I have watched Medicaid expansion save lives in rural Idaho. Ending it would kill | Opinion
With the current proposals in the Idaho Legislature to take this coverage away from our most vulnerable citizens, our rural ...
Health insurance for millions could vanish as states put Medicaid expansion on chopping block
Republican lawmakers in several states have Medicaid expansion in their crosshairs, energized by President Donald Trump's ...
Paying for Trump’s agenda could require a GOP war over welfare and Medicaid
Trump has vowed to “love and cherish” Medicaid, but there’s an appetite among Republicans to make it harder to qualify to ...
Medicaid Access Could Be Expanded For 150,000 Americans
State Governor Laura Kelly has announced that the Healthcare Access for Working Kansans Act has been introduced.
Many new moms in Texas don’t know they qualify for a year of Medicaid, doctors say
Almost all of the pregnant women Dr. Joshua Splinter sees at his rural East Texas practice are on Medicaid. For years, he ...
Modern Healthcare4d
Southern states are funding rural health, yet rejecting Medicaid
States are investing in rural health, but most Southern states have long rejected federal Medicaid funds. That’s unlikely to ...
Mother Jones11d
Trump’s War on Medicaid Will Institutionalize Millions of People
In August 1981, then-President Ronald Reagan signed a bill into law that allowed the development of state-level programs to ...
McKnight's Senior Living8h
Bill an acknowledgement that Medicaid waitlists ‘just are not working’
A bill aimed at eliminating barriers to assisted living for older adults in Indiana is being welcomed by state senior living leaders, who say it’s an acknowledgement by state lawmakers that the ...
MedPage Today7d
Across the South, Rural Healthcare Has Become 'Trendy.' Medicaid Expansion Has Not.
Other states have made similar investments. The University of Georgia, for example, has established a new medical school, ...
Alabama expectant moms shouldn’t have to wait for lifesaving prenatal care: op-ed
We have introduced a bipartisan bill to provide presumptive Medicaid eligibility, which would eliminate much of the lag time ...
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Lawmakers give early nod to proposals to make Medicaid enrollment easier for seniors, kids
Bills advance to make Medicaid enrollment easier for seniors, children and adults with disabilities. Opponents flag potential costs to taxpayers as cause for concern.