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Lawsuit Brewing As Kentucky Becomes First State To Get Approval To Impose Medicaid Work Requirements

In one of the biggest changes to the Medicaid program in its history, the Trump administration last week announced that it would allow states to seek new requirements from beneficiaries. Kentucky is now the first state to do so, but advocates are already threatening a lawsuit over the new guidelines. Media outlets offer closer looks at Kentucky's decision, the legal battle that will inevitably follow, who will be affected by the change, the political risk Republicans are taking, and more.

By brilabuskes

Jan. 16, 2018
First Edition: January 16, 2018

Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.

By brilabuskes

Jan. 16, 2018
Viewpoints: Reversing The Downward Trend In U.S. Life Expectancy; Who Is Responsible For Kids’ Smartphone Use, Addiction?

A selection of opinions on health care from news outlets around the country.

By khnsstapleton

Jan. 12, 2018
Parsing The Policy: Will Medicaid Work Requirements ‘Backfire’?; Will They Make People Healthier?

The Trump administration plan to add work requirements to the Medicaid program drew strong reactions from opinion writers across the country.

By khnsstapleton

Jan. 12, 2018
Different Takes: The Value Of Reforming Medicaid; Securing Social Services; Getting A Flu Shot

Opinion writers examine a range of state-specific health care issues, including a proposed effort to create a first-of-its-kind drug formulary for Medicaid; struggles to save social services programs from the chopping block; and a push for everyone to get the flu shot this year.

By khnsstapleton

Jan. 12, 2018
State Highlights: Fla. Targets For-Profit Stem Cell Clinics; Ga. Gov. Proposes Extra $23M For Children’s Mental Health Services

Media outlets report on news from Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Massachusetts and Texas.

By brilabuskes

Jan. 12, 2018
New Study Joins Growing List Confirming Abortion Pills Are Safe For Women To Take

Out of 220 women only two reported having major complications. In other women's health news: the Trump administration is trying to block another pregnant teenage immigrant from seeking an abortion, and Serena Williams' experience highlights the dangers that still accompany childbirth.

By brilabuskes

Jan. 12, 2018
Generation That Equated Loud Music With Defiance Now Paying The Price With Hearing Loss

Biotech companies want to be the ones to reap the profits of those bad decisions. In other public health news: colonoscopies, genome sequencing, lead, E. coli, standing desks, and more.

By brilabuskes

Jan. 12, 2018
Vicious Flu Sweeping Country: Death Tolls Are Climbing And Hospitals Are Overwhelmed

Media outlets report on news from California, Texas, Oregon, Minnesota and Ohio.

By brilabuskes

Jan. 12, 2018
Methadone Clinics Become ‘Liquid Handcuffs’ For Those Who Can’t Afford Pricier Treatment Programs

Although the opioid crisis hasn't discriminated based on race or economic class, the treatment for it does. In other news on the epidemic: studies show the benefits of safe injection sites, a judge overseeing hundreds of lawsuits against drugmakers wants all sides to start talking to each other, the FDA warns against giving kids certain cough medicine, and more.

By brilabuskes

Jan. 12, 2018
13 Of 15 Doctors In Congress Are Republican Men. This Group Wants To Change That Statistic.

With so much of today's political discourse revolving around health care, this grassroots groups thinks its imperative for the "doctors caucus" in Congress to include Democratic women.

By brilabuskes

Jan. 12, 2018
Disturbing Video Of Baltimore Woman Shines Light On Pervasive Problem Of Hospitals ‘Dumping Patients’

A video that went viral shows a disoriented woman in nothing but a hospital gown and socks discharged out into the cold, dark night from the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. The practice of patient dumping, however, is anything but new.

By brilabuskes

Jan. 12, 2018
Congressional Advisory Group Supports Changes In Medicare Doctor Payments

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, or MedPAC, says one of the two payment tracks set up under a new reimbursement system is too burdensome for physicians and won't push them to improve care.

By brilabuskes

Jan. 12, 2018
6-Year CHIP Extension Looks Likely After CBO Numbers Show ‘It May Have No Cost’

The funding has been held up in Congress because of disputes over how to pay for the program. But those arguments might be moot now that the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projects that extending funding would save the government $6 billion over a decade because providing coverage through CHIP is more cost effective than other government-funded coverage, such as Medicaid or subsidized marketplace coverage. Meanwhile, doctors and families take steps to protect against a further-protracted funding lag.

By brilabuskes

Jan. 12, 2018
Centene Sued After Enrollees Say They Can’t Find Doctors To Take Their Plans

“Centene misrepresents the number, location and existence of purported providers," the lawsuit claims. Centene, which also provides coverage to low-income individuals under the government Medicaid program, has proved to be one of the mainstays of the Affordable Care Act.

By brilabuskes

Jan. 12, 2018
Trump To Undergo First Physical Exam In Office Amid Chatter Over State Of His Cognitive Health

President Donald Trump said he would "be surprised" if it didn't go well. Meanwhile, a group of more than 70 psychologists, psychiatrists and mental health professionals urge the physician conducting the exam to assess the president's neurological health.

By brilabuskes

Jan. 12, 2018
Legal Challenge To Medicaid Work Requirements Already Brewing, But CMS Says Law Is On Its Side

Critics of the new guidelines that will allow states to impose the requirements on some of their Medicaid enrollees say the policy is a contradiction of the purpose of Medicaid, and thus needs an act of Congress to change it. But CMS Administrator Seema Verma says she thinks the agency acted well within its rights. Meanwhile, outlets offer a look on where state leaders stand on the issue.

By brilabuskes

Jan. 12, 2018
First Edition: January 12, 2018

Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.

By brilabuskes

Jan. 12, 2018
Research Roundup: High-Priced Drugs In Part D; Community-Based Health Improvement Programs; Infant Sleep

Each week, KHN compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs.

By khnekopp

Jan. 11, 2018
Viewpoints: Exploring The Connection Between The Economy And Health Care Costs; The Need For An Opioid Czar?

A selection of opinions on health care from news outlets around the country.

By khnsstapleton

Jan. 11, 2018

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