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From dummy bill to Hail Marys: How Mississippi’s Medicaid expansion efforts failed
Though it looked promising from the start, here's the story of how the legislative effort to expand Medicaid in Mississippi failed.
Medicaid Disenrollment Renews Discussion On Problem Of Uninsured In U.S.
As Medicaid unwinding continues hundreds of thousands and maybe millions more will become uninsured. This renews the ...
Mississippi’s First Serious Bid to Expand Medicaid Collapses
State lawmakers failed to reach a compromise, dashing hopes of extending largely free health care to most low-income residents and supporting struggling rural hospitals.
Child Medicaid enrollment in SC dropped 9% after pandemic protections ended
The number of children enrolled in South Carolina’s Medicaid program dropped 9% following the end of a federally mandated ...
Affordable Care Act expansions improved access to cancer care, study suggests
Insurance expansions under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) were linked with an increase in patients receiving care at ...
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Journalists Delve Into Climate Change, Medicaid ‘Unwinding,’ and the Gap in Mortality Rates
KFF Health News and California Healthline staffers made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their ...
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Ray Perryman: Medicaid purge costing Texas billions
Expanding health insurance coverage using federal funds would provide economic and fiscal benefits, as well as support the ...
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Polls show Medicaid expansion is a nonpartisan issue; lawmakers think otherwise
CHEYENNE – Wyoming Freedom Caucus lawmakers argue Medicaid expansion will eat up the state’s budget and entice people to work ...
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Does Texas’ maternal Medicaid extension improve access to healthcare?
Now, the state is providing new moms with up to a year of Medicaid coverage in an effort to bring its maternal mortality rate ...
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One year into Medicaid unwinding, the number of Iowans who have been disenrolled far exceeds initial projections
May 1 marks a year since Iowa started disenrolling those no longer eligible from Medicaid. The number of Iowans disenrolled so far exceeds the state's initial projections.
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More Kentucky children have kept Medicaid coverage compared with other states
Kentucky is among a handful of states that lost only a small percentage of children from its Medicaid program in 2023 even as ...
It’s over: Mississippi lawmakers kill Medicaid expansion after months of debate
House Medicaid Chair Missy McGee, R-Hattiesburg, told reporters that she delivered a proposal to Senate negotiators on Thursday morning that would have allowed voters to have the final say on a ...