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Politico
Expanded Medicaid for millions. Penalties for poorly performing hospitals. Even the Trump administration's own plans to lower drug prices. Those and many other initiatives would all be illegal under a federal judge's sweeping decision that the entire Affordable Care Act must be struck down — the latest shock to the nation'’s health system after a decade of upheavals, including two fights over the ACA that reached the Supreme Court.
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The Associated Press via The Pew Charitable Trusts
The three red states — Idaho, Nebraska and Utah — that bucked their own Republican legislatures last month and approved Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act are likely to proceed, despite Friday's ruling by a federal judge in Texas that the entire federal healthcare law is unconstitutional.
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Kansas Gov.-elect Laura Kelly plans to push forward with her plans to expand Medicaid in Kansas, despite a federal court striking down the Affordable Care Act late last week. The incoming Democrat "does not anticipate Friday's ruling affecting her approach to Medicaid expansion," Kelly's Press Secretary Laura Kelly told WIBW-TV.
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The Texas Tribune
More and more states have decided to expand Medicaid, but Texas has not budged. With more than a half million Texans in the so-called health coverage gap, will the politics of the issue shift in next year's legislative session?
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Kaiser Health News
The booming $1.8 trillion Texas economy rivals that of many countries and puts the state at the top of a host of rankings for its fast-growing cities, low unemployment and job growth. But the familiar Texas braggadocio disappears when it comes to healthcare.
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The Hill
Nearly 17,000 people have lost Medicaid coverage in Arkansas because they did not comply with the state's work requirements, according to new state data released Monday.
Arkansas began phasing in work requirements for Medicaid beneficiaries in August. In the first three months the requirements have been in effect, more than 12,000 people were removed from Medicaid.
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The Plain Dealer
Ohio Department of Medicaid Director Barbara Sears is stepping down for a job in the private sector, one of many members of Gov. John Kasich's administration who are leaving as his second term winds down.
Sears is taking a job at a Columbus consulting company, Strategic Health Care. Her last day is Dec. 31.
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NPR
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker said he will introduce federal legislation this week that would require more transparency surrounding states' Medicaid drug decisions. The bill comes in response to a recent investigation by the Center for Public Integrity and NPR.
The measure, known as the "Medicaid Drug Decisions Transparency Act," would require pharmaceutical companies to disclose their payments to pharmacists and others who serve on state Medicaid drug boards. These boards help decide which drugs Medicaid patients will be able to access easily.
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The Hill
About 3 in 10 Americans say they have delayed seeking medical treatment within the past year because of medical costs, according to a new poll published Monday.
A Gallup poll found that 29 percent of respondents said they had put off treatment because of costs. About 19 percent said they delayed treatment for serious or somewhat serious conditions, according to the poll.
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