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Maternal mortality in Mo. continues to raise alarm as board pushes for Medicaid expansion

Between 2017 and 2019, 185 women died while pregnant, or within one year of pregnancy, in Missouri. The majority of these deaths were preventable, a recent study found.

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TribCast: A crisis in Texas’ youth prisons

On this week’s episode, Matthew speaks with Jolie about the problems within the Texas Juvenile Justice Department and with Eleanor about the state’s efforts to expand postnatal Medicaid.

The Texas Tribune

What factors influence uninsured rates?

Nearly 30 million Americans lack health insurance. Characteristics such as geography, age, race or ethnicity, income and education can impact whether someone has insurance or not.

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Texas health agency says its plan to extend maternal Medicaid coverage is “not approvable” by feds

HHSC said it was initially told the plan was “not approvable.” Federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a statement Friday saying Texas’ plan to extend coverage to six months was not rejected but still under review.

The Texas Tribune

A Very Dangerous Place to Be Pregnant Is Getting Even Scarier

Texas leads the US in maternity ward closures, and nowhere is this more of an issue than in the western part of the state.

Businessweek

First Thing: Pelosi pledges solidarity with Taiwan amid alarm over China’s reaction

Beijing reacts to House speaker’s visit with outrage as Chinese military begin drills close to Taiwan. Plus, Batgirl gets cancelled

The Guardian - UK

Biden signs second executive order to protect US abortion access

The directive equips the Heath and Human Services department to expand coverage for patients seeking out of state care

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Kansas governor race: Kelly and Schmidt set to collide in November after easy primaries

Kansas Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly and Republican state Attorney General Derek Schmidt are heading into a knockout fight this fall as Kelly attempts to become the first Kansas governor since 1968 to win reelection while their party controls the White House.

Tribune News Service

They lost Medicaid when paperwork was sent to a pasture, signaling the mess to come

Tennessee expects to soon disenroll about 300,000 people from Medicaid. But families like the Lesters have been entangled in bureaucracy and clerical mistakes, causing them to unfairly lose coverage.

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The ambulance chased one patient into collections

In retrospect, Peggy Dula said, she shouldn’t have taken the ambulance. She was the least injured of the three siblings who were in a car when it was struck by a pickup truck last September. Her daughter had even offered to come to the crash site and pick her up.

Tribune News Service

Medicaid expansion breakthrough within reach in N. Carolina

A deal on Medicaid expansion in North Carolina is within reach after both legislative chambers passed competing measures before ending their annual session

The Independent UK

House Democrats buttoning up budget votes as they await Senate

The House will return the second week of August to take up the reconciliation bill if the Senate sends it by then, says Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

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How do Americans get their health insurance in the years since the Affordable Care Act passed?

In 2020, employers provided coverage to about half of all Americans. Meanwhile, nearly 9% of Americans were uninsured.

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The ambulance chased one patient into collections

After a car wreck, three siblings were transported to the same hospital by ambulances from three separate districts. The sibling with the most minor injuries got the biggest bill.

Tribune News Service

House Democrats add child nutrition to legislative menu

WASHINGTON — The House Education and Labor Committee is making a late-session push to renew child nutrition programs and incorporate changes made to cope with the pandemic, but disagreements could slow the reauthorization of a nutrition law that expired in 2015.

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House Democrats add child nutrition to legislative menu - Roll Call

Democrats say expanded school eligibility is needed to feed more children in communities with high poverty rates.

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Big decisions loom for Democrats' giant health bill

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Salon

How the states went nuts — what's next?

Political scientist Jacob Grumbach on his new book and how U.S. states became "Laboratories Against Democracy"

Salon

Texas slashes Medicaid for mothers

Republicans in Texas celebrated the overturn of Roe after cutting back postpartum Medicaid extension

WEKU

Millions of kids qualify for Medicaid. Biden funds outreach to boost enrollment

More than half of uninsured kids qualify for free coverage but don't know it. The government has released $49 million to get the word out, especially as the end of the COVID health emergency looms.

The Independent UK

Florida’s trans treatment ban lacks any medical justification, academic report says

A group of Yale University professors called the state’s plan to block gender-affirming Medicaid treatments “pseudo-science”

Tribune News Service

Reconciliation talks so far quiet on Medicaid expansion

WASHINGTON — Advocates are pushing to squeeze Medicaid expansion and home health funding into a potential budget reconciliation bill after Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., renewed negotiations with moderate West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin III.

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Reconciliation talks so far quiet on Medicaid expansion - Roll Call

With reconciliation talks restarted, advocates want Medicaid expansion and home health funding, but climate and taxes are also in the mix.

Tribune News Service

A Florida nursing home lost its Medicare benefits. Residents lost a home

TAMPA, Fla. -- Drawers opened and shut. Garbage bags filled with clothes, birthday cards and pocketbooks. They had to go.

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