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Medicare Cliff: Low-Income Seniors Face Financial Hardship, Health Decline
TheStreet.com· 1 day agoNew research shows losing Medicaid at Medicare eligibility creates a 'cliff' with rising costs, declining health.
State rejects health insurers' pleas to halt plan that will shake up coverage for 1.8 million Texans
Associated Press· 1 day agoTexas officials have rejected attempts by several major insurers for needy families to cancel a...
Texas stands by its decision not to award major Medicaid contract to Cook Children’s
Fort Worth Star-Telegram· 2 days agoThe Texas Health and Human Services Commission is standing by its decision not to award a large Medicaid contract to Cook Children’s Health Plan, a major provider of
High price of popular diabetes drugs deprives low-income people of effective treatment
Daily Montanan via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoWithout Ozempic or a similar drug, Cooper Harris suffers blackouts, becomes too tired to watch her...
If you have Medicaid in Texas, a big change could be coming to your health insurance
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo News· 7 days agoMedicaid works locally. Texas, for example, is one of just 10 states that has limited the number of...
Medicaid expands mental health clinic funding
Axios· 3 days agoWhy it matters: The initiative provides sustainable funding to help clinics that serve low-income patients provide mental health and substance use...
Bill calling for additional prenatal care access will get filed again next year
Alabama Reflector via Yahoo News· 6 days agoLow-income people can face delays to access prenatal care, which can reduce the risk of...
How opioid prescriptions to Medicaid patients in Virginia stack up
WRIC 8 News Richmond· 14 hours agoAlmost 20 years after the first wave of opioid overdose deaths in the U.S., more than 75% of drug...
CT alcohol and drug counselor sentenced for submitting hundreds of fraudulent Medicaid claims
Hartford Courant· 20 hours agoA New Haven alcohol and drug counselor has been sentenced to a year in prison for submitting hundreds of Medicaid claims for services that were never delivered using identification ...
Kenya is experimenting with universal basic income. Here's what the US could learn about no-strings...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoUnlike most government assistance, basic income allows individuals and families the freedom to spend...