The Latest Breaking News from Medicaid

The Case for Letting Medicare Bureaucrats Haggle With Drug Makers

Medicare's new price-setting process for drug purchases is better than its current one if the result is lower government spending.

Reason · Sep 22, 2023

Medicaid coverage restored to about a half-million people after computer errors in many states

About a half-million people are regaining Medicaid coverage after the federal government says they were dropped inappropriately by states

The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2023

Appeals court takes up transgender health coverage case likely headed to Supreme Court

A federal appeals court is considering cases out of North Carolina and West Virginia that could have significant implications on whether individual states are required to cover health care for transgender people with government-sponsored insurance

The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2023

New SNAP rules cause further suffering

"Some 16.5 million Americans over age 65 . . . are living at or below 200% of the federal poverty level"

Salon · Sep 13, 2023

Income too high for Medicaid? ‘Spend down’ to qualify

Making more than the maximum income level for Medicaid isn’t necessarily a deal breaker

The Independent UK · Sep 13, 2023

Challengers seek rewrite of Missouri abortion-rights ballot measures, calling them misleading

Advocates are asking a Missouri judge to rewrite what they say are misleading descriptions of abortion-rights constitutional amendments

The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2023

Texas parents who care for their disabled children full time will lose money after pay raise

Texas Medicaid caregivers’ wages were already near the poverty level. But parents whose sole income came from taking care of their disabled children have now lost their ability to work overtime hours.

The Texas Tribune · Sep 11, 2023

The US committed to meet the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, but like other countries, it's struggling to make progress

In a Zen parable, a man sees a horse and rider galloping by. The man asks the rider where he’s going, and the rider responds, “I don’t know. Ask the horse!”

The Conversation · Sep 6, 2023

Medicare pandemic advances deepen debt for some hospitals - Roll Call

Congress poured billions into hospitals through advances on Medicare claims, but now some medical providers are struggling to pay it back. 

Roll Call · Sep 6, 2023

State issues guidance on co-pays for undocumented — just as advocates gathered to criticize Pritzker for health care cuts

Advocates argued the rules changes were too costly for low-income patients. The governor’s office said co-pays should not have been charged yet anyway, though they are expected to resume eventually.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 5, 2023