A new study of work requirements for Medicaid recipients in Arkansas finds that they did nothing to increase employment but did impose substantial hardships on those who lost coverage as a result of the requirements.
A statewide poll released Wednesday by a 65-member healthcare coalition touted that about 75% of North Carolinians support closing the state's healthcare coverage gap. Care4Carolina is among a number of advocacy groups that want to make Medicaid expansion one of the state's top political issues in an environment where there is little middle ground on the hot-button issue.
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Medicaid expansion improved the stability of insurance coverage for low-income women in the months leading up to and right after their baby's birth, according to a study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. The findings showed that with the expansion of Medicaid, there was a 10-percentage-point decrease in women going uninsured or changing insurance plans in the time around their pregnancy.
An analysis of Medicaid enrollment data during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic saw a jump in enrollment during the public health crisis.
The study, performed by Families USA, compares data from 38 states on Medicaid enrollment in May with data from August. The analysis found that, while there is wide variation among the states, all 38 showed continuous increases of month-over-month enrollment and eight states specifically saw large jumps in August.
Colorado's Medicaid system could see increased state and federally-funded medical services premiums spike to $897 million in the 2020-21 fiscal year from $208 million. The medical services premium totals are paid through a combination of state and federal funds, Chief Legislative Analyst Eric Kurtz said, with the federal government increasing their percent paid by 6.2% for the duration of the COVID-19 emergency declaration.
Washington, D.C., lawmakers are set to enact a new law that would greatly expand telehealth coverage for postpartum care.
The Postpartum Coverage Expansion Act Amendment of 2020, which was passed unanimously by the DC Council, extends postpartum inpatient and outpatient benefits through Medicaid from up to 60 days after childbirth to at least a year, and instructs the mayor to seek approval from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that all Medicaid health policies cover "innovative models of care," include telehealth visits, remote patient monitoring and mHealth interventions.
U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minnesota) and a bipartisan, bicameral contingent of Minnesota lawmakers urged the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide deadline flexibility for state Medicaid programs and Basic Health Programs once the pandemic is deemed officially over.
Three New Hampshire hospitals on the state's western border are suing Vermont and the federal government because they say they are paid substantially lower reimbursement rates to treat Vermont Medicaid patients compared to their counterparts on the other side of the Connecticut River.
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Democratic candidate for Missouri governor Nicole Galloway said Wednesday that she wants to pass a state law protecting health insurance for people with preexisting conditions.
The proposal is part of the state auditor's health care plan if voters elect her over Republican Gov. Mike Parson on Nov. 3. She also pledged to enact Medicaid expansion as called for by voters, attempt to bring down health care and prescription drug costs, and promote more primary care clinics in rural and predominantly Black areas.
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Abortion for any reason has been covered by Medicaid in Illinois since the beginning of 2018, but a lot of people who need the service don't know that.
This week, a billboard went up in Peoria with the message "Abortion is healthcare. It's covered by Illinois Medicaid." It's one of five the Chicago Abortion Fund has erected across the state, including three in Chicago and one in Champaign.
A week after the Nov. 3 general election, the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments on a lawsuit, supported by President Donald Trump, to overturn the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare.
As COVID-19 continues to grip the nation, healthcare costs and accessibility remains one of the top issues for voters, and multiple polls show that most Mississippians consider the issue as their top policy concern.
