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The Hill
Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson has told President-elect Donald Trump that he isn't interested in serving as secretary of Health and Human Services, a Carson ally confirmed to The Hill on Tuesday. Business manager and close friend Armstrong Williams said Carson won't join the incoming Trump administration and would only serve as an unofficial adviser.
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STAT
Over the past two years, state Medicaid programs have done a better job of disclosing information about access to hepatitis C medicines and are also making progress in reducing or eliminating restrictions that pose a barrier to treatment, according to a new preliminary analysis. Despite such improvements, there are signs that other restrictions continue to impede access to treatment, according to the authors of the analysis, who maintain this violates federal law and runs counter to treatment guidelines.
Jeff Myers, who heads the Medicaid Health Plans of America, a trade group for Medicaid managed care plans, criticized the findings. "It's based on an assumption that plans or states, by not providing unfettered access, are putting patients at risk. And it’s simply not true," he said. "Given the decisions by drug makers to price their medications as they did and the tremendous costs, it makes absolute sense that decisions would made to slow down access."
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Modern Healthcare
Despite President-elect Donald Trump's campaign promises to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid expansion might survive, at least in some form.
"States that have expanded will leave it in place," said Joe Reblando, spokesman for Medicaid Health Plans of America. "And given the Republican tenet of giving states more control, states that haven't expanded yet may find increased flexibility on how to do so."
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STAT
Governors are anticipating gaining more authority over the massive Medicaid health program for the poor now that Donald Trump is heading to the White House, while millions of Americans are wondering whether they will lose their coverage. But Trump made conflicting statements about Medicaid during the campaign, leaving experts scratching their heads about what his victory means for the people it covers. Moreover, despite his and fellow Republicans' pledge to repeal the Affordable Care Act, there may be political pushback to taking away Medicaid coverage from the millions who got it under the law.
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Kaiser Health News
Millions of low-income Americans on Medicaid could lose their health coverage if President-elect Donald Trump and a Republican-controlled Congress follow through on GOP proposals to cut spending in the state-federal insurance program.
The biggest risk for Medicaid beneficiaries comes from pledges by Trump and other Republicans to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which provided federal funding to states to expand Medicaid eligibility starting in 2014. Thirty-one states and Washington, D.C., did so, adding 15.7 million people to the program, according to the government. About 73 million are now enrolled in Medicaid — about half are children.
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The Hill
Congressional Republicans face internal divisions over how far to go in repealing and replacing ObamaCare, one of their top political priorities of the past six years, without disrupting the lives of millions of Americans. Conservatives like Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) are pushing for the law to be ripped out "root and branch," something Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) has promised to do.
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Kansas Health Institute
Medicaid expansion advocates in Kansas say they'll move forward with legislation despite national election results that signal a repeal of Obamacare. But they are a lot less optimistic about their chances than they were before last week.
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Kaiser Health News
California has a lot to lose if President-elect Donald Trump and the Republican-led Congress fulfill their campaign pledge to repeal Obamacare. The Golden State fully embraced the Affordable Care Act by expanding Medicaid coverage for the poor and creating its own health insurance exchange for about 1.4 million enrollees. Supporters held California up as proof the health law could work as intended. But now President Barack Obama's signature law is in serious jeopardy and California officials are left wondering what Republicans in Washington may put in its place.
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Argus Leader
A proposal to expand a federal health insurance program for needy people could be off the table following the results of the presidential election. The victory of Republican Donald Trump, who has called for a repeal of Obamacare, along with the increasingly conservative Republican make-up of the South Dakota state legislature could thwart Gov. Dennis Daugaard's efforts to expand Medicaid in the state.
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MagicValley.com
The election of Donald Trump as president means the likely repeal of the Affordable Care Act and even more doubt about whether lawmakers will expand Medicaid in Idaho in 2017. "No sense in working on the branches of a problem if the root is going to be pulled up," House Speaker Scott Bedke said Wednesday.
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The Plain Dealer
The man Gov. John Kasich entrusted as the state of Ohio's first ever director of Medicaid is stepping aside after six years. Medicaid Director John McCarthy is leaving sometime in December to "pursue opportunities in the private sector," Kasich's office said Monday.
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