Medicaid
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Estimates based on enrollment and census data show most uninsured adults in the state are eligible for some kind of coverage. The Current is an inclusive nonprofit, non-partisan news organization providing in-depth watchdog journalism for Savannah an…
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Regulators have been under the gun to curb unauthorized Obamacare enrollment and switching of plans. Separately, a pending lawsuit was amended with additional defendants and new allegations regarding tactics to garner greater ACA sales commissions.
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As Democrats convene in Chicago to make official their presidential and vice presidential nominees, Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz together are raising the prominence of health care as a 2024 election issue.
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Planned Parenthood to ‘Temporarily’ Stop 20-Plus Week Abortions in New York, Citing Financial Issues
Citing financial issues, New York’s local Planned Parenthood chapter says within weeks it will no longer provide abortions at 20-plus weeks or “deep sedation” for patients seeking to be put under for the insertion of intrauterine devices for birth control and surgical abortions. On Monday, Planned Parenthood of Greater New York told THE CITY that…
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Hospitals in several states are partnering with a private equity-backed company to offer combined emergency and urgent care in a single building. But patients may not realize prices vary between the two services — often by a lot.
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For the 2024 campaign, Joe Biden is out, and Kamala Harris is in. As the vice president makes moves toward the top of the Democratic presidential ticket, health policy is resurging as a campaign issue. Meanwhile, Congress tries — and again fails — to make timely progress on the annual government spending bills as abortion…
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The Shapiro administration says that after reviewing the Supreme Court’s decision, it has concluded that the Abortion Control Act’s prohibitions on using public funds to pay for abortion — unless the life of the mother is at risk or the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest — violate the constitution. The post Shapiro…
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California is the first state in the country to expand Medicaid to all qualifying adults regardless of immigration status. But many undocumented immigrants, especially those who live in parts of California where the cost of living is much higher, ear…