5 health issues to watch for at the Democratic National Convention
WASHINGTON — Democrats have set the stage for a convention this week packed with boasts…
Category: Medicaid
Millions of people became uninsured as Medicaid programs cut coverage, new data show
The national uninsured rate rose from 7.7% to 8.2% earlier this year, a result of…
Opinion: Without federal oversight, nursing homes will put profit ahead of care
About 5% of Americans require skilled care at some point as they age. The horrific…
STAT+: Elevance tumbles as health insurer warns Medicaid members are using more care
Wall Street’s reaction was swift Wednesday after Elevance Health said that the amount of care…
STAT+: Medicare pay proposals are good news for health tech, bad news for docs
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Medicaid is paying millions for salty, fat-laden ‘medically tailored’ cheeseburgers and sandwiches
WASHINGTON – They’re marketed as healthy, “dietitian-approved” meals and delivered directly to the homes of…
Trump’s 2024 platform abandons calls to cut Medicare, broadly restrict abortion
WASHINGTON — Former President Trump says he “will not cut one penny” from Medicare and…
Supreme Court outlawed segregation of disabled people 25 years ago. But change has come slowly
As a toddler, Veronica Ayala loved Fridays. At 5 o’clock sharp, her mom whisked her…
This federal rule didn’t stop coercive sterilization — but it blocked contraceptive access. Can it be fixed?
Sonya Borrero didn’t learn about forced sterilization in medical school. She learned about it from…
Opinion: Saving rural psychiatry services will require higher Medicaid payments
If there were ever to be an empty bed in the stress unit my psychiatrist…
STAT+: UnitedHealth CEO downplays his company’s control over physicians
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New Medicaid rule expected to lower wait times for home-based care, raise caregiver wages
Caregivers for older adults and people with disabilities could see a bump in their wages…
Opinion: The medical loss ratio has become a barrier to preventive care
Health care regulations in the United States were not designed to keep Americans healthy. The…
STAT+: Biden administration boosts some Medicaid payments to match commercial rates
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Opinion: Medicaid should cover donor breast milk for vulnerable infants
Each day, more than 1,000 babies are born prematurely in America. Born before 37 weeks…
Medicaid redetermination cost community health centers an average of $600K each
It’s been a year since states began the process of Medicaid redetermination, going through their…
STAT+: HCA reports almost $1 billion more in charity care to Medicare than to its shareholders, drawing more taxpayer money
The country’s biggest hospital chain, HCA Healthcare, told the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services…
STAT+: Biden administration sticks with slight cuts to 2025 Medicare Advantage payments
Over the past few weeks, Medicare Advantage insurers demanded that the Biden administration give them…
Opinion: Eliminate the waiting period for sterilization covered by Medicaid
It’s time to acknowledge when a law intended to right an egregious wrong has become…
Opinion: New federal guidance is hurting cancer patients, especially those in rural areas
I recently started a patient with metastatic triple-positive breast cancer patient on a targeted therapy…
STAT+: Amgen’s rheumatoid arthritis drug Enbrel targeted for first-in-the-nation price limit in Colorado
WASHINGTON — Colorado is pioneering a new way for states to crack down on prescription…
Opinion: New CMS rules will throttle access researchers need to Medicare, Medicaid data
Groundbreaking research more than a decade ago showed that almost one-fifth of people enrolled in…
Texas Medicaid agrees to fully cover gene therapy for Afghan refugees’ infant
After a months-long fight with Texas Medicaid over coverage of a gene therapy, Afghan refugees…
STAT+: CMS will use outcomes-based agreements in bid to help Medicaid pay for sickle cell gene therapies
In response to concerns over multimillion-dollar price tags for new gene therapies for sickle cell…
Pricey sickle cell treatments raise daunting new challenges for Medicaid programs
Living with sickle cell disease has not been easy on Kourtney Cunningham. The genetic blood…
New York’s new doula plan will cover services for anyone on Medicaid
NEW YORK — During the peak of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions, Kendra Berger delivered her second…
In partial reversal, Texas Medicaid greenlights first step in gene therapy for Afghan refugees’ infant son
The Pashai family of Dallas on Thursday got some good news, but not exactly the…
Opinion: Cost isn’t the only reason Medicare doesn’t cover Wegovy
Few medications have captured the national attention like Wegovy — and for good reason. In…
STAT+: GSK is replacing its popular Flovent inhaler with authorized generics, raising cost concerns for asthma patients
As of Jan. 1, thousands of asthma patients in the U.S. will no longer be…
STAT+: Philips pays $2.4 million for allegedly giving kickbacks to sleep labs
Philips agreed to pay $2.4 million to settle allegations that the free masks it gave…
U.S. government spent more on health care in 2022 than six countries with universal health care combined
American taxpayers footed the bill for at least $1.8 trillion in federal and state health…
Opinion: Having a child with complex medical needs is hard enough. Navigating the health care system makes it worse
Many families take for granted the ritual of taking a newborn baby home, car seat…
Opinion: I worked for CMS. Even I struggle to help family navigate dual eligibility
Three months ago, my aunt Margaret had a stroke. Days before, she was repainting her…
Latest data shows millions of eligible Americans have been disenrolled from Medicaid
More than 10 million people were disenrolled from Medicaid over the past six months, according…
Opinion: Let’s leverage graduate medical education to increase Medicaid re-enrollment
Lately, we’ve seen two distinct lines at our hospitals. We would all be healthier if…
Will a government shutdown stall Medicare drug price negotiations?
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STAT+: Medicare Advantage plans for dual-eligible enrollees set to get Senate scrutiny
The Senate has set its eyes on regulating insurance plans for some of the most…
Kaiser Permanente workers announce an official strike date
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In North Carolina, a radical experiment targets social determinants of health with fresh produce and safe housing
Late last summer, Elizabeth Jacques brought her youngest daughter, Elena, for a medical checkup. At…
STAT+: Pear’s shadow effect: Data from a Medicaid digital health experiment does the policy rounds
Pear Therapeutics may be gone, but one of its most important deals is still driving…
Medicaid rebukes states for mistakenly disenrolling children
Medicaid warned states Wednesday that they could be mistakenly removing children from government insurance programs…
Mid-year drug price hikes are back despite Inflation Reduction Act
It’s almost a tradition. At the start and halfway points of each year, many pharmaceutical…
STAT+: Medicare slashes safety net hospital payments on estimate that more people have insurance
The federal government will pay hospitals that treat poor and uninsured patients almost $1 billion…
STAT+: Uninsured rate hits ‘record low’ — right before millions start losing Medicaid coverage
Roughly 7.7% of Americans didn’t have any health insurance as of this past March —…
A new study shows how Medicaid coverage policies shape maternal health disparities
Medicaid is an essential source of maternal and postpartum care for low-income Americans, covering 42%…
‘We fail people’: New data on disparities in Medicaid access to opioid addiction treatment
An estimated 82,998 people died from opioid overdoses in the U.S. last year. A new…
STAT+: ‘Stung’ by Pear’s bankruptcy, a state Medicaid program pauses on digital therapeutics
WASHINGTON — After getting burned by the high-profile implosion of a digital health company, a senior…
STAT+: Congress took on high drug prices in Medicare. Now Biden wants to take it to Medicaid
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration wants to help states control Medicaid prescription drug costs by…
Biden officials propose slate of Medicaid transparency changes
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Thursday rolled out proposals to set national standards for…
STAT+: Health insurance CEOs set another record for pay in 2022
Business has never been better for the largest health insurers in the country, which led…