NJ Human Services Issues Guidance Making Clear Long-Term Care Facility Residents Are Entitled to Their Checks TRENTON, NJ – Department of Human Services Commissioner Carole Johnson today released guidance making clear that individuals with Medicaid coverage who reside in long-term care…
Report: Economic Slump Could Increase Oregon’s Medicaid Bill By Half A Billion Dollars – The Lund Report
The swelling ranks of unemployed Oregonians could cost Oregon more than a half a billion dollars in Medicaid spending, a new study says. Depending on the level of unemployment created by the virus-induced economic crisis, Oregon would need to spend…
Missouri’s children’s hospitals could see $140 million cut in Medicaid funding – Kansas City Star
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New bill designed to extend postpartum Medicaid coverage up to a year – Joplin Globe
A health care bill approved on the final day of the Missouri Legislature’s 2020 legislative session is designed to extend postpartum Medicaid coverage to women up to a year after giving birth. House Bill 1682, an omnibus health…
Setting the record straight: Medicaid reform in Montana – Ravalli Republic
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Medicaid expansion plan to appear on Missouri ballot – Joplin Globe
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri voters will get to decide whether to expand Medicaid health care coverage to thousands of low-income adults. Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft said Friday that the initiative had received more than enough…
State Actions to Facilitate Access to Medicaid and CHIP Coverage in Response to COVID-19 – Kaiser Family Foundation
Summary As many people lose jobs and income due to the COVID-19 outbreak, a growing number will become eligible for Medicaid. To support states as enrollment in Medicaid grows and ensure enrollees maintain coverage, federal legislation provides states a temporary…
Medicaid expansion plan to appear on Missouri ballot – KY3
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri voters will get to decide whether to expand Medicaid health care coverage to thousands of low-income adults. Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft said Friday that the initiative had received more than enough petition…
Dr. Karen Winkfield: Medicaid expansion needed now more than ever – Winston-Salem Journal
Since mid-March, more than one million North Carolinians have filed for unemployment as a result of COVID-19, and therefore, many have likely lost their employer-based health insurance coverage. Now more than ever during this public health emergency, all North Carolinians…
A cautionary tale about Medicaid work requirements | Penn Today – Penn: Office of University Communications
In a new paper in JAMA Network Open, a team from the Leonard Davis Institute looked at the potential effects of Medicaid work requirements on Medicaid participation among those not actually subject to these requirements. They estimated that these “spillover effects”—which thus far…