The Latest Breaking News from Medicaid

WAUKON, Iowa — Marjorie Kruger was stunned to learn last fall that she would have to leave the nursing home where she’d lived comfortably for six years.

Jenna Eisenhart spent nearly six years as a licensed therapist in Colorado before deciding to move to a place with a greater need for her services. She researched rural states facing a shortage of behavioral health providers and accepted a job as a lead clinical primary therapist at Shodair Children’s…

One night last month, a 9-year-old boy who had autism and talked about killing himself was among about 70 foster care children and youth under state supervision sleeping in hotels across Georgia.

In 1950, there were more than 16 workers for every beneficiary. In 2035, that ratio will be only 2.3 workers per retiree.

Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo criticized his predecessor's ties to lobbyist, then asked him for help

Montana’s conservative leaders, stymied by the courts from passing laws that impose significant statewide abortion restrictions, seek to tighten the state’s Medicaid rules to make it more difficult for low-income women to receive abortions.

LOS ANGELES — Fewer people have gotten crucial medication for hepatitis C under Medi-Cal in recent years, troubling advocates who have pushed to expand the lifesaving treatment.

A state employee raised concerns to a top Florida Medicaid official that the government didn’t follow its standard process in recommending against Medicaid coverage for treatment of gender dysphoria, according to emails included in an ongoing federal lawsuit.

Floridians will soon get another chance to weigh in on the state’s pending ban on medical treatment for transgender children diagnosed with gender dysphoria. But it’s unlikely that the proposed restrictions will change significantly as Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration has taken aim at this issue.

"Jeff Zients has become astonishingly rich by profiteering in healthcare," watchdog group warns

It was praised as a solution to Florida’s nursing home staffing crisis.