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The recent Supreme Court decision allows states to choose whether or not to expand
health care coverage through Medicaid. If all states approve expansion, more than 15 million uninsured adults will become newly eligible for health insurance.
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http://www.coverage-counts.org Sat, May, 25 States’ Policies on Health Care Exclude Poorest For millions of people below the poverty line, no assistance for health insurance will be available in states that have refused to expand Medicaid.     Source: new york times http://www.coverage-counts.org Fri, May, 24 State Highlights: La. Grand Jury To Examine $200M Medicaid Contract A selection of health policy stories from Louisiana, Oregon, Connecticut, Kansas, North Carolina, California, and New York. Modern Healthcare: States Delaying, Dropping Controversial Dual-Eligible Pilot Program More than half of the states that applied to participate in a controversial CMS ... Source: kaiser health news http://www.coverage-counts.org Fri, May, 24 Tensions, Threats Emerge In Ariz. Medicaid Expansion Debate In addition, the legislative debate continues in Texas while in Florida there's speculation about what's to become of the state's uninsured population now that the legislature didn't take action. Arizona Republic: Threat, Vetoes Fly As Tensions Rise Over Medicaid Expansion Gov. Jan Brewer sent five... Source: kaiser health news http://www.coverage-counts.org Fri, May, 24 Health Law Politics Swirl Around Scandal Reports, Implementation Frustrations Some of the political ebb and flow is exactly as expected, with news reports noting that Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., a staunch opponent of the overhaul, is focused on linking the Internal Revenue Scandal with the health law. However, in other coverage, The Associated Press reports that some labo... Source: kaiser health news http://www.coverage-counts.org Fri, May, 24 Health Law Politics Swirl Around Recent Scandal Reports, Implementation Frustrations Some of the political ebb and flow is exactly as expected, with news reports noting that Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn, a staunch opponent of the overhaul, is focused on linking the Internal Revenue Scandal with the health law. However, in other coverage, The Associated Press reports that some labor... Source: kaiser health news http://www.coverage-counts.org Fri, May, 24 Tensions, Threats Emerge In Ariz. Medicaid Expansion Debate In addition, the legislative debate continues in Texas while in Florida there's speculation about what's to become of the state's uninsured population now that the legislature didn't take action. Arizona Republic: Threat, Vetoes Fly As Tensions Rise Over Medicaid Expansion Gov. Jan Brewer sent five... Source: kaiser health news http://www.coverage-counts.org Fri, May, 24 Highlights: States Delay Or Drop Dual-Eligible Pilot Program; La. Grand Jury To Examine $200M Medicaid Contract; Examining Insurer Earnings In Ore. A selection of health policy stories from Louisiana, Oregon, Connecticut, Kansas, North Carolina, California, and New York. Modern Healthcare: States Delaying, Dropping Controversial Dual-Eligible Pilot Program More than half of the states that applied to participate in a controversial CMS ... Source: kaiser health news http://www.coverage-counts.org Fri, May, 24 First Edition: May 24, 2013 Today's headlines include details on California's new health insurance exchange rates, whether consumers will experience "rate shock" and what these numbers say about the health law's implementation.  Kaiser Health News: California Insurance Exchange Rates: Not Too High, Not... Source: kaiser health news http://www.coverage-counts.org Thu, May, 23 Weekend Reading: Mental Illness Stigma And Health Insurance Mazes Every week reporter Ankita Rao selects interesting reading from around the Web. The New York Times Magazine: Unexcited? There May Be A Pill For That Linneah sat at a desk at the Center for Sexual Medicine at Sheppard Pratt in the suburbs of Baltimore and filled out a questionnaire. She read briskly... Source: kaiser health news http://www.coverage-counts.org Thu, May, 23 State Highlights: Conn. Democrats Eye Shifting $400M In Medicaid Money A selection of health policy stories from California, Connecticut, American Samoa, Georgia, Oregon and West Virginia. Los Angeles Times: Geography Has A Role In Elective Surgery Decisions, Study Finds Geography plays a role in whether patients in California have elective operations such as joint rep... Source: kaiser health news http://www.coverage-counts.org
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