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Feb 17 2024
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More than 350,000 North Carolinians have enrolled in Medicaid since December 1
RALEIGH — U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra joined Gov. Roy Cooper and N.C. Health and Human Services Secretary Kody H. Kinsley in Raleigh Friday for a Medicaid expansion roundtable with beneficiaries and providers. Together they discussed the monumental impact Medicaid expansion is having for the more than 350,000 individuals who are now enrolled in the program since it
Iredell Free NewsJan 29 2024
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Sets Up Showdown on Medicaid Abortion Ban
A new ruling from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court could massively change abortion law in the state. The Pennsylvania state Supreme Court ruled Monday that a 40-year-old law banning Medicaid from covering abortions could be considered discriminatory based on sex, and sent the case back to a lower court, setting up a battle to establish financial coverage for the procedure. The case stems from
New RepublicDec 14 2023
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Governor Kelly unveils Medicaid expansion legislation
Officials with the Office of the Kansas Governor stated that Governor Kelly unveiled the Cutting Healthcare Costs for All Kansans Act to expand Medicaid, a state and federal health insurance program, to an estimated 150,000 Kansans at no additional cost to state taxpayers. The commonsense legislative proposal builds on previous bipartisan Medicaid Expansion proposals to address Republican
WIBW 13Feb 05 2024
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Georgia sues Biden administration over rejection of ‘Georgia-centric’ Medicaid expansion
The state of Georgia and the federal government remain at loggerheads over Gov. Brian Kemp’s limited expansion of the state’s Medicaid program. The state filed a lawsuit in federal court in Brunswick on Friday seeking an extension of the 5-year program being denied by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The agency approved Georgia Pathways in October 2020 during the
Ledger-EnquirerFeb 19 2024
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Medicaid would cover post-birth care longer, but for fewer Iowans, under governor’s bill
Republicans say the proposal expands postpartum care for low-income Iowans who need it most, while Democrats say it expands care for some low-income Iowans at the expense of coverage for others DES MOINES — Roughly 1,700 Iowa mothers and infants would lose their Medicaid coverage for post-birth care under legislation that also would expand the period of time that care is covered for the Iowans
Cedar Rapids GazetteJan 24 2024
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South Dakota voters might see Medicaid work-requirement this fall
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — South Dakota voters could be asked whether they favor making Medicaid recipients work. The Legislature has authority to put questions on the ballot, and a Republican-led effort began heading in that direction on Wednesday. The Senate State Affairs Committee endorsed SJR501. The panel’s 7-1 vote along political party lines sends to the full Senate the proposed amendment to
Siouxland ProudJan 23 2024
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California Ignores Its Own History to Give Illegal Immigrants Medicaid
The state already has seen the budget-busting effects of expanding coverage but is now doubling down.
Free health care for illegal immigrants -- what could go wrong?
California taxpayers are about to find out. Starting January 1, the Golden State began offering Medicaid coverage to more than 700,000 illegal immigrants, the latest and by far the largest such program in the country
National Review (News)Jan 29 2024
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Pennsylvania high court revives case challenging limits on Medicaid coverage for abortions
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's Supreme Court said Monday that a lower court must hear a challenge to the constitutionality of a decades-old state law that limits the use of Medicaid dollars to cover the cost of abortions. The 3-2 decision both overturns a lower court decision to dismiss the case and puts aside a 1985 state Supreme Court court decision that upheld a law banning the use
Erie News Now WICU/WSEEJan 29 2024
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Pennsylvania high court revives case challenging limits on Medicaid coverage for abortions
Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court said Monday that a lower court must hear a challenge to the constitutionality of a decades-old state law that limits the use of Medicaid dollars to cover the cost of abortions. The 3-2 decision both overturns a lower court decision to dismiss the case and puts aside a 1985 state Supreme Court court decision that upheld a law banning the use of state Medicaid
WHYYJan 29 2024
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Pennsylvania high court revives case challenging limits on Medicaid coverage for abortions
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court said Monday that a lower court must hear a challenge to the constitutionality of a decades-old state law that limits the use of Medicaid dollars to cover the cost of abortions. The 3-2 decision both overturns a lower court decision to dismiss the case and puts aside a 1985 state Supreme Court court decision that upheld a law banning the use of
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