NPR has learned that the Department of Health and Human Services will not be finalizing its most aggressive attempt to end gender-affirming care for youth nationally.
Under Georgia's partial Medicaid expansion program, Pathways to Coverage, eligible low-income adults are required to report 80 hours of work every a month to qualify for healthcare.
Adults on Medicaid will be required to work 80 hours per month. The Trump administration says people who are sick will have to prove they are too sick to work to be exempt from the new work rules.
On the May 26 edition: A new court ruling may mean more health care for Georgia kids on Medicaid; Lawmakers push major corporations to oppose redistricting; And what listening to frogs can tell us about the state of the natural world.
Starting May 1, many people covered by Medicaid in Nebraska have to prove they are working. It's a requirement most states will have to implement under President Trump's budget law, beginning in January.
Georgia ranks second worst in the nation for Hispanic health care, with high rates of uninsured adults and children, according to a report released Wednesday by The Commonwealth Fund.
After President Trump and Congress cut certain Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood in last year's budget, some clinics have started offering aesthetic services, including Botox, to stay afloat.
Real estate investment trusts are landlords for thousands of nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and hospitals. Some select the managers and keep close watch but deny blame for bad care.
Paying for doulas to help birthing moms in maternity care deserts was a priority for Montana. But it halted the plan amid a budget shortfall and fears over coming federal Medicaid cuts.
A Georgia bill headed to the governor's desk is aimed at ensuring Medicaid covers the current treatments for sickle cell anemia — after advocates gathered at the state Capitol to push for the bill.
When Medicaid began sharing personal data with federal immigration authorities last year, it upended decades of explicit promises to patients. Now, even eligible immigrants fear getting the health coverage.
Gene therapies have the potential to cure some diseases, but they are extraordinarily expensive. Location can also be a big hurdle for patients seeking this specialized care.
In December, the U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced his office would begin rolling out the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program funding. But rural health advocates are divided on what it will mean for rural communities.
