Medicaid coverage is expiring for millions of Americans – but there's a proven way to keep many of them insured

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The former leaders of Outcome Health were greedy fraudsters, the government alleged during opening arguments in their criminal trial Monday morning, while defense attorneys described them as earnest executives who were deceived by their underlings. The three defendants— former Outcome Health CEO Rishi Shah, President Shradha Agarwal and executive Brad…

The video of a 4- year-old Beech Grove child in diapers and waving a handgun around inside an apartment complex was a startling realization about the dangers of keeping a gun unsecured. It's troubling that access to firearms is so easy for children in the U.S., where 32% of Americans say they own a gun, according to the 2021 National Firearms Survey.

Gavin Newsom often boasts that California is a "nation state" that is– or should be– a model for the nation. However, when it comes to implementing large-scale projects and programs, California is more a model of bumbling incompetence. —When the COVID-19 pandemic erased the jobs of two-plus million California workers, the Employment Development Department…

"If this rule is finalized, individuals who have health plans that would otherwise be subject to the ACA preventive services requirements but have not covered contraceptive services because of a moral or religious objection, would now have access," said Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, administrator for the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services.

By Fred Schulte, Kaiser Health News. The health insurance industry had long feared the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services would demand repayment of billions of dollars in overcharges the popular health plans received as far back as 2011.. In late 2018, CMS officials said the agency would collect an estimated $650 million in overpayments from 90 Medicare…

About 1,723 children in Forsyth County and about 8,773 in the Triad and Northwest North Carolina will be shifted to the state Medicaid program on April 1, the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services said Monday. The Forsyth total is the fourth most in the state, trailing Mecklenburg County at 4,937, Wake County at 4,078 and Guilford County at 2,385..

Nearly 40% of deaths in California during the first 10 months of 2022 took place at home, up from. about 36% for all of 2019, according to death certificate data from the California Department of Public Health. The trend is amplified among California residents with serious chronic conditions.

In 2022, 48% of Medicare beneficiaries were enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans instead of original Medicare, and experts predict that number will be higher in 2023.. "I help my clients with Medicare choices, and what I tell them all is that if you can afford it, you should sign up for traditional Medicare with a Medicare supplement plan," says David Haas, a…

If you did not apply for Medicare Part B within three months before or after turning age 65, you have another chance each year during the General Enrollment Period. The period runs from January 1 to March 31 every year. If you don't enroll in Part B when you're first eligible for it, you may have to pay a late enrollment penalty for as long as you have Part B coverage.

Recently two members of our family had to obtain prior authorization from their health insurance. One person wanted a knee replacement by an orthopedic surgeon and his request was approved; the other person wanted a brand-name prescription diabetes medicine and their request was denied. This made us curious to look into what this process entails.

Enticed by expanded federal subsidies, Michiganders keep enrolling in health insurance through the Affordable Care Act's Healthcare. gov marketplace at levels not seen since well before the COVID-19 pandemic. State and federal officials announced Thursday that 322,273 Michigan residents signed up for 2023 insurance on the marketplace during the…

–Around 25 people have been charged for their roles in a huge coordinated scheme to sell false and fraudulent nursing degree diplomas and transcripts to aspiring nurses, the Department of Health and Human Services's Office of Inspector General announced on Jan. 25. HHS-OIG and its law enforcement partners conducted a "multi-state coordinated law…

Idaho's Medicaid budget paid the rest. What about other low-income Idaho adults, who couldn't afford health insurance and didn't qualify for Medicaid? When they needed medical care, the resulting medical bills often went unpaid— or, when they were paid, the money came from a hodgepodge of accounts funded by Idaho taxpayers.

"During the public health emergency the federal government told the state they couldn't" conduct redeterminations based on changing incomes or other eligibility factors, Katherine Hempstead, senior policy advisor for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, told The Center Square. Analysis by the foundation and Urban Institute found the number of people…

A federal law signed in March 2020 has required states to keep Medicaid beneficiaries enrolled during the federal public health emergency, but legislation President Joe Biden signed into law last month will see the continual enrollment provisions end on March 31. State officials said they expect New Jersey to be roughly in line with the national average-…

Nearly half (48%) of gig workers find their access to health insurance negatively affected by deciding to engage in freelance work.