CMS pressed to give more time for comment on Medicaid-work changes
The National Health Law Program (NHeLP) is pressing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to give the public more time to comment on state proposals to impose work requirements in the...
View ArticleFive things to know about Medicaid work requirements
The Trump administration released landmark guidance this week aimed at allowing states to impose work requirements for Medicaid beneficiaries, a major shift in the design of the health insurance...
View ArticleTrump approves Indiana Medicaid work requirements
The Trump administration approved a request by Indiana to require certain Medicaid recipients to work or volunteer at least 20 hours a week in order to qualify for benefits, state and federal officials...
View ArticleState lawmakers have a responsibility to reform Medicaid
Michigan and Ohio may be bitter rivals on the football field, but these two neighboring states share a common problem. The GOP governor of each state — Rick Snyder and John Kasich, respectively —...
View ArticleDems seek reversal of nursing home regulatory rollback
A group of Democratic senators want the Trump administration to reverse its steady rollback of regulations on nursing homes.In a letter sent to Alex Azar, the secretary of the Department of Health and...
View ArticleDems want GAO probe of new requirements to get Medicaid
Two key Democrats are calling for a federal investigation to find out how much it costs the federal government for states to add eligibility requirements to their Medicaid programs.In a letter to the...
View ArticleTrump administration won't approve lifetime limits on Medicaid
The Trump administration will not approve state requests to impose lifetime limits on Medicaid coverage, breaking with conservatives who have pushed for the strict limitation.“We’ve indicated we would...
View ArticleMedicaid rolls set to be slashed under Trump-approved work rules
The thousands of people who lost Medicaid coverage this month in Arkansas for not following newly implemented work requirements may be a sign of what’s to come in other GOP-led states.Indiana and New...
View ArticleTrump administration approves Wisconsin Medicaid work requirements
Wisconsin on Wednesday became the latest state to get approval from the Trump administration to impose work requirements on Medicaid beneficiaries.The approval of the state’s Medicaid waiver comes as...
View ArticleTrump pushes forward with Medicaid work requirements in Kentucky
The Trump administration on Tuesday reapproved controversial Medicaid work requirements in Kentucky after the initial effort was blocked by a federal judge. The move is a sign of the Trump...
View ArticleHealth care reform takes a step in the right direction
Between the Senate’s impeachment hearings and the chaos surrounding the Democrats’ results from the Iowa caucuses, there’s been little room to hear about much else happening in Washington and across...
View ArticleIs Trump's Medicaid reform plan a hidden tax?
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that it is undertaking the daunting task of reforming America’s health care entitlement for the poor. Its plan — the Medicaid...
View ArticleTrump admin to announce coronavirus vaccine will be covered under Medicare,...
President Trump’s administration plans to announce that coronavirus vaccines will be covered under Medicare and Medicaid once they are full developed and released, Politico reported Monday.Four people...
View ArticleBiden rescinds Trump-approved Medicaid work requirements in Michigan, Wisconsin
President Biden this week rescinded former President Trump’s permission for Michigan and Wisconsin to institute work requirements for recipients of Medicaid.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
View ArticleMedicare requiring nursing homes to report weekly vaccination statistics
Federal health officials instituted a rule mandating long-term care facilities report residents’ and staff’s COVID-19 vaccinations every week to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
View ArticleBiden's goal to end cancer undermined by his own administration
While the pandemic seemingly has been the health crisis receiving the most attention for nearly two years, other generational health care challenges remain — including, of course, cancer, a disease...
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