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California governor’s big promises on drug prices are slow to materialize

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When Gov. Gavin Newsom took office in 2019, he promised to lower prescription drug costs for all Californians.

Tribune News Service

In a pandemic, people might know they need food or housing. But how do you help them realize they also need therapy?

CHICAGO — As the pandemic wore on, Kayode Martin felt stuck.

Chicago Tribune

Evolent Health 'Notification Award' Removes $82M Overhang, Notes Piper Sandler

In an SEC filing, Cook County named Evolent Health Inc (NYSE:EVH) the sole third-party administrator for CountyCare Health Plan from fiscal 2023 through fiscal 2025. Piper Sandler analyst Jessica Tassan notes that the award extends a contract Evolent has held since fiscal 2018 to provide administrative simplification services to support CountyCare's 425,000 Medicaid…

Benzinga

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The end of the pandemic could usher in a spike in the uninsured rate

Temporary Medicaid and Affordable Care Act reforms are set to end.

Axios

Blue states seek to protect abortion rights before supreme court decision

An upcoming decision by the conservative-leaning court could overturn Roe v Wade and imperil abortion rights nationwide

The Guardian - US

From Alabama to Utah, efforts to vaccinate Medicaid enrollees against COVID run into obstacles

Medicaid enrollees continue to get vaccinated against COVID-19 at far lower rates than the general population despite vigorous outreach efforts by government officials and private organizations to get low-income people inoculated, according to data from several states.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: This time it’s time for North Carolina to expand Medicaid

North Carolina is seeing a dramatic example of political climate change: Its long frozen opposition to Medicaid expansion is beginning to thaw.

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Missouri Senate passes pay raises, renews effort to block Planned Parenthood payments

COLUMBIA, Mo. — The Missouri General Assembly on Thursday sent to Gov. Mike Parson a supplemental budget bill that gives pay raises to state workers, funds the voter-approved Medicaid expansion and allocates nearly $2 billion in federal aid to schools.

Tribune News Service

When parents get Medicaid, it can benefit the health of their kids too

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The Conversation

Thousands of Florida children could lose Medicaid coverage in months ahead, study says

Medicaid has become a significant safety net for families during the COVID-19 pandemic, with about half of all children in the United States now covered through their state’s public health insurance program for low-income and disabled Americans, including about 2.4 million kids in Florida.

Miami Herald

Missouri takes months to process Medicaid applications — longer than law allows

Aneka French applied for Medicaid in October, not long after Missouri became the 38th state to expand eligibility for the program.

Tribune News Service

1 in 4 Americans are covered by Medicaid or CHIP – a program that insures low-income kids

As of July 2021, a total of 83.6 million Americans were insured through either Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program.

The Conversation

Commentary: Don’t ‘means test’ the Child Tax Credit

Decades ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. warned about the deceptions or “clever sophistries” of politicians. “We must be as armed with knowledge as they are,” he counseled.

Tribune News Service

Why millions on Medicaid are at risk of losing coverage in the months ahead

The Biden administration and state officials are bracing for a great unwinding: millions of people losing their Medicaid benefits when the pandemic health emergency ends. Some might sign up for different insurance. Many others are bound to get lost in the transition.

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Salon

Pandemic exposed outdated health tech

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed outdated health technology from local to state-run benefits programs

Tribune News Service

Faxes and snail mail: Will pandemic-era flaws unleash improved health technology

Jamie Taylor received two letters from the Missouri Department of Social Services Family Support Division that began, “Good news,” before stating that she was denied Medicaid coverage. Her income exceeded the state’s limits for the federal-state public health insurance program for people with low incomes.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

La falta de trabajadores de atención médica domiciliaria hace batallar a las familias para encontrar atención médica

FILADELFIA— La enfermedad atacó al padre de Lisa Parladé en septiembre, rápidamente y sin previo aviso.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

A pandemic shortage of home health workers has left families struggling to find care

PHILADELPHIA — The illness struck Lisa Parladé’s father in September swiftly and without warning.

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The Independent UK

Liz Weston: How your parents’ debt could outlive them

Adult children typically don’t have to pay their deceased parents’ bills, but if the amounts owed are more than what is left in the estate, there are cases where an adult child might be responsible for paying

Tribune News Service

Georgia sues Biden administration over health waiver

ATLANTA — Georgia has filed suit against the Biden administration, demanding the state be allowed to impose a work and activity requirement for some Georgians in order to qualify for Medicaid insurance.

The Independent UK

Georgia governor: State suing over Biden Medicaid rejection

Georgia officials say they have sued the Biden administration over its decision to revoke approval of the state’s plan to require Medicaid recipients to meet a work requirement

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