A recent presidential proclamation will require certain people seeking to immigrate lawfully to the United States to prove they have health insurance, can quickly sign up for it, or can pay for any reasonably anticipated...
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BEYOND THE NUMBERS
Health Care Providers, Advocates Explain Harm of Medicaid Work Requirements
February 21, 2019
With the Trump Administration re-approving Kentucky‘s Medicaid waiver that takes Medicaid coverage away from people not meeting work requirements, a group of health care providers and advocates has filed an...
Medicaid Works for Vulnerable Communities
February 2, 2018
The Trump Administration has started letting states make counterproductive work requirements a condition of Medicaid eligibility, and it’s expected to approve Indiana’s request today to impose such requirements in its Medicaid program. These Medicaid changes and others that policymakers have recently considered would undermine the program’s ability to provide tens of millions of Americans —...
Medicaid Expansion Essential to Address Opioid Epidemic
October 5, 2017
Some Affordable Care Act (ACA) critics claim that its Medicaid expansion is fueling the opioid epidemic by giving Medicaid beneficiaries access to prescription opioid medications, but they’ve got it backwards. In reality, the Medicaid expansion has provided a critical lifeline for people with substance use...
