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Hosemann wrench doomed Medicaid expansion
As the world turns so too does Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann. A year ago he championed expansion of Medicaid to benefit mothers ...
Medicaid Disenrollment Renews Discussion On Problem Of Uninsured In U.S.
As Medicaid unwinding continues hundreds of thousands and maybe millions more will become uninsured. This renews the ...
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Kentucky one of few states that kept children from Medicaid cuts; state focused on protecting coverage
By Deborah Yetter Kentucky Lantern Kentucky is among a handful of states that lost only a small percentage of children from ...
Many states are eager to extend Medicaid to people soon to be released from prison
A new policy that allows states to provide Medicaid health care coverage to incarcerated people at least a month prior to ...
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New Medicaid rule expected to lower wait times for home-based care, raise caregiver wages
New CMS rule requires home-based care providers use 80 percent of their Medicaid reimbursements toward compensation for their ...
Eight people charged in $2.6 million Medicaid fraud scheme
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced that his office had charged eight people in Rice County District Court on ...
Mississippi’s First Serious Bid to Expand Medicaid Collapses
State lawmakers failed to reach a compromise, dashing hopes of extending largely free health care to most low-income ...
More than 2 million Texans have been dropped from Medicaid, leading the nation
A third of Texans signed up for Medicaid in March of last year have since lost coverage following the end of pandemic-era ...
Medicaid expansion effort collapses in Republican-led Mississippi Legislature
Mississippi is one of the poorest states and has some of the worst health outcomes. Some business leaders, clergy members and ...
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One year into Medicaid unwinding, the number of Iowans who have been disenrolled far exceeds initial projections
May 1 marked a year since Iowa started disenrolling those no longer eligible from Medicaid. The number of Iowans disenrolled ...
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1 in 5 Arkansas children lost Medicaid during ‘unwinding’ process, report finds
About 20% of children insured in Arkansas’ Medicaid program lost access during the state’s “unwinding” period, according to a ...
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Las Vegas woman gets prison time in connection with Medicaid fraud scheme
A Las Vegas woman has been sentenced to 10 months in prison and ordered to pay over $1 million in restitution after defrauding the Medicaid healthcare benefit program.