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States absorb steep Medicaid increases for sicker-than-expected enrollees after pandemic
States are absorbing substantial increases in health care costs for the poor, as they realize that the people remaining on ...
States absorb big increases in Medicaid for sicker-than-expected enrollees after pandemic
In Pennsylvania, state budget makers recently unveiled the scale of that miscalculation, with Gov. Shapiro proposing an ...
Pa. among states hit with more Medicaid costs from enrollees who are sicker after COVID-19 pandemic
To address higher-than-anticipated costs, Gov. Josh Shapiro has proposed an increase of $2.5 billion in Medicaid spending ...
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States, including Pa., absorb increases in Medicaid for sicker-than-expected enrollees after COVID
States are absorbing substantial increases in health care costs for the poor, as they realize that the people remaining on Medicaid rolls after the COVID-19 pandemic are sicker than anticipated and ...
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House committee approves GOP's 'comprehensive' plan to address health costs
Part of this year’s House GOP legislative priorities focuses on bringing down health care costs. A House committee approved legislation with a “comprehensive plan” that tackles health costs from more ...
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Medicaid Work Requirements Could Put 36 Million People at Risk of Losing Health Coverage
Recent proposals from Republican congressional leaders and conservative think tanks would cut Medicaid by taking coverage away from people who don’t meet unnecessary and burdensome work requirements. ...
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Public Health Committee approves bill that would address Medicaid underpaymnts
The Indiana House Public Health Committee unanimously approved a bill aimed at addressing Medicaid underpayments to hospitals and improving healthcare access for residents. The bill, authored by Rep.
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Indiana making it harder to get on, stay on Medicaid health programs
Indiana no longer is encouraging eligible Hoosiers to enroll in state-subsidized health care programs as part of an effort to reduce how much it spends on Medicaid. Mitch Roob, secretary of the ...
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House committee approves bill to provide Medicaid relief to hospitals
Members of the Indiana House Public Health Committee voted 11-0 in favor of House Bill 1586, designed to provide Medicaid ...
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Opponents say bill would punish, financially harm Indiana’s nonprofit hospitals
Opponents of the bill said such a measure would punish nonprofit hospitals for even a single case of prices exceeding the ...
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Hospitals support Indiana Medicaid expansion funding changes. Braun administration raises concerns
The bill’s author said many of these changes have been discussed for years, but this year they were “investigated and embraced” as a part of a larger Healthy Indiana Plan, or HIP, redesign.