Medicaid
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Access to Wegovy limited in Medicaid programs : Shots
Medicaid plans aren’t required to cover Wegovy for weight loss and obesity, but some do and others are considering adding…
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Journalists Delve Into Climate Change, Medicaid ‘Unwinding,’ and the Gap in Mortality Rates
KFF Health News senior correspondent Samantha Young discussed Medicaid and climate change on KCBS Radio’s “On-Demand” podcast on April 29.…
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AC, Power Banks, Mini Fridges: Oregon Equips Medicaid Patients for Climate Change
Oregon is shipping air conditioners, air purifiers, and power banks to some of its most vulnerable residents, a first-in-the-nation experiment…
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Millions Were Booted From Medicaid. The Insurers That Run It Gained Medicaid Revenue Anyway.
Private Medicaid health plans lost millions of members in the past year as pandemic protections that prohibited states from dropping…
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Unsheltered People Are Losing Medicaid in Redetermination Mix-Ups
KALISPELL, Mont. — On a cold February morning at the Flathead Warming Center, Tashya Evans waited for help with her…
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Where Medicaid unwinding and disenrollments stand at the one-year mark
In this article In early 2023, states began the process of redetermining eligibility for the approximately 94 million people who…
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Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Often Go Untreated for Parents on Medicaid
Some Context: Experts say bad situations can often be reversed with treatment. Both mental health and drug addiction crises have…
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Medicaid unwinding red tape kicked their son, 6, off the rolls in Florida : Shots
In March, mom Indira Navas learned that her son Andres, 6, was kicked off of Florida Medicaid, while her daughter,…
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5 Takeaways From a Year of Medicaid Upheaval
Lindsey McNeil and her 7-year-old daughter, Noelle, who suffers from cerebral palsy and epilepsy, were jolted by an alert they…
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