States budgeted for total Medicaid spending to increase at a faster pace than enrollment in fiscal year 2020, driven in part by rising costs for prescription drugs, provider rate increases and higher costs associated with caring for the elderly and…
State Medicaid spending swells even as enrollment flattens – ModernHealthcare.com
States’ total Medicaid spending grew slightly in the fiscal year 2019, even though program enrollment fell off amid a strong economy with low unemployment, according to a survey of state Medicaid directors released Friday by the Kaiser Family Foundation. The…
Many Community Health Centers Report That Immigrant Patients Are Declining to Enroll in Medicaid or Renew Their Coverage Amid Concerns About Changes to Public Charge Rules
Nearly half (47%) of community health centers report that many or some immigrant patients declined to enroll themselves in Medicaid in the past year, according to a new KFF survey, and nearly a third (32%) of centers say that some…
Impact of Shifting Immigration Policy on Medicaid Enrollment and Utilization of Care among Health Center Patients
Executive Summary On August 14, 2019, the Trump administration published a final rule to broaden the programs the federal government will consider in public charge determinations to include Medicaid coverage for non-pregnant adults and certain previously excluded nutrition and housing…
Medicaid petition meets goal of 178,000 signatures, campaign says – Oklahoman.com
Supporters of Medicaid expansion say they have collected the required number of signatures to put a state question on the ballot next year. Nearly two weeks shy of the Oct. 28 deadline, the Yes on 802 campaign has collected the…
Appeals panel expresses skepticism about Medicaid work requirements – The Washington Post
Amy Goldstein Reporter covering health-care policy and other social policy issues October 11 Federal appeals court judges sounded dubious on Friday about the Trump administration’s enthusiasm for letting states compel some poor people to work or prepare for jobs in…
What Cuomo doesn’t want to tell you about state’s Medicaid mess – New York Post
After holding steady for years, New York’s Medicaid costs are blasting through the roof again — threatening to drown the state in red ink. In separate new reports, the Empire Center and the Citizens Budget Commission both warn that New…
Federal judges question value of Medicaid work requirements – McClatchy Washington Bureau
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Keeping Up With Changes in Medicaid – AJMC.com Managed Markets Network
As of November 2018, Medicaid is the largest healthcare program in the United States, covering 1 in 5 Americans, and over two-thirds of beneficiaries are enrolled in private managed care plans. Alongside this trend are shifts in care delivery under…
Ann McLane Kuster and Cory Booker: Medicaid should be available in prisons – The Washington Post
Health care is a fundamental human right that should never be stripped from any person, for any reason. The Medicaid program was established to provide health care for low-income Americans. When it became law in 1965, it included an exclusion…