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A widely circulated talking point about cuts to Medicaid inflates the legislation’s effects by about five million people.
One part of congressional Republicans’ plan to take Medicaid away from people in the House Energy & Commerce Committee bill is an ill-advised and unnecessary proposal requiring
Michigan officials have calculated the risk of potential federal Medicaid cuts, finding one proposal could nix coverage for 500,000 residents.
Colorado’s clinics and hospitals are already feeling the strain of losing half a million patients from the post-Covid Medicaid wind-down, and now Congress is threatening to slash and burn the
The Affordable Care Act expanded access to affordable, comprehensive health coverage for millions of people and has driven the uninsured rate to record lows. Yet, more than 1.5 million uninsured adults are stuck in the Medicaid “coverage gap,
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New state legislation in Indiana could significantly change how Medicaid and the Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP) are managed. Signed by Gov. Mike Braun last week and set to go into effect on July 1, these changes are expected to affect low-income residents,
In a sense, that was pretty good. In 2019, a Manatt Health analysis of Michigan data predicted a coverage loss as high as 183,000 people, based on Arkansas data. Coverage losses likely would not have been that bad, thanks to DHHS’s intensive efforts.
Congress will begin considering a new plan this week that would significantly change Medicaid, a program that more than a million Coloradans depend on for healthcare coverage.