Lawmakers aiming to pass bill giving voters the chance to change state’s Medicaid requirement
PIERRE, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – Wednesday’s Senate State Affairs committee listened to testimony on a bill that would propose a change in the state’s Medicaid expansion agreement if there are cuts made at the federal level. As it stands today, the federal government covers 90% of Medicaid expansion coverage and the states cover the […]
An Update on ACA Medicaid Expansion: What to Watch in North Carolina and Beyond
North Carolina started implementation of the ACA Medicaid expansion on December 1, 2023, after becoming the 41st state to adopt the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion when Governor Roy Cooper signed legislation earlier this year. Expansion will be implemented in conjunction with other major delivery system reforms and activities to address social determinants of […]
In California, cost of undocumented healthcare is $3B over estimates
Gov. JB Pritzker proposed a $330-million budget cut last month to scale back an expansion of healthcare coverage for undocumented adult immigrants in Illinois, where a state audit found that services for certain age groups exceeded cost estimates by more than 280%. California Democrats are facing the same financial pressure to reduce coverage during a […]