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The Hill
Former Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius had harsh words for states that have rejected Medicaid expansion under Obamacare. The former Obamacare chief said that Kansas and Missouri’s rejection of the expansion is "playing politics with peoples' lives, I think, in the most irresponsible way possible," according to The Kansas City Star.
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The Associated Press via The Washington Post
The federal budget deficit widened in November, driven by higher spending in areas as such as Social Security, Medicare and defense. The November deficit climbed to $64.6 billion, up 13.6 percent from a year ago, the Treasury Department reported Thursday. For the first two months of the budget year that began on Oct. 1, the deficit totaled $201.1 billion, a 12.6 percent jump from a year ago.
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The New York Times
More than seven in 10 residents of Kentucky want their new governor, Matt Bevin, to keep the state's expanded Medicaid program as it is, according to a new poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation. And more than half of respondents described Medicaid as important for themselves and their families, underscoring the program's substantial reach in the state and the challenges Bevin may face if he seeks to scale back or modify it.
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The Philadelphia Inquirer
More than 500,000 Pennsylvanians, including 110,954 from Philadelphia, have signed up for Medicaid since Gov. Tom Wolf expanded the program this year, helping the state's uninsured rate drop to 8 percent from 14 percent, the governor said Thursday. The gain in Philadelphia represents a 27 percent increase from Dec. 31, when 415,776 Philadelphians were enrolled in the state's HealthChoices Medicaid program.
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The Associated Press via Chicago Tribune
Pennsylvania lawmakers are sending a bill to the governor that would extend the Children's Health Insurance Program for two more years, and move the program from the Insurance Department to the Department of Human Services. The House voted unanimously Thursday to renew the program that covers more than 150,000 Pennsylvania children who aren't eligible for Medicaid. Monthly premiums are based on their family's income.
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Argus Leader
South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard said he knows he'll have a tough sell in convincing a majority Republican Legislature to approve Medicaid expansion. The Republican governor took his plan on the road Monday, meeting with legislators and business leaders in Sioux Falls.
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The Times-Picayune
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said his administration is willing to provide information to Gov.-elect John Bel Edwards on anything he might need, but Jindal won't actively ready the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals for Medicaid expansion — one of Edwards' top priorities — before the governor leaves office.
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Health News Florida
Some Tampa, Florida-area lawmakers are giving Medicaid expansion little chance of being considered during the upcoming state legislative session. State Rep. Jamie Grant told a gathering of the Tampa Bay Health Care Collaborative on Wednesday that Medicaid expansion hasn't found support the past three years in Tallahassee.
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The Charlotte Observer
Michigan's tax on health insurance would be continued until 2025 under legislation scheduled for a vote in the Legislature. The Senate plans to vote on Tuesday on extending the 0.75 percent health insurance claims assessment, which helps pay for Medicaid coverage for low-income residents. The tax will go away in two years if legislation is not enacted.
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California Healthline
The Cal MediConnect program got a little good news in the latest enrollment numbers: The percentage of dual eligible opt-outs dropped slightly from 47 percent in October to 45 percent in November. Excluding Los Angeles County, which has the state's largest number of residents dually eligible for Medicaid and Medicare, the percentages looked even better, with a 30 percent opt-out rate this month, compared to 37 percent a month ago.
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Deseret News
One of the largest and most expensive programs in the Utah government is losing its director of 10 years. Michael Hales, who also serves as deputy director of the Utah Department of Health, is stepping down to pursue opportunities in the private sector, the department announced Thursday.
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MHPA
"What If We Knew The Future: A Prevention Approach to Safer Use of Prescription Opioids," an RxAnte webinar presented by Michael Ross, M.D., chief medical officer, and Amie Joyce, MPH, vice president of account management at RxAnte, took place on Nov. 18.
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Click on the session names to download select presentations. You may also access them through the online version of the mhpa2015 conference app — just click on the schedule icon for the sessions. The presentations are listed in the documents section.
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