Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
In Ohio, CareSource Helps Medicaid Beneficiaries With More Than Health Care
(Helen) Kostelac began receiving Medicaid benefits when she was pregnant with her daughter, Keira, now 2. She had recently lost her job at a tanning salon after a car crash.Help came from an unexpected source: her health insurer. CareSource, one of several insurance companies that Medicaid applicants can choose, recently launched a program called Life Services that it says helps members find work and educational opportunities. (Rinehart, 8/7)
For the first time in years, Kansas doesn鈥檛 have anyone with physical disabilities on the waiting list to receive home-based Medicaid services, state officials said.聽The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services reported Friday that the 438 people on the physical disability waiver list had been cleared to receive home and community-based services. (Hart, 8/5)
