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Michael Hiltzik: Merck says it's being 'coerced' into negotiating its drug prices with Medicare. That's nonsense

No one really expected the pharmaceutical industry to lie down and take it when Congress authorized Medicare to start negotiating prices of the prescription drugs it buys for enrollees.

Los Angeles Times

Mississippi community workers battle maternal mortality crisis - Roll Call

Mississippi struggles with high rates of C-sections, maternal mortality, with mammoth disparities between Black and white mothers.

Roll Call

Fraudsters are duping homeless people into signing up for ACA plans they can’t afford

MIAMI — Mary Zhelyazkova was surprised when pharmacists at Florida’s largest safety net hospital said they could not fill her prescription.

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Biden to states: Slow Medicaid cuts

The Biden admin outlined several steps states can take to ensure everyone who still qualifies stays covered

Salon

Dental therapists help patients in need of care avoid the brush-off

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. — All six of Michelle Ehlert’s children have Medicaid plans that should cover their dental care. But for years, she and her husband paid for dental care out-of-pocket — sometimes thousands of dollars a year.

Tribune News Service

No Long-Term Care Plan? Here’s What to Do About It

Small-business owner Jennifer found herself in a tough caregiving situation and doesn’t want to subject her family to that. What are her, and your, options?

Kiplinger

Hundreds of tribal members, mostly Navajo, living on Phoenix streets amid fake sober home crackdown

Navajo Nation Attorney General Ethel Branch says Navajo law enforcement teams that fanned out over metro Phoenix in recent weeks made contact with several hundred Native Americans from various tribes living on the streets amid a state crackdown on Medicaid fraud that recruited them to unlicensed sober living homes

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Biden administration urges states to slow down on dropping people from Medicaid

The Biden administration is urging states to slow down their efforts to remove people from Medicaid

The Independent UK

KBJ: A lone SCOTUS dissenter brings hope

Justice Jackson’s early impact has been deeply felt through biting dissents and cross-partisan judicial coalitions

Salon

Elvis Presley’s cousin Brandon lifts Democrats hope of ‘sleeper’ win in Mississippi governor’s race

Mississippi is tough political territory for Democrats

The Independent UK

Elvis Presley’s cousin lifts Democrats’ hope of ‘sleeper’ win in Mississippi governor’s race

Mississippi is tough political territory for Democrats

The Independent UK

In North Carolina, the Uninsured Say Medicaid Expansion Will Be Life-Changing

After years of contentious battles amid a rural health crisis, the state voted to expand the program.

Capital & Main

The CEO of one of Medicaid and Medicare’s biggest insurers is bullish on A.I., and thinks it could bring down costs

As big healthcare gets bigger, CEO Sarah London sees a narrower, more focused path for the Medicaid and Medicare insurer Centene.

Fortune

Supreme Court preserves Medicaid recipients' right to sue - Roll Call

Hospital argued Medicaid patients can't sue because they are third parties in a contract between the state and the federal government.

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The Texas Tribune

This year, Texas lawmakers zeroed in on existing health care programs, leaving bolder measures by the wayside

Pregnant moms on Medicaid will get health care coverage for a year, patients will get more detailed billing and nurses will get help with school loans. But efforts failed to gain steam for legalizing fentanyl test strips, increasing the pool of mental health professionals who accept Medicaid and expanding Medicaid…

The Guardian - US

A new system in California recasts gun violence as a public health concern. It’s saving lives

Hospital-based violence intervention programs could soon see funds provided by Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program

The Conversation

As the U.S. expands work conditions for income assistance, Canada takes a different tack

Only days before a government default, United States President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached an agreement to raise the country’s debt ceiling and avoid financial turmoil.

Reason

Merck Sues HHS, Claims Drug Price Negotiation Program Violates First and Fifth Amendment

Pharma has a "choice": Negotiate with HHS or pay $10 million "tax" per day.

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Salon

COVID benefit changes mean new hardship

Ending the pandemic emergency increases burdens for people with long COVID

Fortune

The debt ceiling deal has reduced access to supplemental food plans. Here’s why that’s a false economy

Forcing already hungry people to get a job in order for them to receive food will send ripple effects across other government programs.

WEKU

Supreme Court vetoes efforts to limit anti-fraud law aimed at government contractors

The cases involve allegations that major retail pharmacies knowingly overcharged Medicaid and Medicare by overstating what their "usual and customary prices" are.

The Independent UK

Angry progressives and conservatives hit out as Democrats push through Biden-McCarthy debt ceiling deal

More Democrats vote to raise the debt limit than Republicans as the bill heads to the Senate

Capital & Main

Changes in Pandemic-Era Benefits Mean New Hardship for Millions

Ending the pandemic emergency increases burdens for people with long COVID.

Salon

States throw thousands off Medicaid

Many have lost coverage because they failed to navigate bureaucratic mazes — not because they were ineligible

Chicago Sun-Times

Say no to Medicaid work requirements

These requirements aren’t about work. They are about adding unnecessary paperwork that results in people losing their coverage due to red tape.

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