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The Hill
Thirteen states led by Washington Attorney General Robert Ferguson (D) filed a lawsuit Wednesday over the Trump administration's new "public charge" rule.
The states are suing the Department of Homeland Security over the new rule that expands the government's ability to deny entry or green cards to legal immigrants based on their use of public services like food stamps and Medicaid.
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KSWO-TV
It’s a topic of discussion among health care advocates and Oklahoma state legislators, State Question 802. The proposal seeks to amend the state constitution concerning Medicaid.
When the Affordable Care Act was passed, Oklahoma was one of 14 states that chose not to expand Medicaid. That left a gap of about 200,000 uninsured Oklahomans, but State Question 802 aims to change that.
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Winston-Salem Journal
There was no progress in the stalemate over Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of the Republican state budget compromise.
The state House’s floor session lasted less than 10 minutes and did not address a vote on overriding Cooper’s veto or Medicaid expansion legislation House Bill 655. There was no action on the other three bills on the agenda.
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The North State Journal
After more than a month of waiting for the other side to flinch in budget negotiations, Minority Leader Darren Jackson (D-Wake) delivered a letter to Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Eden) and Speaker Tim Moore (R-Kings Mountain) saying he has 51 signatures from House Democrats who pledge not to break with the party to override Gov. Cooper’s veto of the Republican budget.
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Houston Herald
A political nonprofit that has assisted Medicaid expansion ballot initiatives in four Republican-led states is weighing whether it should target Missouri next year.
The Fairness Project, a Washington-based 501(c)(4) nonprofit that does not have to reveal its donors, has contributed $31,022 to the Healthcare for All political action committee since last month, according to the Missouri Ethics Commission.
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Concord Monitor
The technology continues to improve. But for years, telemedicine has been out of reach for many – costly, sparse and often not covered by insurance.
That may change soon, with a new law to expand telemedicine for low-income Granite Staters. Following the signing of a bill this week by Gov. Chris Sununu, New Hampshire’s Medicaid program will soon cover the use of the technology for primary care visits, substance-use treatment and more.
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mHealth Intelligence
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine's directive to the state Medicaid program to spend $15 million to improve telehealth access for students in need of mental health services may be unfairly tied into the national gun debate.
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Post Register
When Idaho lawmakers reconvene in January 2020, one of the major decisions facing them will be how to pay for Medicaid expansion. And two big questions are whether Idaho's counties, which split the cost of indigent health care with the state now, should have to cover part of the expansion costs and how any formula affects eastern Idaho, where many counties spend less on indigent health care than similarly sized counties elsewhere in the state.
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Idaho Press
Eastern Idaho lawmakers and a former state Supreme Court justice met Tuesday to debate the Legislature’s attempts this year to raise the threshold to get an initiative on the ballot, writes Post Register reporter Nathan Brown.
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Associated Press via KMBC-TV
A court filing shows Kansas' failed effort to strip Medicaid money from Planned Parenthood will cost the state more than $464,300 in attorney fees, expenses and other costs.
A stipulation filed Monday in federal court in Kansas comes after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected last year the state's appeal.
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Alaska Journal of Commerce
A Medicaid overhaul analysis commissioned by Gov. Michael J. Dunleavy’s administration concluded Alaska could see benefits from shifting a subset of its Medicaid population to private insurance, but the details of potential cost savings and whether or not the change can be implemented remains unclear.
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