Phil Galewitz

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Evaluations Of Medicaid Experiments By States, CMS Are Weak, GAO Says

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States often get federal approval to test new approaches to improve Medicaid services or expand coverage. But the GAO study found that too often these efforts are not adequately evaluated or the results are not available in a timely manner.

After Shooting, ‘Honor How Kids Want To Deal With Their Feelings’

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Christine Sylvest, a child psychologist who now works in Maryland, for three years attended the Parkland, Fla., high school where a shooting attack left 17 people dead last week. She says the tragedy affects the entire community.

Trump Administration Clears Way To Force Some Medicaid Enrollees To Work

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Allowing states to mandate that non-disabled Medicaid enrollees work as a condition for coverage would mark one of the biggest changes to the program since it began more than 50 years ago. A decision on the first of the state requests could come within days.

La administración Trump busca frenar el creciente negocio de la marihuana

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El fiscal general de Estados Unidos, Jeff Sessions, anuló una norma de la era Obama con la cual se desalentó a los fiscales federales a tomar medidas enérgicas contra la venta y el consumo de marihuana.