Once Focus of Health Law, Some In Poverty May Be Left Out
Mississippi family’s insurance problems could remain if state decides to follow Supreme Court’s option to decline Medicaid expansion.
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Mississippi family’s insurance problems could remain if state decides to follow Supreme Court’s option to decline Medicaid expansion.
Readers ask for guidance on questions involving health insurance rebates, coverage for same-sex spouses and benefits for pregnancy.
Cuts to the state budget leave Medicaid beneficiaries with only basic dental coverage.
State is moving ahead with plans to cut thousands of residents from the health insurance program for the poor.
The 2010 health law’s big-ticket items have been the stuff of political debate and policy controversy. But the law’s hundreds of pages include a number of other initiatives that have gained much less notice.
Officials say the strategy helps patients, as well as providers. But critics complain it’s about revenue generation, not about improving health.