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People with disabilities say they are abruptly losing their Medicaid home health benefits and are being advised incorrectly when they call state offices for more information. āEvery day the anxiety builds,ā one beneficiary told Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News.
For the second year in a row, medical school graduates across specialties are shying away from applying for residency training in states with abortion bans or significant restrictions, according to a new study. Meanwhile, Medicareās trustees report that the program will be able to pay its bills longer than expected ā which could discourage Congress from acting to address the programās long-term financial woes. Lauren Weber of The Washington Post, Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins University schools of nursing and public health and Politico Magazine, and Anna Edney of Bloomberg News join Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health Newsā Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more.
Federal regulators face a growing challenge ā how to prevent rogue health insurance agents from switching unknowing consumersā Obamacare coverage without making the enrollment process so cumbersome that enrollment declines.
The legislature is considering taking the first steps to make Covered California plans available to immigrants without permanent legal status. The state has already extended Medi-Cal coverage to low-income immigrants.
Oregon is giving Medicaid patients air conditioners and other equipment to help them cope with soaring heat, smoky skies, and other dangers of climate change. Oregon health officials hope to show other states and the federal government that they can save lives and money.
Agreeing to an out-of-network doctorās own financial policy ā which generally protects their ability to get paid and may be littered with confusing insurance and legal jargon ā can create a binding contract that leaves a patient owing.
Big health insurers that have contracts with state Medicaid programs find themselves making more money even as enrollment in Medicaid programs has dropped. Hereās why.
Some of the nearly 130,000 Montanans who have lost Medicaid coverage as the state reevaluates eligibility are homeless. Thatās in part because Montana kicked more than 80,000 people off the program for technical reasons rather than income ineligibility. For unhoused people who were disenrolled, getting back on Medicaid can be extraordinarily difficult.
California state lawmakers this year are continuing their progressive tilt on health policy, debating bills banning an ingredient in Froot Loops and offering free condoms for high schoolers.
Medical providers say they're still coping with the Change Healthcare cyberattack disclosed in February even though parent company UnitedHealth Group reported that much is back to normal and its revenue is up over last year.
Congress this week had the chance to formally air grievances over the cascading consequences of the Change Healthcare cyberattack, and lawmakers from both major parties agreed on one culprit: consolidation in health care. Plus, about a year after states began stripping people from their Medicaid rolls, a new survey shows nearly a quarter of adults who were disenrolled are now uninsured. Jessie Hellmann of CQ Roll Call, Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet, and Lauren Weber of The Washington Post join Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health Newsā Mary Agnes Carey to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health Newsā Julie Rovner interviews Caroline Pearson of the Peterson Health Technology Institute.
The lawsuit filed in federal court alleges that large call centers were used to enroll people into Affordable Care Act plans or to switch their coverage, all without their permission.
Some tax filersā returns are being rejected because they failed to provide information about Affordable Care Act coverage they didnāt even know they had.
A first-of-its-kind survey of Medicaid enrollees found that nearly a quarter who were dropped from the program in the last yearās unwinding say theyāre uninsured.
More doctors are integrating oral health care into their practices, filling a need in Americaās dental deserts.
In this episode of āAn Arm and a Leg,ā host Dan Weissmann tells a horror story. Instead of monsters and aliens, itās about private health insurance companies and algorithms that call the shots on patient care.
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