Readers Speak Out on Work Requirements, Federal Data Grab, Opioid Payback Cash
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People With Disabilities Say Medicaid鈥檚 Limits on Income Stifle Career Advancement
Special Medicaid programs in many states allow disabled people to work while receiving benefits, and most limit how much participants can earn and the assets they can hold. Some Iowans are pushing lawmakers to remove those limits, which they say can dampen their career prospects.
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Patients Wary of Governments, Companies Pushing AI as a Rural Healthcare Solution
The $50 billion federal Rural Health Transformation Program is set to flood rural America with new AI health tools. That鈥檚 despite little evidence on whether health-related AI can improve access to care and patient health in those communities.
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Many States Cover Doula Care, but Access to a 鈥楤irthing Bestie鈥 Is Often Out of Reach
Virginia Medicaid started covering doula care four years ago. But logistical and administrative challenges leave many expectant parents without the support of a doula.
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Journalists Cover Cyclospora and Measles Outbreaks, and Changing Health Policies
杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here鈥檚 a collection of their appearances.
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Budget Battle Erupts in Nation鈥檚 Capital Over Opioid Settlement Money
Washington, D.C.鈥檚 2027 fiscal-year blueprint reflects a debate playing out around the U.S.: whether opioid settlement money should be used to free up taxpayer dollars by paying for existing responsibilities instead of new programs.
By Rachel Spears and Aneri Pattani The Return of 鈥楳edicare for All鈥
Episode 458Michigan voters this week chose former Detroit public health director Abdul El-Sayed as the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate. El-Sayed has made 鈥淢edicare for All鈥 a major part of his campaign. Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico Magazine, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, and Amanda Seitz of 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News join 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News鈥 Julie Rovner to discuss this story and more. Also this week, as part of the 鈥淗ow Would You Fix It?鈥 series, Rovner interviews Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.).
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Medicaid Work Rule Leaves Homeless People in the Cold
Conservatives who have long pushed for Medicaid work requirements often said vulnerable people would get a pass. But the federal government鈥檚 list of exemptions left off homeless people.
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Watch: Democratic Senator Proposes a Fix for American Healthcare 鈥 Covering All Kids
Sen. Andy Kim of New Jersey wants to offer universal healthcare until age 26. He sat down with 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News鈥 Julie Rovner to answer the question: 鈥淗ow Would You Fix It?鈥
By Julie Rovner and Hannah Norman What鈥檚 Worrying Veteran Health Reporter Julie Rovner?
Season 15, Episode 10Host Dan Weissmann talks with Julie Rovner, 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News chief Washington correspondent and host of the 鈥淲hat the Health?鈥 podcast, about how cuts to federal programs are reshaping American healthcare.
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AI Is Being Used to Boost Medicaid Enrollment, but Not Without Concerns
Ahead of Medicaid work requirements, a health plan in California hopes to stanch the number of people losing coverage by using an AI program to schedule appointments and remind enrollees to fill out paperwork. The plan says it can do the work of 40 employees at a fraction of the cost.
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Kennedy, Oz Contend Fraud Crackdown, Not Skyrocketing Prices, Led Millions To Leave Obamacare
Rising premiums forced many people in Affordable Care Act plans to give up their coverage. But the Trump administration claims a huge drop in enrollment is almost entirely due to its fraud crackdown.
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People With Disabilities Fear Service Cuts as Trump鈥檚 DOJ Questions Legal Protections
The Department of Justice in June issued a legal opinion saying states aren鈥檛 required to provide services that help people with disabilities remain in their homes. The new position has added momentum to states鈥 existing legal challenges to the requirement and triggered worries among people who rely on these services.
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Medicaid Insurers鈥 Contracts on the Line in Tight Governor鈥檚 Race
The Democratic candidate for governor says he would make Iowa the second state to drop private Medicaid management companies, which he calls 鈥渁 disaster.鈥
By Tony Leys A Shrinking Safety Net
Episode 456A new report finds that participation in the federal food stamp program is down far more than was predicted when the Republican-led Congress approved cuts in 2025. That portends a similar fate for Medicaid, as states ready comparable changes. Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, and Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico Magazine join 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News鈥 Julie Rovner to discuss the news. Also, as part of the 鈥淗ow Would You Fix It?鈥 series, Rovner interviews GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, who chairs the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee.
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A Deloitte-Run System Denied Medicaid Benefits for Michigan鈥檚 Disabled. Now Trump鈥檚 Law Piles On.
Complex computer systems that decide whether people, including the disabled, get Medicaid benefits have a history of errors. Now changes to comply with Trump鈥檚 signature tax and domestic policy law are inundating those systems.
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Doctors 鈥楥ringe鈥 at Possibility of Documenting Which Medicaid Enrollees Too Sick To Work
Final regulations on Medicaid work requirements say enrollees must regularly obtain documentation 鈥 possibly from medical professionals 鈥 to prove that they鈥檙e too sick to work. Doctors say the rules put them in a tough spot.
States Start Their Medicaid Cuts
Episode 455Most of the federal Medicaid cuts don鈥檛 take effect until 2027, but many states are already cutting budgets in anticipation of getting fewer health dollars from Washington. Meanwhile, Congress is back from break, but progress on legislative priorities remains slow. Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, and Sandhya Raman of Bloomberg Law join 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News鈥 Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. And as part of the 鈥淗ow Would You Fix It?鈥 series, Rovner interviews Elizabeth Mitchell of the Purchaser Business Group on Health.
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A Sales Tax on Doctor Visits and Medicine? In Missouri, Some Worry
A ballot measure to eliminate Missouri鈥檚 income tax would give the state legislature broad authority to levy new sales taxes to replace the lost revenue. Critics say that could mean adding a sales tax on medical services or prescription medicines. Those types of taxes are unusual, but not unheard of, in the U.S.
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Facing Funding Losses, States Call Out Big Businesses With Employees on Medicaid
With the federal Medicaid work requirements looming in January, Democrats are considering state legislation to call out big companies that employ workers enrolled in the safety net health program. Business giants such as Amazon and Walmart said the figures are misleading.