The Latest Breaking News from Medicaid

Bills with benefits for low-income mothers don’t counteract bans that would lead to higher risks for maternal mortality, say experts

On June 8, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed two district court decisions dismissing challenges to California’s deduction of union dues from Medicaid payments to home care providers. The panel issued a single opinion after consolidating the two appeals. 

More than 930,000 abortions conducted in 2020 – an increase from 862,000 in 2017

The Biden administration is considering a requirement that the nation’s 15,500 nursing homes spend most of their payments from Medicaid on direct care for residents and limit the amount that is used for operations, maintenance, and capital improvements or diverted to profits.

The amendment would have required support from 60% voters, instead of a simple majority, to expand to program

WASHINGTON — Ahead of a historic Supreme Court decision on the fate of Roe v. Wade, the nation recorded its first significant increase in the abortion rate in more than three decades, according to new statistics.

The number and rate of U.S. abortions increased from 2017 to 2020 after a long decline

On June 9, 2022, South Dakota Secretary of State Steve Barnett (R) announced that an initiated state statute to expand Medicaid will appear on the ballot for November 8. The initiative will appear on the ballot as Initiated Measure 28.

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