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Many states are eager to extend Medicaid to people soon to be released from prison
Stateline via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoA new policy that allows states to provide Medicaid health care coverage to incarcerated people at...
UnitedHealth CEO savaged for failings in massive cyberattack that’s crippled health care
Missouri Independent via Yahoo News· 28 minutes agoWASHINGTON — Capitol Hill lawmakers from both parties on Wednesday grilled UnitedHealth Group’s CEO...
A 'very coordinated effort to defraud Medicare' hits home in Nebraska
Omaha World-Herald· 4 days agoQuarterly Medicare data for Lincoln-based OneHealth Nebraska indicated that spending on the devices...
US long-term care costs are sky-high, but Washington state’s new way to help pay for them could be...
The News-Times· 2 days agoWith long-term care so expensive for growing numbers of older Americans, and the federal government doing little to make it accessible, some states are taking matters into their own hands to ...
A ‘slap in the face’: Retired state workers in Maryland outraged by drug plan switch
Baltimore Sun· 1 day agoVarner traveled to visit elderly friends and family members, went on hikes and adopted a puppy. In...
Washington Healthcare Update - April 2024 #3 | JD Supra
JD Supra· 2 days agoThis Week in Washington: CMS releases SNF minimum staffing standards final rule; Senate HELP Committee chairman requests information on Ozempic and...
Whatever Happened to Biden’s Public Option?
North Denver News· 6 days agoIn the 2020 elections, then-candidate Joe Biden and many of his congressional colleagues loudly advocated for a federal “public option” health insurance plan. “Low-income ...
What marijuana reclassification could mean for health treatments
Modern Healthcare· 16 hours agoThe federal government is poised to remove marijuana from the most dangerous class of drugs, which could open up more clinical treatments and research opportunities. The Justice Department is ...
‘Are nursing homes our only option?’ These centers offer older adults an alternative.
Daily Montanan via Yahoo News· 4 days agoCHATTANOOGA, Tennessee — George Raines, a white-haired man in a red track suit and matching...
Analysis | Whatever happened to Biden’s public option?
Washington Post· 6 days agoAs we ramp up for the 2024 election, I’ve wondered why talk of the public option has disappeared....