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News Articles: Medicaid

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Senate glucose monitor bill also helping cancer patients awaiting House vote after passing committee

The House Public Health committee passed Senate Bill 109 on Tuesday that requires the Department of Community Health to include glucose monitors as a pharmacy benefit for those with Medicaid.

March 24, 2023
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By:
  • Ambria Burton
Samuel Camacho, a health insurance navigator with the Universal Health Care Action Network of Ohio, assists people in enrolling for or renewing Medicaid.

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  • Health

Medicaid renewals are starting. Those who don't reenroll could get kicked off

With a pandemic-era rule expiring this month, people on Medicaid will have to re-qualify to keep their coverage. Language barriers, housing instability and computer literacy could stand in their way.

March 21, 2023
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By:
  • Maria Godoy
Wide Shot of Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, Georgia

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  • Health

Georgia lawmakers concerned over looming Medicaid redeterminations

Democratic lawmakers in the Georgia House held an informal hearing last week on how to manage the end of a temporary federal policy that kept over 2 million people in Georgia on Medicaid since the start of the pandemic. 

March 20, 2023
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
Joel Paez, father of Manuel Esteban Paez Terán, speaks during a press conference, Monday, March 13, 2023, in Decatur, Ga. A press conference was held to give additional autopsy findings in Terán's death. (AP Photo/Alex Slitz)

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Equal Pay Day; Family of slain activist releases independent autopsy; SB 140

Tuesday on Political Rewind: The family of Manuel Terán said an independent autopsy created more questions than answers. They're suing the city of Atlanta for more information. Meanwhile, 500 Georgia health care providers oppose Senate Bill 140, which would ban gender-affirming care for minors.

March 14, 2023
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
Prescription drug coverage is just one part of Medicare, the federal government's health insurance program for people age 65 and over.

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  • Health

Why Medicare is suddenly under debate again

As the White House and Republicans in Congress gear up for negotiations over the U.S. debt ceiling, how to pay for senior health care could be a sticking point, even if cuts are "off the table."

March 14, 2023
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By:
  • Michel Martin,
  • Tinbete Ermyas,
  • and 1 more
Matthew Boyd sits with his fiancée, Amanda Hollowood, who has helped care for him since he was released from prison in December 2020.

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  • News

Reentry programs to help former prisoners obtain health care are often underused

More than 600,000 people are released from prisons every year, many with costly health conditions but no medications, medical records, a health care provider, or insurance.

March 08, 2023
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By:
  • Renuka Rayasam
When Victoria Ferrell Ortiz had her daughter in 2017, she was covered by a limited form of Medicaid in Texas — which ended just two months after she gave birth. Losing insurance so soon was stressful. She supports a push for Texas to extend Medicaid coverage for a full year after childbirth.

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  • Health

In Texas, Medicaid ends soon after childbirth. Will lawmakers allow more time?

In Texas, many uninsured people can access Medicaid if they get pregnant. But 2 months after giving birth, the coverage ends. Advocates say new moms need a full year, to improve maternal health.

March 05, 2023
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  • Elena Rivera
Jen Coghlan outside the home where she grew up in Perry, Iowa. Her father, Henry Ruhl, plans to leave the house to her, but Coghlan expects she'll have to sell it after he dies to settle a $226,611 from Medicaid for the care of her mother, who died in 2022. Coghlan says the family didn't realize that her mother was on Medicaid.

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  • Health

They could lose the house — to Medicaid

Depending on where they lived, demands for repayment can drain the assets that a patient on Medicaid leaves behind after they die. Iowa aggressively collects "clawback" funds.

March 02, 2023
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  • Tony Leys
Idaho removed nearly 10,000 people from Medicaid in the pandemic's first years when enrollees couldn't be reached. The episode previews what could occur in other states after April 1, when a COVID-era coverage mandate ends.

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  • Health

Idaho dropped thousands from Medicaid early in the pandemic. Which state's next?

The federal agency that oversees Medicaid suggested Idaho wasn't trying hard enough to reach beneficiaries before letting their coverage lapse. Consumer advocates fear that could happen again.

February 27, 2023
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By:
  • Rachana Pradhan
When he was in prison, Lee Reed was in agonizing back pain. His doctors there told him he needed back surgery, but because he was so close to his release date, they said he'd have to get it done on the outside. Reed saw that surgery as his ticket to being able to get a job and effectively reenter society.

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  • Health

Red and blue states look to Medicaid to improve the health of people leaving prison

People leaving jail or prison are at extremely high risk of hospitalization and death, and policymakers from deep blue California to solidly red Utah think bringing Medicaid behind bars could help.

February 23, 2023
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By:
  • Ryan Levi and
  • Dan Gorenstein
Georgia state Rep. Todd Jones, R-Cumming, speaks about plans for mental health legislation, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023, at the Capitol in Atlanta. Jones and other House members say the measure will build on a law passed in 2022.

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  • News

Georgia House leaders promise more action on mental health

Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns says state lawmakers will make another push to improve mental health care this year. He said Tuesday that a forthcoming bill will include a series of changes, plus multiple studies aimed at setting the groundwork for more action in the years ahead.

February 22, 2023
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  • Associated Press
A man in gloves tests a patient for HIV

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  • Health

Proposed bill would expand Medicaid to Georgians with HIV

The bill to expand Medicaid to Georgians living with HIV passed committee and now moves to the House.

February 20, 2023
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Volunteers work at the Macon Volunteer Clinic on Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. The clinic provides primary care for free to working, low-income people who don't qualify for insurance.

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  • Health Care

Georgia’s Medicaid expansion will cover more low-income adults. But it will also leave many behind

Only adults below the poverty line who can work 80 hours a month will qualify for the new Medicaid program. Pathways to Coverage will go live in July.

February 14, 2023
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., poses for a photo after an interview with The Associated Press on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023, in Washington.

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  • News

Warnock, deal-maker yet party loyalist, settles into Senate

Newly reelected Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia is promising to use his first full term to cut deals where possible with Republicans and deliver for his home state. But he's also taking on a new role as an unapologetic supporter of President Joe Biden.

February 01, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Wide Shot of Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, Georgia

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  • Health

State health departments seek their part of billions in appropriations during start of session

Budget hearings at the start of Georgia’s legislative session saw state departments dive into Gov. Brian Kemp’s  proposed budget and make a case for funding priorities.

January 27, 2023
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  • Sofi Gratas
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