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Obamacare rule changes could shorten enrollment, limit coverage through Pennie, ACA marketplaces
Proposed rule changes would shorten the enrollment period by 30 days in Pennsylvania, end automatic plan renewals, and pull ...
California has big plans for improving mental health. Medicaid cuts could upend them
Almost 15 million Californians are covered by Medicaid. Cuts to the program could weaken mental health programs, including ...
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities7d
Lessons From Unwinding Offer Opportunities to Streamline Medicaid, Improve Efficiency
More than 25 million people have lost Medicaid since unwinding began, about 69 percent of them for procedural reasons — not ...
The Commonwealth Fund10d
How Disruptions in Coverage Can Be Minimized for Medicaid and CHIP Enrollees Due for Renewal
Most Medicaid and CHIP enrollees are still coverage-eligible one year later; 2.5 million are eligible for marketplace premium ...
NBC Montana12d
Without fanfare, Gianforte signs bill to continue Medicaid expansion program
A bill to lift the 2025 sunset on Montanat’s Medicaid expansion program was signed into law Thursday by Republican Gov. Greg ...
Montana Public Radio12d
Governor signs Medicaid expansion renewal into law
Montana’s Medicaid expansion program has officially been renewed. Gov. Greg Gianforte signed legislation Thursday that will ...
Independent Record12d
Gov. Gianforte signs bill to renew Medicaid expansion, health care for 77,000 Montanans
The signing of the bill marks a major victory for Democrats and some Republicans who saw preserving health care for roughly ...
Becker's Hospital Review15d
Washington hospital lays off 101 after Medicaid cuts
“The state submitted the application to continue the Medicaid directed pay program ... February that the previous administration did not renew the program by January 20, 2025 and so far the ...
Portland Press Herald17d
Medicaid faces threats at state and federal levels
'There’s no room to absorb additional costs' in Maine’s health care system, one health care executive says. Medicaid, a federal health insurance program for low-income children and adults, is ...
NBC Washington18d
Parents of children with disabilities say Medicaid cuts will put livelihoods, kids' health at risk
“Medicaid is hugely problematic because it has ... “So, every year I have to go through the renewal process. … and I have to do an interview about all the things that Calvin can't do ...
McKnight's Long-Term Care News19d
Medicaid renewal barriers hit vulnerable adults hardest
Medicaid renewal barriers hit vulnerable adults hardest, according to a new study published in JAMA Health Forum.Researchers from Indiana University found that adults who could not complete the ...
KTVB20d
Gov. Little signs Medicaid reform bill, shifting program to managed care and creating work requirements
Medicaid expansion was approved in 2018 to ... ending the practice of automatically renewing eligibility based on information the health department has from other programs, and giving the health ...