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杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News' 'What the Health?': Happy 50th, ERISA

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What does a law to protect worker pensions have to do with how health insurance is regulated? Far more than most people may think. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act, or ERISA, turns 50 in September. The law fundamentally changed the way the federal and state governments regulate employer-provided health insurance and continues to shape health policy in the United States. In this special episode of 鈥淲hat the Health?鈥, host and 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner speaks to Larry Levitt of KFF, Paul Fronstin of the Employee Benefit Research Institute, and Ilyse Schuman of the American Benefits Council about the history of ERISA and what its future might hold.

Medi-Cal鈥檚 Dental Care Gap: Getting a Tooth Pulled Is Easy 鈥 Much Harder To Get an Implant

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California is among a growing number of states that offer dental benefits to low-income residents, but some lawmakers want the state to go further by covering more cleanings and costlier implants. Dentists and health experts worry the approach doesn鈥檛 address the root of the problem: Many providers don鈥檛 accept Medicaid.

The Politics Holding Back Medicaid Expansion in Some Southern States

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Ten states have not expanded Medicaid, leaving 1.5 million people ineligible for the state and federal insurance program and also unable to afford private insurance. Seven of those states are in the South, where expansion efforts may have momentum but where lawmakers say political polarization is holding them back.

GOP Charge That Harris Backed Taxpayer-Funded Care for All Immigrants Overlooks Details

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Hoping to portray presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris as extreme on immigration, former President Donald Trump and his supporters have said she wanted to give free health benefits, paid by taxpayers, to immigrants in the country without legal permission. But this statement overlooks key details.

Union With Labor Dispute of Its Own Threatened To Cut Off Workers鈥 Health Benefits

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The National Education Association, the nation鈥檚 largest union, told striking workers that their health coverage would be cut off Aug. 1 absent a deal on a new contract. Tensions have mounted after staff disrupted the union鈥檚 convention, at which President Joe Biden had been scheduled to speak.

Harris, alguna vez la voz de Biden sobre el aborto, tendr铆a un enfoque abierto en temas de salud

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Mientras los dem贸cratas reconstruyen su candidatura presidencial a pocos meses de las elecciones, se esperar铆a que, de ser la nueva nominada, Harris adoptase una postura agresiva en apoyo al acceso al aborto y en otros temas controversiales de salud.

Harris, Once Biden鈥檚 Voice on Abortion, Would Take an Outspoken Approach to Health

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If she grabs the baton from President Joe Biden to become the new presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Kamala Harris would widely be expected to take an aggressive stance in support of abortion access 鈥 hitting former President Donald Trump on an issue that could undermine his chances of victory.