Medicaid

Public in Deep South supports expanding Medicaid, poll finds, but lawmakers...

12 hours, 36 minutes ago

Brian Smedley, director of the center's health policy institute, said the findings show that lawmakers who are blocking Medicaid expansion in the five states are "out of step with their constituents.

Medicaid bill helps with managing medications

1 day ago

Those of us on the front lines of treating Medicaid patients have found the state to be a productive partner in its ability to provide information and access to treatment for those on Medicaid.

Most doctors still reject Medicaid as program expansion nears

8 days ago

Doctors in several states outside Florida also have refused to operate on Duck, who's covered by Medicaid, the state-federal health insurance program for poor people and those with disabilities.

Medicaid improved mental health for uninsured

20 days ago

The study offers a twist for states weighing a major Medicaid expansion under President Barack Obama's health care law, to serve a similar population of adults around the country.

Chambers get behind Medicaid | Texas Legislature | News from Fort Worth, Dallas,...

64 days ago

After officials at the city's UMC Health System explained how Medicaid expansion could cushion cost increases, chamber directors unanimously approved a resolution, said Chairman Carlos Morales.

Texas hospitals are already tackling Medicaid reform

75 days ago

And we are willing to put our funds at risk because Medicaid reforms will benefit all Texans by increasing transparency, improving accountability and promoting efficient delivery of care.

Protesters march on Texas Capitol for expanded Medicaid

77 days ago

"Medicaid coverage in Texas is limited to the low-income elderly and children, pregnant women and the disabled.

Protestors march on Capitol for expanded Medicaid

77 days ago

Anderson said she desperately needs the insurance coverage offered by Medicaid after losing her job at a health facility last year.

GOP caucus in Texas House rejects Medicaid expansion

78 days ago

Hundreds of uninsured Texans and activists plan to rally at the steps of the Capitol today, increasing the pressure on Perry and other Republican leaders to switch their stance on expanding Medicaid.

Expanding Medicaid has multiple gains for Texas

80 days ago

Texas may be able to offset most, if not all, of the cost of expansion by what it would save shifting other local and state costs to Medicaid.

Fix Medicaid's problems before expanding system

80 days ago

The more we spend on Medicaid, the less money we will have for education, highways, mental health services, financial aid for college students and many other important functions.

Somewhere in Texas is Medicaid middle ground

80 days ago

Somewhere in Texas is Medicaid middle ground

Perry standing pat on Medicaid expansion

80 days ago

Rick Perry is feeling pressure to expand health care coverage to more than 1.5 million people under Medicaid, he sure isn't showing it.

Commentary: Florida governor's about-face on Medicaid expansion

88 days ago

"That means beginning next year and at least through 2016, about a million people in Florida will be able to sign up for Medicaid's expanded coverage under President Obama's Affordable Care Act.

Pressure builds on Texas governor to accept Medicaid expansion

89 days ago

"That means beginning next year and at least through 2016, about a million people in Florida will be able to sign up for Medicaid's expanded coverage under President Obama's Affordable Care Act.

Rally at Capitol urges Texas to spend more on Medicaid

90 days ago

Gov. Rick Perry and other Republicans have argued that Medicaid is a poorly run program that would hamper the state budget.

Lawmakers face biennial Medicaid quandary

94 days ago

Yet while children and pregnant women make up the majority of people on Medicaid, more than half of the money is spent on the elderly in long-term care and the disabled, Janek said.

Most in Texas Medicaid are children or elderly

94 days ago

Yet while children and pregnant women make up the majority of people on Medicaid, more than half of the money is spent on the elderly in long-term care and the disabled, Janek said.

Medicaid rolls may swell by 8 million next year

98 days ago

In the largest one-year enrollment bump in program history, 8 million Americans are expected to gain health insurance in 2014 through Medicaid under the nation's massive healthcare overhaul.

Health law's Medicaid expansion moves forward, but with many questions

98 days ago

But because they are younger than the current Medicaid population, the new enrollees also will be less likely to have the sorts of nagging, chronic illnesses that older Medicaid enrollees face.

Medicaid's annual $2 billion in emergency care goes mostly to illegal immigrants...

98 days ago

Groups that advocate for immigrants say it's foolish for Medicaid to pay only for the births and not for the prenatal care that might prevent costly and long-term complications for American children.

Medicaid expansion being embraced by some Republican governors

103 days ago

While those announcements appeared to weaken the GOP's rock-solid resistance to Medicaid expansion, other Republican governors and conservatives stepped up their attacks on the idea this week.

Doctors warn of emergency created by Medicaid cuts

105 days ago

In 2011, lawmakers stopped Medicaid from paying the $140 Medicare deductible for these people and reduced the amount of money paid to doctors for providing services.

Cook Children's and Aetna managed Medicaid plan need a chill pill

110 days ago

Cook Children's and Aetna managed Medicaid plan need a chill pill

States face Medicaid decision

113 days ago

Adding up the Medicaid costs under the law, less than $100 billion in state spending could trigger nearly $1 trillion in federal dollars over a decade, according to the nonpartisan Urban Institute.

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