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Millions Were Booted From Medicaid. The Insurers That Run It Gained Medicaid Revenue Anyway

Big health insurers that have contracts with state Medicaid programs find themselves making more money even as enrollment in Medicaid programs has dropped. Here’s why.

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'It's hard and it's heartbreaking': Kansas decides against expanding Medicaid

Supporters of Medicaid expansion in Kansas remain resolute despite legislators deciding not to expand the service this session.

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Why You Might Be Responsible For Paying Your Parents' Medical Debts

With Baby Boomers aging and nursing home care costs climbing, obscure old sleeper laws could come back to haunt the children of seniors who can’t pay for their own care.

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Letter: Drug pricing program needs federal reforms if it is to continue helping patients

Unfortunately, data show the 340B program has lost its way. Taxpayers are footing part of the bill but not seeing any benefits in terms of improved access to affordable medicines.

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Millions were booted from Medicaid. The insurers that run it gained Medicaid revenue anyway.

Private Medicaid health plans lost millions of members in the past year as pandemic protections that prohibited states from dropping anyone from the government program expired.

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Risky scheme to game Medicaid, yes, US troops can save Haiti and other commentary

The new state budget “imposes a multibillion-dollar tax on health insurance without specifying who must pay how much,” fumes the Empire Center’s Bill Hammond.

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Missouri's GOP lawmakers vote to kick Planned Parenthood off Medicaid

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri's Republican-led Legislature on Wednesday passed a bill to ban Medicaid funding from going to Planned Parenthood, a move the

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