aha.org8h
Fact Sheet: Per Capita Caps in the Medicaid Program
A per capita cap to federal financing of the Medicaid program would be a fundamental change to how the program is financed. It would put untenable fiscal pressures on state governments, leading to ...
Winston-Salem Journal13h
Wake Forest study finds few positives from HCA ownership of Asheville hospital
The University of California College of the Law, based in San Francisco, commissioned a study by Wake Forest University Law ...
WFAE21h
Successful rural county health program could go statewide—if politics don’t get in the way
The Healthy Opportunities Pilot has helped thousands of low-income NC residents by addressing nonmedical health needs, but ...
Hoodline4d
NC ‘Into the Mouths of Babes’ Program Celebrates 25 Years of Advancing Child Oral Health with Medicaid
NCDHHS's "Into the Mouths of Babes" program celebrates 25 years of promoting oral health for NC's youngest Medicaid-insured kids.
northcarolinahealthnews.org9d
NC’s public health community prepares for Trump administration chaos
Trump administration policy changes have been quick, but NC’s health care community say they’re paying attention & doubling ...
The Herald-Sun10d
NC Medicaid could face risk from congressional GOP ideas to fund tax cuts, immigration
When North Carolina lawmakers drafted a Medicaid expansion bill, they included a provision to end the program if federal cost ...
verywellhealth14d
The Medicaid Look Back Period Can Delay Nursing Home Coverage
About 1.4 million Americans live in nursing homes, but how do they pay for it? The majority—nearly two-thirds of all nursing home residents—rely on Medicaid to foot the bill. But getting approved for ...
Governing21d
Under Trump, Medicaid Faces a 'Reset Moment'
After enhanced federal funding for Medicaid was ended following the pandemic, 9-year-old Landon Booth of Orlando, Fla., who has leukemia, was kicked off the program. Last fall, South Dakota voters ...
STAT22d
Shredding the Medicaid safety net
Shachar is an assistant clinical professor of law and faculty director of the Health Law and Policy Clinic at the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School. Musumeci is an ...
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities22d
Medicaid Work Requirements Could Put 36 Million People at Risk of Losing Health Coverage
Recent proposals from Republican congressional leaders and conservative think tanks would cut Medicaid by taking coverage away from people who don’t meet unnecessary and burdensome work requirements. ...
katv23d
North Little Rock caregiver sentenced to probation for abuse of elderly resident
"I congratulate my Medicaid Fraud Control Unit for their diligence in securing this conviction, especially Special Agent Heath Nelson and Assistant Attorney General Gabrielle Davis-Jones." ...
northcarolinahealthnews.org24d
Trump’s return puts Medicaid on the chopping block
Under President Joe Biden, enrollment in Medicaid hit a record high and the uninsured rate reached a record low. Donald Trump’s return to the White House — along with a GOP-controlled Senate and House ...