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Postcard From D.C. Courthouse: Medicaid Work Requirements And Manafort

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Oral arguments are heard in a legal challenge regarding the state of Kentucky鈥檚 requirement that adults who gained Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act鈥檚 expansion prove that they work or volunteer in order to get health coverage.

Podcast: KHN鈥檚 鈥榃hat The Health?鈥 What’s Next For The VA?

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In this episode of KHN鈥檚 鈥淲hat the Health?鈥 Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Sarah Kliff of Vox.com, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo discuss the collapse of the nomination of White House physician Ronny Jackson to head the Department of Veterans Affairs. They also discuss new bipartisan congressional efforts to address the opioid epidemic. Plus, for extra credit, the panelists offer their favorite health policy stories of the week.

Trump’s Work-For-Medicaid Rule Puts Work On States鈥 Shoulders

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States that opt to change their Medicaid program must figure out how to delineate who is covered by the new mandate, how to enforce the rules and how to handle the people seeking exemptions.

Trump Administration Clears Way To Force Some Medicaid Enrollees To Work

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Allowing states to mandate that non-disabled Medicaid enrollees work as a condition for coverage would mark one of the biggest changes to the program since it began more than 50 years ago. A decision on the first of the state requests could come within days.

Will GOP Pay A Price For Trying To Take Health Care Benefits From Voters?

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Politicians who tried to take health care benefits from their voters may face political consequences as constituents come to understand what鈥檚 at stake 鈥 in a way they didn鈥檛 a few months ago.

Sin rechazar el Obamacare, Trump todav铆a puede desmantelar el Medicaid

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Funcionarios de salud del presidente Donald Trump podr铆an dise帽ar una inscripci贸n m谩s baja, aprobando solicitudes de varios estados republicanos ansiosos por controlar los presupuestos del Medicaid.

CMS Chief To Sit Out Watershed Decision On Medicaid Work Mandate In Kentucky

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma will recuse herself from the agency’s decision-making on whether to approve Kentucky鈥檚 Medicaid waiver because she helped develop the proposal in her former job as a health policy consultant.

In Depressed Rural Kentucky, Worries Grow Over Medicaid

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Low-income residents in poverty-stricken Clay County worry what will happen to their health care if Gov. Matt Bevin鈥檚 ambitions to overhaul the state鈥檚 Medicaid program go forward.

Kentucky And Feds Near Possible Collision On Altering Medicaid Expansion

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By Aug. 1, Republican Gov. Matt Bevin is expected to ask the Obama administration to approve significant changes on many Medicaid enrollees, including monthly premiums and a work requirement.

Kentucky Strategy Will Test Need For State-Run Obamacare Exchanges

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Experts say Gov.-elect Matt Bevin鈥檚 plan to drop Kynect and use the federal healthcare.gov marketplace would have little impact on consumers, if it happens.

Kentucky’s Exchange Success Doesn’t Translate To Small Business Participation

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Despite strong enrollment in Kentucky’s online health insurance marketplace, participation in its exchange for small employers also created by the Affordable Care Act has mostly been a dud.