Missouri voters will decide whether to expand Medicaid via ballot initiative in what could be yet another blow to the Trump administration and its anti-Obamacare health policy. A vote in Missouri to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act would be seen as a huge blow to the Trump administration, which has made repealing the law a signature part of its first three years in office.
Missouri voters will get the chance to decide whether to expand Medicaid to low-income residents. A ballot measure calls for enshrining Medicaid expansion in the deep red state's constitution, which would make it harder for legislators to throw up hurdles to enrollment, such as work requirements. The Trump administration and many Republican state officials have sought to add work requirements, premiums and other mandates to Medicaid, which make it more difficult for folks to qualify for coverage.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is extending the second phase application deadline to Friday, Aug. 28, for general distribution to Medicaid, Medicaid managed care, Children's Health Insurance Program and dental providers. This is the second time HHS has extended the deadline. The first deadline was July 20 and was extended until Aug. 3. Providers have said they needed more time to apply.
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) will extend Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) flexibilities through Oct. 23 during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced recently. Abbott also announced the extension of the emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits.
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Control of the Kansas Legislature could turn on dozens of down-ballot races in the Aug. 4 primary election, in which many of the contests, particularly for the Kansas Senate, pit conservative Republicans against moderate incumbents. In Republican Senate primaries, moderates facing their first re-election test since 2016 can no longer use former Gov. Sam Brownback as a foil.
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The D.C. Council has introduced a resolution of disapproval for the contracts, extending the review period by 35 days to Sept. 3, 2020. The disapproval notice — introduced by Chairman Phil Mendelson, Ward 5 Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie and At-large Councilmember Robert White — essentially buys the Council more time to review the proposed contracts.
A coalition of Virginia hospitals and physicians is suing the state's Medicaid program over emergency budget cuts that they say will cost them $55 million in reduced payments for emergency room visits this year during a public health emergency when they can least afford it. The Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association, the Medical Society of Virginia and the Virginia College of Emergency physicians filed the suit in federal court recently.
State Sen. George Borrello has introduced legislation in the state Senate that would give counties a modicum of cost control over their Medicaid programs. S.8798 would allow counties to opt out of the county cost of medical assistance payments for any new Medicaid program enrollees or those who are re-enrolling after a period of absence.
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Medicaid enrollment will balloon by more than 14% during the state's current fiscal year, with economists predicting an average monthly enrollment of 4.36 million people. The economists who met last week to discuss the enrollment trends amid the COVID-19 pandemic did not estimate the costs associated with the surge in enrollment. They will meet to look at the financial impact.
Expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act appeared associated with a reduction in critical cancer outcome disparities among adults residing in low-income communities in Ohio, according to study results published in Cancer. "Several studies have looked at access and process of care measures in relation to the ACA," Uriel Kim, BS, researcher at the Center for Community Health Integration at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, told Healio.
