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Medicaid Tweak Might Offer Means To Improve U.S. Maternal Health
By Rachel Bluth
Many pregnant women lose health coverage shortly after delivery. Democratic presidential candidates are eyeing the issue, and some experts say making Medicaid more accessible to new moms could be an answer.
Verma Attacks Critics Of Medicaid Work Requirement, Pushes For Tighter Eligibility
By Phil Galewitz
The Trump administration’s top Medicaid official says the effort to thwart these work mandates “stifles innovation.”
Hospitals Take Shot At Opioid Makers Over Cost Of Treating Uninsured For Addiction
By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio
A few hundred hospitals have banded together to sue drugmakers in state courts, but far more are staying on the sidelines to avoid 'unflattering attention' about their role in the opioid crisis.
Rural Seasonal Workers Worry About Montana Medicaid’s Work Requirements
By Corin Cates-Carney, Montana Public Radio
Montana is one of several states that want Medicaid recipients to prove they work a steady, minimum number of hours monthly. Will federal courts allow the Montana rule change to stand?
Return To Sender: A Single Undeliverable Letter Can Mean Losing Medicaid
By Markian Hawryluk
Colorado, like a number of states, is struggling to deal with returned mail sent out by its Medicaid, SNAP and other aid programs. Now people could lose benefits after just a single piece of returned mail.
California Nursing Home Residents Told To Find New Homes
By Jocelyn Wiener
Dozens of frail nursing home residents have been informed by their Medi-Cal managed care plans that they are no longer eligible for long-term care. Some health care advocates and legal aid attorneys fear that such terminations will increase as the state implements mandatory managed care for nursing home residents.
States Try A Gentler Approach To Getting Medicaid Enrollees To Work
By Phil Galewitz
Facing GOP pressure to install work requirements for adults getting Medicaid coverage, some states seek instead to offer more opportunities for job training.
Compression Garments Can Ease Lymphedema. Covering Costs? Not So Easy.
By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez
Private insurance plans vary in coverage for compression garments, and some fall short of meeting patients’ needs. Although Medicaid programs cover some of these expenses, Medicare does not.