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Congress eyes work rules for millions covered by Medicaid

More than half a million of the poorest Americans would be left without health insurance under legislation passed by House Republicans that would require people to work in exchange for health care coverage through Medicaid

The Independent UK

The House Of Representative Passes H.R. 2811 As It Is Expected To Come Into Question In The Senate

The Spending Bill Includes the REINS Act as Medicaid beneficial are expected to meet a new requirement to maintain benefits.

Zenger

LOCALIZE IT: Millions expected to lose Medicaid coverage

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Error, confusion plague review kicking millions off Medicaid

Some Medicaid recipients tell The Associated Press errors and confusion are leading to them being kicked off the federally and state-funded health coverage program

The Independent UK

When it comes to upping mental health services, Texas has a Medicaid problem

Texas wants to expand mental health services, but many mental health providers do not accept Medicaid because of its lower payment rate.

The Texas Tribune

GOP investigates Democrat with trans son

GOP launches conflict of interest investigation into Megan Hunt over opposition to ban on gender-affirming care

Salon

How to Financially Get Through A Layoff

Losing your job can be traumatic, but it doesn’t have to wreck your finances.

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Calif.'s new safety net for the homeless

Governor Newsom wants to use Medi-Cal as a safety net to provide housing and other services for the homeless

Salon

What's in the GOP bill to lift debt limit, cut spending

House Republicans are pushing their top priorities in a bill to raise the debt limit

The Independent UK

Cosmetic to critical: Blue states help trans health coverage

Democratic lawmakers in Oregon are advancing a bill that would expand insurance coverage for gender-affirming care to include things like facial hair removal and Adam’s apple reduction surgery

The Independent UK

Transgender Texans of all ages could lose access to transition-related care under Senate bill

The Senate advanced a bill that could create such high financial risks for doctors and health insurers that they’d stop providing or covering gender-affirming care — even for adults.

The Texas Tribune

McCarthy says House will pass GOP debt limit bill this week

WASHINGTON — Speaker Kevin McCarthy said that the House will pass his $1.5 trillion debt ceiling increase plan this week, but he dodged when asked if he has already secured the 218 Republican votes he needs.

Tribune News Service

New York City home care aides push to end 24-hour shifts: ‘Destroyed my body’

Workers receive wages only for 13 hours of work on their 24-hour shifts, with the remaining 11 hours amounting to unpaid labor

The Guardian - US

Biden quiet on opioid settlements

Biden's administration promised that opioid settlement funds would go towards tackling the addiction crisis

Salon

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Tribune News Service

McCarthy is coming up short in support for House debt-limit bill

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is coming up short in support for his first big legislative effort, a bill tying a debt ceiling increase to spending cuts, risking serious damage to both his stature and the U.S. economy.

Capital & Main

In the Folds of a Major Gun Control Law, Mental Health Hope for California Youth

Can California make the most of a rare health care win?

WEKU

Minnesota to join at least 4 other states in protecting transgender care this year

In 2023, a record number of states have passed rules or legislation to eliminate youth gender-affirming care, but a record number of states have also moved to protect care for trans youth and adults.

The Texas Tribune

Texas House moves to expand Medicaid coverage to new moms for a year after childbirth

New moms would be able to maintain their health insurance for up to a year after childbirth under the proposal, which also passed the House last session. The Senate previously reduced it to just six months of coverage.

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WEKU

Biden promised a watchdog for opioid settlement billions, but feds are quiet so far

Billions of dollars are headed to state and local governments to address the opioid crisis. If the federal government fails to oversee how the money is spent, advocates worry it will be wasted.

Salon

Kevin McCarthy sucks up to Wall Street

"Republicans' budget cuts could throw 720,000 to over 2.5 million Americans out of work," Elizabeth Warren warns

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Dreamers need doctors: Biden is right to open insurance eligibility to DACA recipients

At long last, President Joe Biden is moving to make DACA recipients eligible for Medicaid and Affordable Care Act insurance marketplaces — programs they pay for, and have long desperately needed, but been shut out of for reasons that are purely political in nature.

WEKU

Supreme Court looks at whether Medicare and Medicaid were overbilled under fraud law

Arguments on Tuesday center on a powerful tool for fighting fraud in government contracts and programs. The case examines whether major pharmacies knowingly overcharged Medicare and Medicaid.

Salon

The path to universal health care

Universal health care is the norm in almost every other wealthy country. What's stopping us from doing it here?

Salon

A tax trick to change insurance

By checking one box, taxpayers can trigger an event that lets them change insurance outside of the normal window

The Guardian - US

In a liberal US state, my life-saving abortion cost $55,000

I was flabbergasted by the cost of medical care I could have died without – but surprise fees are standard in a system motivated first and foremost by profit

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