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Ohio Medicaid caseload soars due to COVID-19, but now program faces budget gap of billions
The Columbus Dispatch via MSN
Medicaid caseloads have surged during the coronavirus pandemic, topping 3 million this year, up 9%, from last year. But as needs intensify, declining state revenue and a projected budget shortfall will challenge the $23 billion health-care program for poor and disabled Ohioans, Medicaid Director Maureen Corcoran said during a virtual post-election conference Thursday.
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Why Ohio is overhauling Medicaid
Dayton Daily News via MSN
The overhaul of Ohio's Medicaid program has farther reaching consequences than CareSource. The health insurance program for 3 million Ohioans with low incomes and disabilities is a major policy tool. It's a key source of health care for the Dayton region, which is older and less affluent than the state as a whole, and also a source of funding for hospitals, doctors and other providers.
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Oklahoma: Voters rejected State Question 814 and put Medicaid expansion funding on lawmakers
StateImpact Oklahoma
Back in June, Oklahoma voted to expand Medicaid. Now voters have given the state legislature an assignment: Find another way to pay for it.
Voters rejected State Question 814 this week. That blocked a move to divert funding away from the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust, a public health agency known as TSET. The proposal would have taken annual payments into that endowment and rerouted them to pay for Medicaid expansion.
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Cuts to Idaho's Medicaid program on the table
The Lewiston Tribune
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare is considering a series of cost-saving measures to offset projected increases in Medicaid and expanded Medicaid expenditures next year.
The proposal could include benefits reductions, provider rate cuts and higher tax assessments on nursing homes and intermediate care facilities. Collectively, they would save the state about $30 million in fiscal 2022, which begins July 1.
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Montana: Billings legislators expect Medicaid expansion to be big issue in upcoming session
KTVQ-TV
The countdown is on to the start of the 2021 Montana Legislative Session, now only 59 days away.
The session convenes Jan. 4, 2021, but due to COVID concerns, it remains to be seen if lawmakers will meet in person, or if some of the session's business will be conducted virtually.
One issue that promises to be a hot button item this session is the future of Medicaid expansion in Montana.
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Report: Healthy aging CBOs should seek Medicaid/Medicare reimbursement
State of Reform
Community-based organizations (CBO) and networks can deliver healthy aging evidence-based health programs (EBP) to seniors — but to ensure long-term viability, these organizations should develop reimbursable relationships with payers such as Medicaid, Medicare and other plans, according to a report by the National Council on Aging and Health Management Associates.
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South Dakota Farmers Union head supports expanded Medicaid coverage
KELO-AM
The major concern for one South Dakota Farm group is the need for affordable health care for farmers and ranchers.
South Dakota Farmers Union President Doug Sombke says the state needs to approve Medicaid Expansion to help those who aren't covered.
He says many without coverage are farmers.
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