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Disabled people in Florida still struggling to get Medicaid restored after ‘unwinding’

ustowner-011 2024-09-04 04:11

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Lauren Eakin is legally blind and confined to a wheelchair with cerebral palsy. For years, Eakin, 34, lived in her own apartment[……] ....

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Can a Medicaid plan that requires work succeed? Georgia’s experiment is not promising

ustowner-011 2024-07-14 01:05

ATLANTA — By now, Georgia officials expected their new Medicaid plan, the only one in the nation with a work requirement, to provide health insu[……] ....

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More than 13 million people lost Medicaid coverage this year, with Texas an epicenter of the ‘unwinding’

ustowner-011 2023-12-31 20:29

Erica Olenski, a single mother of three in McKinney, Texas, juggles the responsibilities of parenthood and a full-time job, in addition to the de[……] ....

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Medicaid “Unwinding” Is Largest Loss of Health Coverage in US History

ustowner-012 2023-09-23 03:11

After the uninsured rate fell to an all-time low of 8 percent in 2022, nearly 6.8 million people have lost their Medicaid health coverage si[……] ....

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Biden administration warns states on post-pandemic Medicaid coverage losses

ustowner-012 2023-08-12 02:10

The Biden administration this week sent letters to state health officials, warning that many are failing to meet federal requirements about determinin[……] ....

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Uninsured rate hits record low, just as millions start losing Medicaid coverage

ustowner-012 2023-08-04 07:25

An all-time low of 7.7 percent of Americans had no health insurance in the first three months of 2023, according to the latest data from the Centers f[……] ....

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Nearly 4 million in U.S. cut from Medicaid, most for paperwork reasons

ustowner-012 2023-07-29 00:11

The notice arrived in an envelope stamped “important information,” telling Kristin Fortner she needed to prove that she and her husband still deserved[……] ....

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Millions had Medicaid coverage tied to the pandemic. Now they stand to lose it

ustowner-012 2023-05-30 03:39

For months, public health experts have been sounding the alarm over many Medicaid enrollees losing their coverage with the winding down of the COVID-1[……] ....

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