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Study shows Medicaid expansion increased access to bariatric surgery for obesity
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Study shows Medicaid expansion increased access to bariatric surgery for obesity

11/11/2021

Following the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion, access to bariatric surgery as a treatment for obesity increased by 31% annually for lower-income Medicaid-covered and uninsured white adults age 26 to 64 but not for Hispanic and Black adults, according…

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Pandemic Swells Medicaid Enrollment to 80 Million People
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Pandemic Swells Medicaid Enrollment to 80 Million People

06/20/2021

The pandemic-caused recession and a federal requirement that states keep Medicaid beneficiaries enrolled until the national emergency ends swelled the pool of people in the program by more than 9 million over the past year, according to a report released…

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Researchers propose new solutions to fill gaps in Medicare coverage
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Researchers propose new solutions to fill gaps in Medicare coverage

04/06/2021

"Near-poor" Americans-;people just above the federal poverty level but still well below the average U.S. income-;who rely on Medicare for health insurance face high medical bills and may forgo essential health care, according to new research led by health policy…

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Sick Kids on Medicaid Need Easy Access to Out-of-State Hospitals
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Sick Kids on Medicaid Need Easy Access to Out-of-State Hospitals

04/05/2021

Three-year-old Elizabeth Zakutansky was born with a rare genetic condition that causes multiple seizures. Her neurologist, a top expert on treating her condition, practices at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, less than an hour’s drive from the Zakutanskys’ home in…

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Emerging Gene Therapy Offers Window Into Potential Costs of New Class of Therapies
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Emerging Gene Therapy Offers Window Into Potential Costs of New Class of Therapies

03/29/2021

(Reuters Health) – The budget impact to Medicaid of gene therapy to treat severe sickle cell disease offers a window on the potential costs of this emerging class of million-dollar treatments, and requires payers to think about how to ensure…

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Biden administration to undo Medicaid work requirements
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Biden administration to undo Medicaid work requirements

02/13/2021

The Biden administration is moving to roll back Medicaid work requirements in its latest effort to undo a controversial Trump-era policy. Federal health officials planned Friday to inform 10 states that they would revoke permissions granted by the Trump administration…

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