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The Hill
Montana officially became the 30th state to expand Medicaid under ObamaCare when the Obama administration approved its expansion plan. In April, Montana’s Republican legislature approved Medicaid expansion, but like other Republican-controlled states, it made some changes to put a conservative twist on the program. The Obama administration needed to approve those changes, which include making beneficiaries pay premiums up to 2 percent of their income, and has now signed off.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Virginia’s voters will finally settle which party controls the Virginia Senate. The outcome of today’s could determine the fate of McAuliffe’s key initiatives, from the two-year budget he will propose next month, to Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act.
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Kentucky's gubernatorial contest, where a high-profile Democrat and Republican are locked in an establishment vs. outsider match-up, will be the race to watch in off-year elections. The Republican nominee is wealthy businessman Matt Bevin who has promised to scale back Medicaid expansion and eliminate the exchange, saying taxpayers can't afford it. The Democratic nominee is Jack Conway, a two-term attorney general who has called Bevin's plan "callous" and said he would keep both programs. A third candidate, independent Drew Curtis, has also said he would keep the Medicaid expansion.
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Journal Star
Gov. Pete Ricketts took a shot at proposed Medicaid expansion in Nebraska, warning that "we can't trust the federal government" to honor its commitment to always pay at least 90 percent of the costs.
"If we expand Medicaid, it will cost the state $158 million over six years," the governor told a Platte Institute legislative summit. "That's money that could go to roads, education, investments to grow our state," Ricketts said.
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Kaiser Health News
California and the federal government agreed in concept on a $6.2-billion deal to reform the Medicaid program and to help pay for care of the low-income population.
The largest share of the funds — nearly $3.3 billion — is aimed at helping public hospitals improve the safety and quality of patient care. The plan, known as the Medicaid waiver, also provides money to cover the uninsured and create pilot programs to keep high-need populations out of emergency rooms.
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Kaiser Health News
The online federal insurance marketplace opened for business recently. It’s the third year of open enrollment for these subsidized plans, established by the Affordable Care Act. Many Texans still oppose the law, even though the state is home to the most uninsured people in the country.
For the moment, Texas Republicans still consider the Affordable Care Act to be political kryptonite.
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Providence Journal
At the helm of HealthSource RI for less than a year, Anya Rader Wallack is already leaving the post for another state job. She will become Rhode Island's next Medicaid director.
Elizabeth Roberts, secretary of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services, announced in a news release on Friday that she has appointed Wallack to the post. The move comes just as HealthSource RI is about to launch its third annual open enrollment and about 11 months after Wallack was appointed by Governor Raimondo to head the state-based health insurance marketplace.
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The Hill
A federal judge has ordered Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal to restore state payments to Planned Parenthood, making Louisiana the second state blocked from defunding the group. U.S. District Judge John deGravelles ruled that Jindal couldn't cancel the state’s Medicaid contract with Planned Parenthood over allegations the group is facing related to its fetal tissue donation program, according to The Associated Press.
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Kaiser Family Foundation
Almost one-half of nursing facility residents and about one in five seniors living in the community has probable or possible dementia, a syndrome characterized by a chronic, progressive decline in memory and other cognitive functions, such as communication and judgment. People with dementia often have complex medical and behavioral health needs, and many rely on family caregivers to provide assistance with self-care and other daily activities. As dementia advances, paid care may be needed.
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San Jose Mercury News
The skyrocketing cost of prescription drugs — already a hot issue on the U.S. presidential campaign trail — may be headed to California's statewide ballot next fall.
Advocates of a proposed measure that would require state programs to pay no more for prescription drugs than prices negotiated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs said they had turned in 542,879 signatures by the deadline, well beyond the 365,880 required by the state.
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Journal Sentinel
Two-thirds of new cancer drugs in the past five years were approved not because they extended or improved life but based on so-called surrogate measures of effectiveness, such as scans showing tumor shrinkage, according to a paper published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine.
What's more, even four years after being allowed on the market by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, many of the drugs still had not showed they were making people live longer, according to the paper, which closely echoes findings from a Journal Sentinel/MedPage Today investigation.
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MHPA
Today, more than a third of the adult population is affected by obesity. The number of adults who are affected by severe obesity continues to increase. It's time for a change in obesity care. With severe obesity on the rise, our nation, led by the healthcare community, must attack this disease from multiple angles and unite to overhaul the treatment of obesity. At MHPA, we recognize this challenge and the important role we can play.
The first-ever National Obesity Care Week (NOCW), Nov. 1-7, seeks to ignite a national movement to ensure anyone affected by obesity receives respectful and comprehensive care. MHPA is proud to join the campaign, which was founded by The Obesity Society, the Obesity Action Coalition, Strategies to Overcome and Prevent Obesity Alliance and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.
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