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Florida hospitals will now ask about your immigration status. What to know, how to answer

Hospitals ask patients a lot of personal questions. Medical history? Medications? Preexisting conditions? Smoke, drink or do drugs?

Miami Herald

Tens of thousands of LA County residents could soon lose Medi-Cal coverage. Here's why

Tens of thousands of people in Los Angeles County could lose their Medi-Cal coverage in July, according to preliminary data provided to a health plan that serves Angelenos on the public program.

Los Angeles Times

New state laws target contentious topics of gender, guns and abortion

New state laws are tackling some of the most divisive issues in the U.S., including abortion, gender and guns

The Independent UK

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Michael Hiltzik: In blow to anti-trans bigots, judge finds Florida's treatment ban unconstitutional

A federal judge in Tallahassee left few doubts the other day about what he thought of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' assault on healthcare for transgender Floridians.

Los Angeles Times

CDC data amplifies calls for funding hepatitis plan

Only one-third of individuals diagnosed with hepatitis C have been cured in the decade since cures for the disease became available, according to a study published Thursday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Tribune News Service

CDC data amplifies calls for funding hepatitis plan - Roll Call

Despite the availability of effective medicines, only one in six uninsured adults under 40 with hepatitis C have been cured.

Roll Call

On Saturday, Florida hospitals start asking patients’ immigration status. Advocates call requirement ‘dangerous’

Starting Saturday, most Florida hospitals will start collecting data on patients’ immigration status, bucking advice from clinicians who warn this could deter sick people from seeking care.

Orlando Sentinel

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Florida is taking sick kids off Medicaid months before planned

Charlotte Douberley, a 2-year-old with cystic fibrosis, lost Medicaid coverage almost a year before she was supposed to, according to Florida’s plan.

Orlando Sentinel

HHS has limited options as millions lose Medicaid

WASHINGTON -- States are disenrolling residents from Medicaid at a breakneck pace, even though a large percentage of those losing coverage are still eligible for the program.

Tribune News Service

Our primary healthcare system is a mess. We have a plan to fix it

Millions of Americans can’t access a doctor or dentist or have to wait months to be seen. Let’s change that

The Guardian - US

HHS has limited options as millions lose Medicaid - Roll Call

States are booting millions off of the Medicaid rolls, but the Biden administration has few options to keep people from losing health care.

Roll Call

Hazy future for caregiver payments expanded during pandemic worries families

Families of severely disabled children across the country are worried about the future of crucial Medicaid payments they started receiving to provide care during the COVID-19 pandemic

The Independent UK

Washington's long-term care payroll tax starts July 1, as other states explore similar programs

Washington next month will become the first U.S. state to deduct taxes from workers’ paychecks to finance a new long-term care benefit for residents who can’t live independently due to illness, injury or aging-related conditions like dementia

The Independent UK

10 Things You Should Know About Nursing Homes

Chronically understaffed and expensive, nursing homes have changed over the years, much of it for the worse. But they fill a need for many. How do you find a good one?

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The Conversation

More than 1.5 million Americans lost Medicaid coverage in the spring of 2023 due to the end of pandemic policies – and paperwork problems

At least 1.5 million Americans lost Medicaid coverage in April, May and the first three weeks of June 2023, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonprofit that tracks health data.

Roll Call

Biden order aims to protect, expand contraception access - Roll Call

Biden's third executive order responding to the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision is the first focused primarily on birth control.

Axios

Florida transgender Medicaid ban unconstitutional, judge rules

Judge Robert Hinkle blasted the state in his 54-page decision, saying the law and AHCA rule were established "for political reasons."

Salon

Muddled abortion laws confuse doctors

In states with changing abortion laws and legal challenges to new laws, physicians are uncertain of what procedures

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Chicago Sun-Times

Cook County’s good news and bad news: No new taxes or fees — but deficit now projected at $86 million

While the estimated budget hole is larger than the $18.2 million gap projected last year, it is one of the county’s smallest deficits in the last decade. Government leaders said that hiring hasn’t budged much in the past year. “We do need to staff up,” Cook County Board President Preckwinkle…

The Independent UK

Federal judge strikes down Florida's ban on Medicaid funding for transgender treatment

A federal judge has struck down Florida rules championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis restricting Medicaid coverage for transgender treatments

The Independent UK

Navajo Nation declares widespread Medicaid scam in Arizona a public health state of emergency

A widespread Arizona Medicaid scam that has left an unknown number of Native Americans homeless on the streets of metro Phoenix is being declared a public health state of emergency by the Navajo Nation as fraudulent sober living homes lose their funding and turn former residents onto the streets

Fortune

Does Medicare cover dental care? What beneficiaries need to know

Currently, regular care like cleanings and fillings, or services like dentures or extractions, are the responsibility of beneficiaries.

Chicago Sun-Times

Food is medicine programs can improve health, reduce food insecurity

Illinois has a chance to expand food is medicine programs like medically tailored meals, designed by a health professional, which have been shown to reduce hospital visits, bring down health care costs and improve blood sugar levels.

The Conversation

One year after the fall of Roe v. Wade, abortion care has become a patchwork of confusing state laws that deepen existing inequalities

In the year since the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson ruling struck down the constitutional right to abortion, society has been seeing the results of a post-Roe world.

The Guardian - US

The people turning to birth control after the fall of Roe: ‘I feel a little safer’

More people are feeling backed into a corner after the supreme court struck down the nationwide right to abortion last year

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