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NPR
Those residing in Illinois qualify for Medicaid, the federal-state health insurance program for low-income residents that 36 states and the District of Columbia decided to expand under the Affordable Care Act. But politicians in neighboring Missouri chose not to expand it — a decision some groups are trying to reverse by getting signatures to put the option on the 2020 ballot.
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WVTF-FM
Remember those work requirements Republicans insisted on before passing Medicaid expansion?
They haven't been implemented yet and the Virginia governor's office is still negotiating with federal officials to strike a deal.
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The Robesonian
State and local health and social services agencies are urging residents who receive Medicaid benefits to do their part to ensure a smooth rollout of North Carolina's change from a fee-for-service model to a managed-care model.
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University of Michigan via Medical Xpress
Nearly 1 in 3 low-income people who enrolled in Michigan's expanded Medicaid program discovered they had a chronic illness that had never been diagnosed before, according to a new study. And whether it was a newly found condition or one they'd known about before, half of Medicaid expansion enrollees with chronic conditions said their overall health improved after one year of coverage or more. Nearly as many said their mental health had improved.
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The News & Observer
These days, support for Medicaid expansion in North Carolina varies from Republican to Republican.
Republicans in the state House are working on a proposal to expand the federal coverage program for the poor. Republicans in the Senate say they're not interested in Medicaid expansion. Meanwhile, some Republicans in rural North Carolina feel neglected as they await solutions.
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WPLN-FM
TennCare is fielding nothing but pushback to its block grant proposal, which it plans to submit to the federal government next month. The state's Medicaid program is holding public hearings this week, and the kickoff in Nashville resulted in a unified chorus of resistance.
This block grant would be a first in the U.S. and would transform Tennessee’s Medicaid program, giving it far more flexibility in how federal money is spent and the opportunity to keep as much as half the savings it achieves.
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Deseret News
While there have been some successes and more Utah families have gained coverage, advocates said far less than expected have benefited from the program.
Six months in, 37,000 people have signed up, while nearly twice that number had been estimated to enroll by the end of the year, the group said. And most of those enrolled were simply transferred from other programs.
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The Oklahoman
Kris Steele, a Republican who was speaker of the Oklahoma House during a period of intense GOP resistance to the Affordable Care Act, came out Monday night for a key feature of that health care law.
Speaking at a forum on mental health care in south Oklahoma City, Steele endorsed Medicaid expansion. In fact, he recited the main points of those now pushing for a state ballot question on expanding the state-federal health care insurance.
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New Hampshire Union Leader
The state has created an emergency rule to avoid the threatened loss of millions in federal funding over how New Hampshire delivers Medicaid services in public schools.
Gov. Chris Sununu wrote to local school officials to assure them the state is revamping the program in compliance with guidance from the federal Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services.
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Fort Scott Biz
Governor Laura Kelly’s call for a bipartisan, Kansas-specific plan to expand Medicaid coverage took an important step forward Monday with the first meeting of the Governor's Council on Medicaid Expansion.
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