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Ohioans can lose their Medicaid coverage before they are no longer eligible or they can be unenrolled for procedural reasons

The Biden administration is walking a political tightrope with its plan to impose minimum staffing levels on nursing homes. The White House is facing criticism from the left and the right, and the proposal is dividing Democrats, especially some front-line members facing a difficult reelection in 2024. Those lawmakers, mostly from rural areas, argue that…

Strikes like the massive one threatened by Kaiser Permanente’s blue collar workers could be a sign of what’s to come for skilled nursing.

Amid low unemployment and rising demand for services, today’s health care workforce is under pressure from several directions, including worker strikes; shortages of trained staff; and proposed new staffing standards for nurses and aides in nursing facilities. On Thursday, November 16 at Noon ET, a panel of three experts will join Larry Levitt, executive vice<span class="readmore-ellipsis">…</span><a href="https://www.kff.org/other/event/nov-16-web-event-the-health-care-workforce/" class="see-more light-beige no-float inline-readmore">Mo...

Hear from National Medicaid Experts about Trends in Medicaid Finances, Key Policies and Challenges Beyond the Unwinding As states continue to manage the unwinding of the pandemic-related continuous enrollment provision of Medicaid and phase out of the enhanced federal matching funds, there is considerable uncertainty about how Medicaid enrollment and spending will change in the<span class="readmore-ellipsis">…</span><a href="https://www.kff.org/medicaid/event/medicaid-enrollment-and-spending-trends-policy-issues-amid-unwinding-of-continuous-enrollment-provi...