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Podcast: KHN鈥檚 鈥榃hat The Health?鈥 Open Enrollment And A Midterm Preview

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In this episode of KHN鈥檚 鈥淲hat the Health?鈥 Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News and Joanne Kenen of Politico discuss the start of open enrollment for individual health insurance plans for 2019 and preview what next week鈥檚 midterm elections might mean for health policy. Plus, Barbara Feder Ostrov of KHN and California Healthline talks to Julie about the latest NPR-KHN 鈥淏ill of the Month鈥 feature.

Billions In 鈥楺uestionable Payments鈥 Went To California鈥檚 Medicaid Insurers And Providers

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The money was paid on behalf of more than 400,000 people who may have been ineligible for the public program, a state audit found. One had been dead for four years before payments stopped.

Gun Store Owner Marshals Voters To Expand Medicaid In Idaho

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Idaho is one of four conservative states where voters next month will determine whether to buck the GOP鈥檚 resistance to the Affordable Care Act and implement or renew its expansion of Medicaid to adults.

States Explore Paths To Pay Their Share For Medicaid Expansion 鈥 Using Political GPS

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The state-federal health insurance program is more popular than ever. Now, states that want to expand eligibility are devising new strategies to pay for it 鈥 creating, in many red states, a significant political challenge.

Planes privados de Medicaid reciben millones, pero… 驴qui茅n supervisa el negocio?

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Las aseguradoras contratistas de Medicaid, que ofrecen servicios llamados de atenci贸n administrada, est谩n en el banquillo: expertos cuestionan los servicios que ofrecen.

As Billions In Tax Dollars Flow To Private Medicaid Plans, Who鈥檚 Minding The Store?

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Insurance companies profit from government contracts but are subject to little oversight of how they spend the money or care for patients. The expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act has only exacerbated the problem.

Listen: Health Care Issues Reverberate In The States

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Although many health policies are set in Washington, states also have a big stake in making sure their residents have access to affordable and effective health care. Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News joins a panel on the 1A radio broadcast looking at recent moves by states on health issues.

Judges In California Losing Sway Over Court-Ordered Drug Treatment

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In a Medicaid-funded pilot project starting with 19 counties, clinicians and other providers are now in charge of deciding what kind of treatment an offender needs. The change has rankled some judges and attorneys 鈥 and forced some felons to spend more time in jail 鈥 but it has been largely embraced by clinicians and county agencies.

Podcast: KHN鈥檚 鈥榃hat The Health?鈥 A Detour On A Smoking Off-Ramp

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In this episode of KHN鈥檚 鈥淲hat the Health?鈥 Sarah Jane Tribble of Kaiser Health News, Stephanie Armour of The Wall Street Journal, Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner and Rebecca Adams of CQ Roll Call talk about the Food and Drug Administration鈥檚 latest actions to address teenagers鈥 use of e-cigarettes, Arkansas鈥 Medicaid work requirements and news about the uninsured from the latest federal Census report.

California: A Health Care Laboratory With Mixed Results

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California frequently innovates to address its wide-ranging health care needs, but it has not always achieved its aims. A series of articles in the journal Health Affairs shows, among other things, that efforts to care for HIV patients, provide better access to reproductive services for low-income women and fill gaps in primary care have sometimes fallen flat.

Podcast: KHN鈥檚 鈥榃hat The Health?鈥 See You In Court!

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In this episode of KHN鈥檚 鈥淲hat the Health?鈥 Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner talk about a spate of lawsuits involving the Affordable Care Act, as well as the latest in state and federal efforts regarding the Medicaid program for the poor.

Medicaid Expansion Making Diabetes Meds More Accessible To Poor, Study Shows

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The number of diabetes drug prescriptions filled for low-income people enrolled in Medicaid rose sharply in states that expanded eligibility for the program under the Affordable Care Act, according to a new study.

Expansi贸n de Medicaid facilita el acceso de los m谩s pobres a drogas anti diabetes

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El estudio revela que las recetas para drogas contra la diabetes aumentaron un 40% en los estados que expandieron Medicaid bajo ACA. Tambi茅n lo hicieron los diagn贸sticos.

Podcast: KHN鈥檚 鈥榃hat The Health?鈥 Congress And Health Care. Again.

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In this episode of KHN鈥檚 鈥淲hat the Health?鈥 Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Alice Ollstein of Talking Points Memo and Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner talk about the new push on health legislation by Republicans in the House, as well as developments on Medicaid work requirements, drug prices and the fate of children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexican border. Plus, for extra credit, the panelists offer their favorite health stories of the week.

In Florida, Midterm Elections Hold Faint Hope For Medicaid Expansion

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Republicans鈥 overwhelming majorities in the state legislature make pursuing a policy that could benefit 660,000 uninsured adults a 鈥渓ong shot,鈥 political analysts say.