Medicaid

Indiana's Brand Of Medicaid Drops 25,000 People For Failure To Pay Premiums

3:49pm February 01, 2018

by Phil Galewitz

The state built some key conservative policies into its experimental expansion of Medicaid. Lawmakers, health officials and patient advocates across the U.S. are now keenly watching the results.

Patients with a history of polyps who need more subsequent tests may have to pick up some of those costs.

Health & Safety

After A Polyp Is Found, Patients May Have To Chip In For Colonoscopies

6:00am January 30, 2018

by Michelle Andrews

While the federal health law made insurers cover the full cost of screening colonoscopies, consumers with a history of polyps who need more frequent tests may have to pick up some costs.

Dunn carefully loads Holt into the van as her mom, Meagan Holt, looks on.

No Car, No Care? Medicaid Transport Program Faces Cuts In Some States

6:00am January 27, 2018

by JoNel Aleccia

For more than 50 years, the health program for the poor and sick has been required to ferry some clients to and from medical appointments. But a few states say transport is currently too expensive.

The revelation that a favorite uncle had died from a long-hidden drug habit shook Dr. Andrey Ostrovsky to his core. Last month Ostrovksy quit his job as Medicaid's chief medical officer and joined a group that's working to dispel the shame of addiction.

An Uncle's Overdose Spurs Medicaid Official To Change Course

3:44pm January 26, 2018

by Emmarie Huetteman

Dr. Andrey Ostrovsky, until recently chief medical officer for Medicaid, quit his job to more directly fight the stigma of addiction — a stigma that made his beloved uncle afraid to ask for help.

After Years In the Trenches, Planned Parenthood's Cecile Richards Will Step Down

11:32am January 26, 2018

by Sarah McCammon

Since taking over as president of Planned Parenthood in 2006, Cecile Richards has led the organization through numerous political fights. Those conflicts have intensified under President Trump.

Health & Safety

Continued CHIP Funding And What It Means For North Carolina

10:02am January 24, 2018

by Bethany Chafin

The measure that passed Monday night to reopen the government has big implications for the Children's Health Insurance Program or CHIP. Without a deal, funding would have run out.

A sign in support of Oregon's Measure 101 is displayed by a homeowner along a roadside in Lake Oswego, Ore. Tuesday's special election puts decisions over how the state funds Medicaid in voters' hands.

Part Of Oregon's Funding Plan For Medicaid Goes Before Voters

6:05pm January 23, 2018

by Kristian Foden-Vencil

Last summer, the Oregon Legislature passed a package of state taxes to cover Medicaid's expanding rolls. But Oregon voters Tuesday could throw a wrench in that plan by refusing some of the taxes.

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Jymie Jimerson collects Willie Nelson memorabilia in her home in remembrance of her late husband, Steve, who was a fan.

Missouri Faces Costly Dilemma: How To Treat Inmates With Hepatitis C?

12:04pm January 19, 2018

by Alex Smith

Civil liberties groups in Missouri and at least five other states are suing to get more inmates treated with hepatitis drugs that are highly effective but quite expensive.

Colin Campbell, shown last month in his home near Los Angeles, was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease — ALS — eight years ago. He gets Medicare because of his disability, but was incorrectly told by several agencies that he couldn't use it for home c

Home Care Agencies Often Wrongly Deny Medicare Help To The Chronically Ill

11:45am January 17, 2018

by Susan Jaffe

Home health firms sometimes turn away Medicare beneficiaries who have chronic health problems by incorrectly claiming Medicare won't pay for their services, say advocates for patients.

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, R-Ky., has said he thinks that Medicaid recipients should have "skin in the game."

Kentucky Gets OK To Require Work From Medicaid Recipients

5:40pm January 12, 2018

by Alison Kodjak

The move comes one day after the Trump administration said it would let states add work requirements to their Medicaid programs, which provide health coverage for people with low incomes.