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The Hill
Ohio Gov. John Kasich will unveil an entitlement reform package on Thursday in Nashua, setting the tone for a tricky conversation about entitlement reform in the GOP presidential primary. He told voters gathered Monday at the Problem Solvers Convention sponsored by No Labels and The Hill that his package will be focused on Medicare and Medicaid and will employ some of the strategies he used to reform Medicaid in his home state.
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The Hill
Avik Roy, a top conservative health policy expert, is signing on to Sen. Marco Rubio's (R-Fla.) presidential campaign as an adviser. Roy was previously an adviser to former Texas Gov. Rick Perry's campaign, before Perry dropped out of the race last month. Roy also advised Mitt Romney's campaign in 2012. He joins another conservative policy heavyweight and former Romney adviser, Lanhee Chen, in advising Rubio.
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MHPA
Before you watch the Democrats duke it out in Vegas or tune in to baseball playoffs, you really should register for mhpa2015. Why? One reason is that we've added Justin Senior, Florida's deputy secretary for Medicaid, to our already esteemed Medicaid directors panel.
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The Associated Press via The Baltimore Sun
For more than three years, state elected officials have debated if and how they'll insure thousands of Utah's poor by expanding Medicaid, but top officials aren't sure if that effort will survive a closed-door vote Tuesday by conservatives in Utah's House of Representatives. If there isn't enough support, legislative leaders and Herbert's office won't predict if they'll still consider the issue in a special session or if they'll walk away from the issue entirely.
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Deseret News
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert said he's optimistic his efforts to expand Medicaid in Utah won't end when House Republicans meet behind closed doors Tuesday to take a straw vote on the latest proposal. Herbert said there are other options for funding the state's share of the program to provide insurance coverage to low-income Utahns using the hundreds of millions of dollars available under President Barack Obama's healthcare law.
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The Columbus Dispatch
Federally qualified health centers, which receive grants under the Public Health Service Act's Section 330 and were set up to care for underserved populations, have worked to encourage more people to view as they ride a wave of unprecedented growth, both in Ohio and nationwide. Fed largely in recent years by new federal grants and the state's expansion of Medicaid — both authorized by the Affordable Care Act — community health centers have flourished across Ohio. They've added branches and healthcare services, expanded their hours and bulked up their staffs.
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KTOO-FM
Medicaid expansion has been available to Alaskans for over a month, and 93 people in the capital city have enrolled. 263 in all of Southeast. It's providing coverage for the uninsured. But it's also offering increased care for those who qualify with Indian Health Service. For one Juneau man, that means having options to treat alcohol addiction.
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Great Falls Tribune
Roughly 70,000 Montanans now qualify for Medicaid coverage after the Montana Legislature approved the expansion plan this year. But some have to wait a little while longer to get that coverage while the federal government reviews Montana's waiver application. State officials are hopeful Montana's plan, which calls for a third-party administrator to manage the program and requires modest premiums from participants, will be approved by Nov. 1 so those eligible can start applying at the same time the health insurance exchange opens.
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The Arizona Republic
Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva urged the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to reject Gov. Doug Ducey's plan to tighten eligibility and impose cost-sharing requirements for able-bodied adults enrolled in Arizona’s Medicaid program.
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Arkansas Online
The number of people approved for coverage under Arkansas' expanded Medicaid program rose to 263,387 in July before falling by almost 29,219 by the end of September, according to numbers released Friday by the state Department of Human Services. Meanwhile, the cost per person of the so-called private option, which covers most of the newly eligible adults, has increased from June to September by $6.89, from $484.94 to $491.83.
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Chicago Tribune
The director of Arkansas' Department of Human Services said Thursday that he will leave his job by the end of the year. John Selig said in a news release that he told Gov. Asa Hutchinson about his plans to leave the department that has overseen the implementation of the state's "private option" Medicaid expansion plan. Hutchinson said in an emailed statement that he met with Selig on Wednesday and asked him to stay on through January to help with the transition.
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Health News Florida
A Florida Senate panel on Wednesday demanded answers from a state Department of Health official about how many special-needs children have recently lost services as the state transitions to a new Medicaid system — and why. Several members of the Senate Health and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee said they'd had calls from constituents — "in tears," in the words of Sen. Aaron Bean — over losing critical healthcare services for their children.
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The Wichita Eagle
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's press office blasted Medicaid expansion as an "Obamacare ruse" in an email to supporters Tuesday, signaling that the governor won't back expansion anytime soon. Melika Willoughby, the governor’s deputy director of communications, pushed back against the claim that the state's refusal to expand Medicaid helped cause the closure of Mercy Hospital in Independence.
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The Henry J. Kaiser Foundation
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) extends health insurance coverage to people who lack access to an affordable coverage option. Under the ACA, as of 2014, Medicaid coverage is extended to low-income adults in states that have opted to expand eligibility, and tax credits are available for middle-income people who purchase coverage through a health insurance Marketplace.
Millions of people have enrolled in these new coverage options, but millions of others are still uninsured. Some remain ineligible for coverage, and others may be unaware of the availability of new coverage options or still find coverage unaffordable even with financial assistance.
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HealthCrowd
The webinar will address a host of issues covered by the new ruling, including a member's right to revoke prior consent, a health plan's liability for calling and texting reassigned mobile numbers and the exemption for healthcare messages that are regulated through the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Marc Roth, HealthCrowd's TCPA Counsel and co-chair of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP's TCPA Compliance and Class Action Defense Group will report on the ruling, examine its implications and provide valuable guidance on how to stay compliant and avoid pitfalls.
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