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Trabajar para tener Medicaid: estados avanzan con la controversial norma

By Phil Galewitz July 3, 2018 KFF Health News Original

A pesar que un juez bloqueó le entrada en vigencia del requisito de trabajo para tener Medicaid en Kentucky, otros estados están avanzando con esta controversial estrategia.

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Despite U.S. Court’s Ruling, Medicaid Work Requirements Advance In Other States

By Phil Galewitz July 2, 2018 KFF Health News Original

It’s not yet clear what impact the decision on Kentucky’s mandate will have on other state programs.

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Judge Blocks Kentucky Medicaid Work Requirement

By Phil Galewitz June 29, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The program’s rollout was scheduled to begin Sunday.

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As Medicaid Costs Soar, States Try A New Approach

By Phil Galewitz June 15, 2018 KFF Health News Original

New programs, known as ACOs, reward hospitals and physician groups that hold down costs by keeping enrollees healthy. The health care providers are asked to address social issues — such as homelessness, lack of transportation and poor nutrition — that can cause and exacerbate health problems.

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5 Things To Know About Medicaid Work Requirements

By Phil Galewitz June 14, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The key issues in play when a U.S. District Court takes up a legal challenge to Kentucky’s Medicaid work requirement on Friday. 

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Medicare Financial Outlook Worsens

By Phil Galewitz June 5, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The Medicare board of trustees said the program’s hospital insurance trust fund could run out of money by 2026, three years earlier than previously forecast.

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Verma Unveils State Medicaid Scorecard But Refuses To Judge Efforts

By Phil Galewitz June 5, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Seema Verma, who heads the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, refused to discuss the findings in any detail or comment on any individual states performing poorly or exceptionally.

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4 Takeaways From Trump’s Plan To Rescind CHIP Funding

By Phil Galewitz May 8, 2018 KFF Health News Original

President Donald Trump is recommending that Congress approve his plan to take back about $7 billion in funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Plan. Experts are divided about whether it would have any effect.

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Trump amenaza con recorte de $7 mil millones al programa de salud infantil CHIP

By Phil Galewitz May 8, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Una estrategia presupuestaria permitiría a la administración retirar fondos del programa de salud que ofrece cobertura a 9 millones de niños en todo el país.

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Federal Officials Say No-Go To Lifetime Limits On Medicaid

By Phil Galewitz May 7, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services rejects a plan by Kansas to cap benefits at three years.

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Today’s Special: Obamacare Menu Labeling Rules Ushered In

By Phil Galewitz May 7, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Restaurants, convenience stores, vending machines and pizza delivery services are among the businesses that will have to provide calories counts to consumers.

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CMS Issues Split Decision On Arkansas Medicaid Waiver

By Phil Galewitz March 5, 2018 KFF Health News Original

A top Senate Democrat calls the move “a mockery of the HHS ethics process” after Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma did not recuse herself in the decision to approve the Medicaid work requirement in Arkansas — the third state to get such a waiver.

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Obamacare crece en popularidad, a pesar de los esfuerzos de Trump por eliminarlo

By Phil Galewitz March 1, 2018 KFF Health News Original

La encuesta de la Kaiser Family Foundation encontró que el 54% de los estadounidenses tenía una opinión favorable de la ley de salud de 2010 que expandió la cobertura a millones.

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Tens Of Thousands Of Medicaid Recipients Skip Paying New Premiums

By Phil Galewitz March 1, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Five states demand small payments from those who gained coverage under the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion, but enrollees often face few consequences if they don’t make their remittances.

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ACA’s Popularity Grows, Even As GOP Lauds Change To Requirement To Have Coverage

By Phil Galewitz March 1, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Forty percent of people are unaware that Congress repealed the penalty for most people who don’t have insurance coverage starting in 2019.

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

By Phil Galewitz February 23, 2018 KFF Health News Original

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.

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Después del tiroteo “hay que respetar cómo los jóvenes lidian con sus sentimientos”

By Phil Galewitz February 22, 2018 KFF Health News Original

Una psicóloga infantil, quien fue alumna de la escuela de Parkland en la que murieron 17 personas, explica cómo ayudar a los adolescentes en los días posteriores al terrible tiroteo.

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

By Phil Galewitz February 22, 2018 KFF Health News Original

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.

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Trump Administration Proposes Rule To Loosen Curbs On Short-Term Health Plans

By Julie Appleby February 20, 2018 KFF Health News Original

The policy change is likely to entice younger and healthier people from the general insurance pool by allowing a range of lower-cost options that don’t include all the benefits required by the federal health law.

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Indiana Gets Federal Approval For Medicaid Plan That Could Slice Enrollment

By Phil Galewitz February 2, 2018 KFF Health News Original

HHS officials sign off on a plan that could lock out for six months thousands of people who fail to get their paperwork done promptly.

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