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April 30, 2019 Medicaid

Medicaid Work Requirements Hit Roadblocks

While a number of states are adopting work requirements, the path has gotten murkier in recent months, both because of court rulings and political calculations.

Doctor takes a pulse from a man's wrist PBS/KHN

February 18, 2019 Health Insurance / Medicaid

Beyond Beltway’s ‘Medicare-For-All’ Talk, Democrats In States Push New Health Laws

By Sarah VarneyKaiser Health News and PBS SAN FRANCISCO — Sandra Yamileth Lopez works at one of San Francisco’s most celebrated bakeries, Tartine.

January 23, 2019 Health Insurance / Medicaid

Uninsured rate rises to four-year high, Gallup

The 2.8-percentage-point increase since that low represents a net increase of about seven million adults without health insurance.

January 23, 2019 Health Insurance / Medicaid / Medicare

Most Americans favor Medicare-for-All, poll

Seventy-four percent of those polled, including nearly half of Republicans (47%), favor a national government plan like Medicare that is open to anyone.

January 22, 2019 Health Insurance / Health Policy / Medicaid

Can the states fix US healthcare?

For over a decade, we’ve been waiting for Washington to solve our healthcare woes. Now, with Washington in total dysfunction, states are looking for solutions.

January 22, 2019 Hospitals / Medicaid

Rural Hospitals in Greater Jeopardy in Non-Medicaid Expansion States

Nearly a hundred rural hospitals in the United States have closed since 2010. Another 600-plus rural hospitals are at risk of closing,

January 10, 2019 Medicaid

Medicaid ‘Buy-in’ – a new option for the uninsured?

At least 10 states are exploring whether to allow residents to pay premiums to “buy in” to Medicaid, the federal-state health care program for the poor.

January 8, 2019 Health Insurance / Medicaid / Medicare

Inslee proposes public option though health exchange

Consumers will have lower deductibles, improved access, evidenced-based services, and access to transparent, predictable cost-sharing, Inslee says

December 24, 2018 Health Insurance / Medicaid

Texas Obamacare ruling on shaky ground – Opinion

This ruling will likely not undo the law. It does, however, add more uncertainty to the ACA while also showing how Republicans want to destroy the law.

December 20, 2018 Health Insurance / Medicaid / Medicare

How nixing Obamacare could upend health system

If the district court ruling that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional were to be upheld, the entire health care system could be thrust into chaos.

December 18, 2018 Health Insurance / Medicaid

Despite Uncertainty After Court Ruling, Medicaid Expansion Likely to Proceed

Medicaid expansion in the red states of Idaho, Nebraska and Utah is likely to proceed, despite a court ruling the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional.

December 17, 2018 Medicaid

Lessons from a Medicaid expansion defeat

Montana was one of four red states with Medicaid expansion on the ballot. It was only one where it lost. Why? Expansion was linked to a tobacco tax increase.