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Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar announced federal approval for changes to Indiana's Medicaid program Friday in Indianapolis.
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Indiana Adds Work Requirement To Medicaid, Will Block Coverage If Paperwork Is Late

Feb 02, 2018
Federal officials signed off on an Indiana plan that would lock out people who fail to promptly file Medicaid paperwork. The provision could drive thousands of people off Medicaid in the state.
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Then-Gov. Mike Pence announced in 2015 that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services had approved Indiana's waiver to experiment with Medicaid requirements.
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Indiana's Brand Of Medicaid Drops 25,000 People For Failure To Pay Premiums

Feb 01, 2018
The state built some key conservative policies into its experimental expansion of Medicaid. Lawmakers, health officials and patient advocates across the U.S. are now keenly watching the results.
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Patients with a history of polyps who need more subsequent tests may have to pick up some of those costs.
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After A Polyp Is Found, Patients May Have To Chip In For Colonoscopies

Jan 30, 2018
While the federal health law made insurers cover the full cost of screening colonoscopies, consumers with a history of polyps who need more frequent tests may have to pick up some costs.
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Maddie Holt, 5, was born with a rare genetic condition called Zellweger syndrome and is unable to walk or talk and can barely see or hear.
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No Car, No Care? Medicaid Transport Program Faces Cuts In Some States

Jan 27, 2018
For more than 50 years, the health program for the poor and sick has been required to ferry some clients to and from medical appointments. But a few states say transport is currently too expensive.
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After Years In the Trenches, Planned Parenthood's Cecile Richards Will Step Down

Jan 26, 2018
Since taking over as president of Planned Parenthood in 2006, Cecile Richards has led the organization through numerous political fights. Those conflicts have intensified under President Trump.
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The revelation that a favorite uncle had died from a long-hidden drug habit shook Dr. Andrey Ostrovsky to his core. Last month Ostrovksy quit his job as Medicaid's chief medical officer and joined a group that's working to dispel the shame of addiction.
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An Uncle's Overdose Spurs Medicaid Official To Change Course

Jan 26, 2018
Dr. Andrey Ostrovsky, until recently chief medical officer for Medicaid, quit his job to more directly fight the stigma of addiction — a stigma that made his beloved uncle afraid to ask for help.
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A sign in support of Oregon's Measure 101 is displayed by a homeowner along a roadside in Lake Oswego, Ore. Tuesday's special election puts decisions over how the state funds Medicaid in voters' hands.
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Part Of Oregon's Funding Plan For Medicaid Goes Before Voters

Jan 23, 2018
Last summer, the Oregon Legislature passed a package of state taxes to cover Medicaid's expanding rolls. But Oregon voters Tuesday could throw a wrench in that plan by refusing some of the taxes.
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Jymie Jimerson collects Willie Nelson memorabilia in her home in remembrance of her late husband, Steve, who was a fan.
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Missouri Faces Costly Dilemma: How To Treat Inmates With Hepatitis C?

Jan 19, 2018
Civil liberties groups in Missouri and at least five other states are suing to get more inmates treated with hepatitis drugs that are highly effective but quite expensive.
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Campbell is able to move around his house with the help of a walker.
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Home Care Agencies Often Wrongly Deny Medicare Help To The Chronically Ill

Jan 17, 2018
Home health firms sometimes turn away Medicare beneficiaries who have chronic health problems by incorrectly claiming Medicare won't pay for their services, say advocates for patients.
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Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, at a White House press conference in May. More people moving off Medicaid, she says, would be a good outcome.
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New Rules May Make Getting And Staying On Medicaid More Difficult

Jan 12, 2018
Indiana is one of the states poised to get permission to require Medicaid recipients to work. Advocates say work requirements may be good politics but they're bad policy.
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Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, R-Ky., has said he thinks that Medicaid recipients should have "skin in the game."
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Kentucky Gets OK To Require Work From Medicaid Recipients

Jan 12, 2018
The move comes one day after the Trump administration said it would let states add work requirements to their Medicaid programs, which provide health coverage for people with low incomes.
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Nevada Extends Medicaid Coverage For Medically Necessary Transgender Surgeries

Jan 11, 2018

The Nevada Department of Public and Behavioral Health announced Wednesday it has amended the state’s Medicaid policy to include coverage for medically necessary surgeries for transgender individuals.

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Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, led efforts to require work for Medicaid recipients while in charge of Indiana's program. She was sworn in as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services by
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Trump Administration Will Let States Require People To Work For Medicaid

Jan 11, 2018
Ten states have already asked the administration to add work requirements to the popular health insurance program for low-income people. But many recipients are already working.
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Jason Cleckler, CEO of Delta Memorial Hospital in Delta, Colo., says Medicaid expansion helped the hospital's bottom line.
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Hospitals In States That Expanded Medicaid Less Likely To Close

Jan 08, 2018
Hundreds of thousands of people gained health insurance in states that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. In those states, hospitals were less likely to close.
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Dolman and Kelly chat outside his mother's house in Northeast Washington after the house call.
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Can Home Health Visits Help Keep People Out Of The ER?

Jan 02, 2018
Washington, D.C., is experimenting with providing home visits and telemedicine to people on Medicaid, with the goal of making it less likely they'll end up in the emergency room.
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Parents Worry Congress Won't Fund The Children's Health Insurance Program

Dec 12, 2017
The federal funding of the program lapsed in September. States have been burning through leftover funds, or borrowing from other accounts, as they wait for Congress to act before the end of January.
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Alejandra Borunda, sits with her two children, Natalia, 11, and Raul, 8, holding the family dog at their home in Aurora, Colo. Borunda's children are among those who would lose out if the CHIP program isn't funded.
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States Sound Warning That Kids' Health Insurance Is At Risk

Nov 30, 2017
Funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program expired in September. Millions of children could lose coverage, unless Congress acts soon to restore the money to keep the program running.
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What makes drug prices so high? Let us count the ways.
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Report: Here's What The Feds Can Do To Cut Drug Prices

Nov 30, 2017
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine get very specific in their recommendations of actions they think the federal government should take to lower prescription drug costs.
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Several States Roll Back 'Retroactive Medicaid,' A Buffer For The Poor

Nov 14, 2017
Retroactive payments offer protection for poor people who can be enrolled in Medicaid after becoming seriously ill. That process takes time, and the look-back provision helps guarantee coverage.
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Alex Azar, who was deputy secretary for Health and Human Services in the George W. Bush administration, is President Trump's pick to replace Dr. Tom Price as head of the department.
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Trump Picks Alex Azar To Lead Health And Human Services

Nov 13, 2017
If the former drug company executive is confirmed by the Senate, he would replace Dr. Tom Price, who resigned in September after a scandal involving government travel on private aircraft.
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Medical debts weigh on Geneva Wilson, who keeps a chicken and rooster in a coop behind her cabin in rural southwest Missouri.
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Medicaid Expansion Takes A Bite Out Of Medical Debt

Nov 10, 2017
Medical debt is down across the country. In states that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, the reduction is sharper.
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Rosemary Warnock, a registered nurse at Maine Health, exits the Merrill Auditorium voting station in Portland, Maine, early Tuesday. She said she was motivated to vote for Medicaid expansion.
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After Maine Voters Approve Medicaid Expansion, Governor Raises Objections

Nov 08, 2017
Republican Gov. Paul LePage vetoed Medicaid expansion several times before, so advocates took the measure to the ballot box. Now the governor is placing financial conditions on moving ahead.
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Kathleen Phelps, who lacks health insurance, speaks in favor of expanding Medicaid at a news conference in Portland, Maine on Oct. 13, 2016.
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Maine Voters Will Decide If They Want More Access To Medicaid

Nov 07, 2017
The state of Maine has wrestled for years over whether expanding its low-income health insurance program would help more people or be a budget buster. Now they're going to take it to a vote.
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When Ohio voters head to the polls Tuesday, they'll be able to weigh in on a ballot measure that aims to get better drug prices for state programs.
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Voters Confused By Ohio's Ballot Question On Drug Prices

Nov 07, 2017
Ohio voters are being asked by a ballot initiative to consider making a law that would require the state to pay no more for prescription drugs than the federal Department of Veterans Affairs does.
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Titus Introduces Bill To Create Public Option For Health Care

Oct 25, 2017

Nevada Representative Dina Titus co-sponsored legislation Wednesday to give states the ability to allow residents to buy into Medicaid programs on state exchanges.

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