group in Congress has introduced new legislation that would provide funding and support for state Medicaid agencies working to implement community outreach interventions to address the social determinants of health.
The Social Determinants Accelerator Act was introduced into the House of Representatives by Cheri Bustos (D-Illinois), Tom Cole (R-Oklahoma), Jim McGovern (D-Massachusetts) and Cathy McMorris Rogers (R-Washington) and aims to provide local communities with the capital and logistical planning tools to implement key solutions to the social determinants of health.
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Crain's Chicago Business
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has vetoed a bill could have limited his ability to make changes to the state's Medicaid program.
S.B. 2026, which passed the Senate 56-0 and the House 75-41, aimed to control how Illinois uses its Medicaid dollars by preventing the state from applying for federal waivers that could potentially reduce or eliminate coverage required under the Affordable Care Act or other medical assistance programs.
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