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Fox Business
If Tuesday's elections served as a referendum on health care — Medicaid expansions and work requirements were on the line in Virginia, Kentucky and Mississippi — then a number of voters sent a clear message: They want expanded access to health care in their states.
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The Hill
Attorney General Andy Beshear (D), who claimed victory in the Kentucky governor's race, vowed Tuesday night to rescind the state's Medicaid work requirements in his first week in office.
Beshear projected himself as the winner of the gubernatorial race on Tuesday as he led Gov. Matt Bevin (R) by a 49.2 to 48.8 percent margin, but The Associated Press had not called the race as of 11:15 p.m.
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Managed Care
Researchers at the University of Kentucky College of Public Health and Harvard Medical School found that Medicaid expansion under the ACA were associated with meaningful reductions in preventable hospitalizations.
The reductions in hospitalization were largely concentrated in chronic respiratory conditions (COPD and asthma), diabetes-related complications and bacterial pneumonia. The findings reinforce early findings.
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Gov. Charlie Baker's administration was ready.
Thirty letters requesting meetings to discuss deeper drug discounts arrived in the inbox of major pharmaceutical executives just weeks after Baker gained leverage that would compel many of those executives to respond. The Massachusetts Medicaid program had already asked some of these same drugmakers to talk about taking less for new, high-priced medications, and the companies had refused.
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Mississippi Today
By resisting Medicaid expansion, Mississippi is forfeiting more than $1 million a day that could help thousands of uninsured people with untreated mental illnesses and health care providers drowning in uncompensated costs, said state Sen. Hob Bryan, vice chairman of the Senate Medicaid Committee.
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Endocrinology Advisor
Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act was found to improve self-reported diabetes management and self-reported health outcomes in patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, according to study results published in Diabetes Care.
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The Associated Press via Stamford Advocate
Tennessee would no longer be the only state in the country that does not have a program offering coverage for children with significant disabilities living at home under a proposal currently being reviewed by the federal government.
Commissioner Brad Turner, who oversees the Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, said Tuesday the state submitted a waiver in September asking the federal government for approval to allow disabled children to get Medicaid assistance whose families wouldn't otherwise qualify in the state.
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WFPL-FM
Kentucky is expanding a program that pays for Medicaid enrollees to get on their employer insurance. As of Monday, family members of people in the program can also apply for coverage. It's a move aimed at saving the state money, but also one that critics worry could put enrollees in financial jeopardy.
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Carolina Journal via The Laurinburg Exchange
A big change to the North Carolina Medicaid program remains unfunded, increasing the risk of costly delays in Medicaid transformation.
The legislature adjourned without passing funding for Medicaid managed care — a transformation that will privatize Medicaid by paying managed care companies $30 billion over five years to cover 1.6 million low-income North Carolinians.
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The Associated Press via The Lewiston Tribune
About 35,000 Idaho residents have signed up for Medicaid under expanded coverage in the first few days it has been offered, state officials said Monday.
The Department of Health and Welfare said that's more than a third of the estimated 91,000 people who are eligible. The agency started taking applications Friday, and it is tracking numbers on its website.
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Pagosa Daily Post
Over 1.2 million Coloradans rely on Medicaid or Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+) for comprehensive health services that foster child development, help adults maintain employment, deliver needed mental health and substance use treatments and keep people with disabilities in their communities.
Unfortunately, Colorado saw an 8 percent decline in Medicaid and CHP+ enrollment between March 2017 and March 2019, as national enrollment fell by more than 2.3 percent or 1.7 million participants. Falling unemployment does not explain the extent of the drop, and policy changes spurred by federal pressure are a more likely explanation.
A new analysis from Colorado Center on Law and Policy examines data on economic changes, as well as other factors contributing to the state's enrollment decline.
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