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Government Watchdog Expects Medicaid Work Requirement Analysis by Fall
This fall, the U.S. Government Accountability Office expects to release a report on how much it costs to run Georgia Pathways to Coverage 鈥 the country鈥檚 only active Medicaid work requirement program 鈥 as other states and Congress consider similar programs.
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Can Medicaid鈥檚 Popularity Shield It From the Budget Ax?聽
Republicans in Congress have suggested big cuts to Medicaid, the state-federal health insurance program for people with low incomes or disabilities. The complex, multifaceted program touches millions of Americans and has become deeply woven into state budgets and the U.S. health care system.
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Republicans Are Eyeing Cuts to Medicaid. What鈥檚 Medicaid, Again?
Republicans in Congress have suggested big cuts to Medicaid, the state-federal health insurance program for people with low incomes or disabilities. The complex, multifaceted program touches millions of Americans and has become deeply woven into state budgets and the U.S. health care system.
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As States Mull Medicaid Work Requirements, Two With Experience Scale Back
As Republicans consider adding work requirements to Medicaid, Georgia and Arkansas 鈥 two states with experience running such programs 鈥 want to scale back the key parts supporters have argued encourage employment and personal responsibility.
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Some Incarcerated Youths Will Get Health Care After Release Under New Law
It鈥檚 common for young people leaving jails and prisons to end up back behind bars, often after lapses related to untreated mental health issues or substance abuse. A new law is aimed at getting them on Medicaid before they鈥檙e released. But the government coordination required to make it happen is significant.
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Democratic Senators Ask Watchdog Agency To Investigate Georgia鈥檚 Medicaid Work Rule
A group of Democratic senators asked the Government Accountability Office to examine a Georgia program that requires some Medicaid enrollees to work, study, or volunteer 80 hours a month for coverage. They cited 麻豆女优 Health News鈥 reporting, which has documented the program鈥檚 high costs and low enrollment.
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Georgia鈥檚 Work Requirement Slows Processing of Applications for Medicaid, Food Stamps
Georgia鈥檚 ability to process applications for Medicaid and other public benefits has lagged since the launch of Republican Gov. Brian Kemp鈥檚 鈥淧athways鈥 Medicaid work requirement, leaving Georgia with persistently slow Medicaid application processing times.
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Pay First, Deliver Later: Some Women Are Being Asked To Prepay for Their Baby
Pregnant women are being asked to make large cash payments months before they deliver their babies. Some patient advocates worry this billing practice allows providers to hold treatment hostage.
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Watch: Why the US Has Made Little Progress Improving Black Americans鈥 Health
麻豆女优 Health News senior correspondents Fred Clasen-Kelly and Renuka Rayasam discuss how government decisions undermine Black health.
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Black Americans Still Suffer Worse Health. Here鈥檚 Why There鈥檚 So Little Progress.
The United States has made almost no progress in closing racial health disparities despite promises, research shows. The government, some critics argue, is often the underlying culprit.
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Extended-Stay Hotels, a Growing Option for Poor Families, Can Lead to Health Problems for Kids
Extended-stay hotels are often a last resort for low-income families trying to avoid homelessness. But hotel living can lead to 鈥 or exacerbate 鈥 various physical and mental health issues for children, say advocates for families and researchers who study homelessness.
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A Boy鈥檚 Bicycling Death Haunts a Black Neighborhood. 35 Years Later, There鈥檚 Still No Sidewalk.
John Parker was in first grade when he was struck by a pickup truck driving on Durham鈥檚 Cheek Road, which lacks sidewalks to this day. Neighborhoods with no sidewalks, damaged walkways, and roads with high speed limits are concentrated in Black neighborhoods, research finds.
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鈥榃hat Happens Three Months From Now?鈥 Mental Health After Georgia High School Shooting
The recent shooting at Apalachee High School outside of Atlanta caused more than physical wounds. Medical experts worry a lack of mental health resources in the community 鈥 and in Georgia as a whole 鈥 means few options for those trying to cope with trauma from the shooting.
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The First Year of Georgia鈥檚 Medicaid Work Requirement Is Mired in Red Tape
Georgia must decide soon whether to try to extend a limited Medicaid expansion that requires participants to work. Enrollment fell far short of goals in the first year, and the state isn鈥檛 yet able to verify participants are working.
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A Teen鈥檚 Murder, Mold in the Walls: Unfulfilled Promises Haunt Public Housing
For years, federal lawmakers have failed to deliver the money needed to fix derelict public housing, leaving tenants 鈥 mostly people of color and families with low incomes 鈥 living with mold and gun violence that has had lasting health consequences.
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It鈥檚 Called an Urgent Care Emergency Center 鈥 But Which Is It?
Suffering stomach pain, a Dallas man visited his local urgent care clinic 鈥 or so he thought, until he got a bill 10 times what he鈥檇 expected.
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High Price of Popular Diabetes Drugs Deprives Low-Income People of Effective Treatment
The makers of Ozempic and Mounjaro charge list prices of around $1,000 a month for the diabetes and obesity drugs, and insurers are reluctant to pick up the tab. Often, low-income patients have to resort to less effective treatments.
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