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Government Watchdog Expects Medicaid Work Requirement Analysis by Fall
This fall, the U.S. Government Accountability Office expects to release a report on how much it costs to run Georgia Pathways to Coverage 鈥 the country鈥檚 only active Medicaid work requirement program 鈥 as other states and Congress consider similar programs.
Preparan an谩lisis sobre el requisito de trabajo para Medicaid
La idea de un mandato nacional que requiera que los beneficiarios de Medicaid trabajen, estudien o realicen otras actividades que cumplan los requisitos para mantener la cobertura est谩 ganando terreno.
States Push Medicaid Work Rules, but Few Programs Help Enrollees Find Jobs
Republicans are pushing to implement requirements that Medicaid recipients work in order to obtain or retain coverage. Some states try to help enrollees find jobs. But states lack the data to show whether they鈥檙e effective.
Watch: What Is Medicaid, Again?
国产麻豆精品Health News correspondent Sam Whitehead discusses Medicaid’s history and role in the U.S. health system.
Republicans Are Eyeing Cuts to Medicaid. What鈥檚 Medicaid, Again?
Republicans in Congress have suggested big cuts to Medicaid, the state-federal health insurance program for people with low incomes or disabilities. The complex, multifaceted program touches millions of Americans and has become deeply woven into state budgets and the U.S. health care system.
Los republicanos est谩n considerando recortes a Medicaid. De nuevo, 驴qu茅 es Medicaid?
M谩s de 79 millones de personas reciben servicios de Medicaid o del relacionado Programa de Seguro de Salud Infantil (CHIP). Esto representa aproximadamente el 20% de la poblaci贸n total de Estados Unidos.
As States Mull Medicaid Work Requirements, Two With Experience Scale Back
As Republicans consider adding work requirements to Medicaid, Georgia and Arkansas 鈥 two states with experience running such programs 鈥 want to scale back the key parts supporters have argued encourage employment and personal responsibility.
Childhood Vaccination Rates, a Rare Health Bright Spot in Struggling States, Are Slipping
Mississippi, Tennessee, and West Virginia 鈥 states with some of the worst health outcomes 鈥 also have some of the highest childhood vaccination rates. But doctors and health officials worry a rising tide of vaccine skepticism is causing those public health bright spots to dim.
Defensores, m茅dicos, investigadores, y funcionarios de salud p煤blica temen que estos logros en algunos estados como Mississippi y Tennessee est茅n desapareciendo.
Democratic Senators Ask Watchdog Agency To Investigate Georgia鈥檚 Medicaid Work Rule
A group of Democratic senators asked the Government Accountability Office to examine a Georgia program that requires some Medicaid enrollees to work, study, or volunteer 80 hours a month for coverage. They cited 国产麻豆精品Health News鈥 reporting, which has documented the program鈥檚 high costs and low enrollment.
Georgia Said It Would Fix Care for the Disabled Years Ago. It鈥檚 Still Not Done.
In recent decades, the Justice Department has sued several states for unnecessarily confining people with disabilities in places such as state psychiatric hospitals, nursing homes and segregated workspaces. Such treatment violates a key part of the Americans With Disabilities Act 鈥 as affirmed in the 1999 Olmstead decision from the Supreme Court: that people with […]
Georgia鈥檚 Work Requirement Slows Processing of Applications for Medicaid, Food Stamps
Georgia鈥檚 ability to process applications for Medicaid and other public benefits has lagged since the launch of Republican Gov. Brian Kemp鈥檚 鈥淧athways鈥 Medicaid work requirement, leaving Georgia with persistently slow Medicaid application processing times.
Georgians With Disabilities Are Still Being Institutionalized, Despite Federal Oversight
For nearly 15 years, the feds have had oversight of Georgia鈥檚 treatment of people with mental illness and developmental disabilities. Observers say the state still jeopardizes some of its most marginalized residents by not meeting the terms of its settlement with the Justice Department.
Washington Power Has Shifted. Here鈥檚 How the ACA May Shift, Too.
With a new Trump administration poised to move into the White House and Republicans set to control both chambers of Congress, party leaders are making a to-do list for the Affordable Care Act.
El poder en Washington ha cambiado. ACA podr铆a cambiar tambi茅n
El futuro gobernante prepara el terreno para hacer cambios potencialmente s铆smicos que podr铆an limitar la expansi贸n de Medicaid, aumentar la tasa de personas sin seguro, debilitar las protecciones para los pacientes y elevar los costos de las primas para millones de personas.
Vance Wrongly Blames Rural Hospital Closures on Immigrants in the Country Illegally
Experts disputed the claim by Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance, noting that a range of other issues 鈥 from low reimbursement rates to declining patient use 鈥 combine to cause these facilities to shutter.
States鈥 Efforts To Alter Arcane Hospital Rules Mix Politics With Drama
Georgia is one of dozens of states that require health-care facilities to ask for permission to build or expand by obtaining 鈥渃ertificates of need.鈥 Basically, state regulators get to decide whether a town needs a new hospital or long-term care center. If the need is deemed real, they鈥檙e granted a 鈥淐ON.鈥 The intent of the […]
Florida鈥檚 New Covid Booster Guidance Is Straight-Up Misinformation
State Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo spread more anti-vaccine misinformation by telling Floridians to avoid mRNA vaccines. Vaccine experts and historians can鈥檛 remember another state health leader urging residents to avoid an FDA-approved vaccine.
La nueva gu铆a de Florida sobre los refuerzos de covid es pura desinformaci贸n
Cl铆nicos y cient铆ficos denuncian este mensaje como una t谩ctica de miedo con motivaci贸n pol铆tica que tambi茅n debilita los esfuerzos para proteger contra enfermedades como el sarampi贸n y la tos ferina.
