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Elvis Presley’s cousin lifts Democrats’ hope of ‘sleeper’ win in Mississippi governor’s race

Mississippi is tough political territory for Democrats

The Independent UK

In North Carolina, the Uninsured Say Medicaid Expansion Will Be Life-Changing

After years of contentious battles amid a rural health crisis, the state voted to expand the program.

Capital & Main

The CEO of one of Medicaid and Medicare’s biggest insurers is bullish on A.I., and thinks it could bring down costs

As big healthcare gets bigger, CEO Sarah London sees a narrower, more focused path for the Medicaid and Medicare insurer Centene.

Fortune

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Supreme Court preserves Medicaid recipients' right to sue - Roll Call

Hospital argued Medicaid patients can't sue because they are third parties in a contract between the state and the federal government.

Roll Call

This year, Texas lawmakers zeroed in on existing health care programs, leaving bolder measures by the wayside

Pregnant moms on Medicaid will get health care coverage for a year, patients will get more detailed billing and nurses will get help with school loans. But efforts failed to gain steam for legalizing fentanyl test strips, increasing the pool of mental health professionals who accept Medicaid and expanding Medicaid…

The Texas Tribune

A new system in California recasts gun violence as a public health concern. It’s saving lives

Hospital-based violence intervention programs could soon see funds provided by Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program

The Guardian - US

As the U.S. expands work conditions for income assistance, Canada takes a different tack

Only days before a government default, United States President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached an agreement to raise the country’s debt ceiling and avoid financial turmoil.

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Merck Sues HHS, Claims Drug Price Negotiation Program Violates First and Fifth Amendment

Pharma has a "choice": Negotiate with HHS or pay $10 million "tax" per day.

Reason

COVID benefit changes mean new hardship

Ending the pandemic emergency increases burdens for people with long COVID

Salon

The debt ceiling deal has reduced access to supplemental food plans. Here’s why that’s a false economy

Forcing already hungry people to get a job in order for them to receive food will send ripple effects across other government programs.

Fortune

Supreme Court vetoes efforts to limit anti-fraud law aimed at government contractors

The cases involve allegations that major retail pharmacies knowingly overcharged Medicaid and Medicare by overstating what their "usual and customary prices" are.

WEKU

Angry progressives and conservatives hit out as Democrats push through Biden-McCarthy debt ceiling deal

More Democrats vote to raise the debt limit than Republicans as the bill heads to the Senate

The Independent UK

Changes in Pandemic-Era Benefits Mean New Hardship for Millions

Ending the pandemic emergency increases burdens for people with long COVID.

Capital & Main

States throw thousands off Medicaid

Many have lost coverage because they failed to navigate bureaucratic mazes — not because they were ineligible

Salon

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Chicago Sun-Times

Say no to Medicaid work requirements

These requirements aren’t about work. They are about adding unnecessary paperwork that results in people losing their coverage due to red tape.

Chicago Sun-Times

Clouds looming: Cook County is bracing for a financial storm to hit efforts to provide health care to migrants

About nine months into operating the clinic for asylum seekers, Cook County Health is facing at least a $40 million drop in revenue this year. A number of financial woes are colliding.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Legislature passes bill to offer new moms a year of Medicaid coverage

The Texas House and Senate voted for the proposal, capping a yearslong effort to extend coverage for low-income moms. Medicaid covers half of all births in Texas, and coverage currently expires after two months.

Chicago Sun-Times

Behind the scenes on Illinois Democrats’ budget plan

First, they blew past a self-imposed deadline. Then there was scrambling behind the scenes, and grumbling over the exploding costs of health care for undocumented immigrants.

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Roll Call

Debt limit deal appears close as negotiators keep working - Roll Call

GOP negotiators and Biden report progress as they stare down the deadline for passing legislation to raise the borrowing cap.

Tribune News Service

Thousands face Medicaid whiplash in South Dakota and North Carolina

Until recently, Jonathon Murray relied on Medicaid to pay for treatments for multiple health conditions, including chronic insomnia. Murray, a 20-year-old restaurant worker from the college town of Brookings, South Dakota, said that without his medication, he would stay awake for several nights in a row.

WEKU

In some states, hundreds of thousands dropped from Medicaid

As states begin to require people to requalify for the free health insurance, many who are eligible are losing coverage because of administrative snafus.

Salon

MTG bought McCarthy's used Chapstick

The House GOP caucus "auctioned off" lip balm used by the House speaker amid debt ceiling negotiations

The Guardian - US

Republican debt ceiling plans could see most vulnerable Americans lose aid

GOP attempt to add work requirements to safety net programs such as Medicaid and Snap could harm families already struggling

Roll Call

Mississippi Delta hospitals battle financial factors to survive - Roll Call

Federal aid during the COVID-19 pandemic slowed the rate of rural hospital closures, but now some are struggling.

Tribune News Service

Remote work: An underestimated benefit for family caregivers

For Aida Beltré, working remotely during the pandemic came as a relief.

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