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News Articles: Medicaid

President Joe Biden's nearly $2 trillion proposal to support U.S. jobs and infrastructure includes $400 billion to fund the kinds of home-based, long-term health care services and aides that many families have, until now, found unaffordable.

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  • Health

What's In Biden's $400 Billion Plan To Support Families' Long-Term Health Needs

Long-term care options are expensive and often out of reach for elders and people with disabilities. Part of the president's proposed infrastructure plan would help fund home-based health services.

April 09, 2021
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By:
  • Judith Graham
Missouri state lawmakers are debating whether to fund an expansion of Medicaid that would bring health coverage to 275,000 more people in the state. The expansion was enshrined in a constitutional amendment approved by voters.

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  • Health

Missouri Legislature Tries To Back Out Of Voter-Approved Medicaid Expansion

Missouri Republicans are trying to avoid funding an expansion that would give 275,000 people health insurance. Democrats argue they are pushing ideology over the will of the people.

April 08, 2021
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By:
  • Sebastián Martínez Valdivia
Democratic Sens. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff joined House Democrats in a letter last week pushing health officials to pull the plug on the state’s plan “in its entirety as soon as possible.”

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  • Health Care

Georgia's Congressional Dems Urge Biden To Scrap State's Medicaid Plan

Georgia’s U.S. senators and congressional Democrats are urging the Biden administration to “fully rescind” a health care plan that federal officials first paused in February – and to do so soon.

April 06, 2021
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By:
  • Jill Nolin
Vinessa Kirkwood, who lives in northwestern Indiana, said she's had to cancel appointments at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis for her 20-month-old son, Donte, because she can't afford to pay for lodging.

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  • Health

Families With Sick Kids On Medicaid Seek Easier Access To Out-of-State Hospitals

Many state Medicaid programs pay out-of-state providers much less than in-state facilities, often making it hard for families with medically complex children to get the care they seek.

April 05, 2021
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By:
  • Harris Meyer
Georgia State Capitol

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  • Politics

Lawmakers Brief: 'Express Lane' For Georgia Children To Medicaid Passes State Senate

Thousands of children in low-income families could soon have an easier path to Medicaid in Georgia after “express lane” legislation passed the Georgia State Senate.

 

March 11, 2021
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By:
  • Rahul Bali
The bustling interior of the state capitol building in Atlanta.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Pause On Medicaid Renews Debate Over Expansion; Citizen's Arrest Reform On Deck

Tuesday on Political Rewind: The Biden administration pauses Gov. Brian Kemp’s plan for a partial expansion of Medicaid. President Donald Trump had approved Kemp’s plan, which ties expanding Medicaid to a work requirement. But now, the Biden administration says the requirement is unfeasible during a pandemic. The Democratic party might push once again for a full expansion of Medicaid in the state.

February 16, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
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  • Health Care

State Is Years Behind In Reporting Medicaid Program Quality

Federal law requires states to update their plans for improving Medicaid health care quality at least every three years. Georgia, however, published its most recent quality plan in February 2016. It’s at least two years out of date.

February 03, 2021
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By:
  • Rebecca Grapevine
Seema Verma, chief administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, says the changes in the way Medicaid is funded and regulated in Tennessee "could be a national model moving forward."

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  • Health

Trump Officials Approve Tennessee's Controversial Request To Revamp Medicaid Funding

The plan, long endorsed by conservatives, would give the state broad flexibility in running its health insurance program for the poor, while capping annual federal funding for the program.

January 09, 2021
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By:
  • Phil Galewitz
Person testing blood sugar

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  • Health

Georgia Reports Much Less Medicaid Data To The Feds Than It Used To

Nine years ago, Georgia reported ample data to the feds on the health care quality of its Medicaid and PeachCare programs. In fact, a federal report at that time praised Georgia’s “proactive role in designing its data systems to support quality measurement.”

But according to a Georgia Health News analysis, for the past two years, Georgia reported only a fraction of the information the federal Core Set requested.

December 16, 2020
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By:
  • Rebecca Grapevine
Screenshot of healthcare dot gov website

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  • Health Care

Georgians Who Lost Health Coverage During Pandemic Can Enroll In ACA Through Dec. 15

Changes are coming to the way Georgians access health care. But for 2021, anyone without insurance can still find a plan through the Health Insurance Marketplace. 

Open enrollment is available through Dec. 15 from healthcare.gov.

December 14, 2020
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Demonstrators pray in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on July 8, a day the court ruled that employers with religious objections can decline to provide contraception coverage under the Affordable Care Act. With the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the ACA's future is in doubt.

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  • Health

The Future Of The Affordable Care Act In A Supreme Court Without Ginsburg

The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg comes just as the Supreme Court was about to hear a case challenging the ACA. It could end Medicaid expansion and protections for preexisting conditions.

September 21, 2020
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By:
  • Julie Rovner
Nika Cotton recently opened  Soulcentricitea in Kansas City, Mo. When public schools shut down in the spring, Cotton had no one to watch her young children who are 8 and 10. So she quit her job in social work — and lost her health insurance — in order to start her own business.

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  • Health

Missouri Voters Approve Medicaid Expansion Despite Resistance From Republican Leaders

Missouri is the second state to expand the health care program via ballot measure during the pandemic. Nearly a quarter-million people could get health insurance thanks to the measure.

August 05, 2020
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By:
  • Alex Smith
Voters in Kirkwood, Mo., cast ballots on Nov. 6, 2018 that helped decide the balance of power in Congress. Next week they'll get the chance to decide whether to expand Medicaid in their state. The measure could extend health coverage to more than 230,000 more Missourians.

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  • Health Care

Will Missouri Be The Next Red State To Expand Medicaid? Voters To Decide

Advocates for expansion say it would create jobs, protect hospitals from budget cuts, bring billions of federal taxpayer dollars back to the state, and bring health coverage to 230,000 more people.

July 30, 2020
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By:
  • Cara Anthony

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  • Health Care

Medicaid, PeachCare Enrollment Grows As Pandemic Continues

Georgia’s Medicaid and PeachCare rolls continue to grow amid the economic devastation from COVID-19.

Newly released June enrollment figures show that Medicaid membership grew by 23,000, while PeachCare, the children’s health insurance program in Georgia, saw enrollment rise by nearly 14,000.

July 21, 2020
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By:
  • Andy Miller
Governor Kemp announced the second of two healthcare waiver proposals to increase coverage on Monday.

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  • Health Care

How Governor Kemp's Proposed Medicaid Plans Stand To Impact Georgians

Georgia is currently ranked third among states with most uninsured residents. More than 1.4 million Georgians were without insurance in 2018. Governor...

November 06, 2019
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott and
  • Jake Troyer
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