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Indiana Gov. Braun signs executive orders to limit welfare spending and study health care issues
The governor signed nine executive orders at the launch of his "Make Indiana Healthy Again" program.
States push Medicaid work rules, but few programs help enrollees find jobs
Some lawmakers are pushing to require that Medicaid recipients work in order to get or keep coverage, and some states already try to help them find jobs. But the effects of those efforts are unclear.
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Leaders in Welch to highlight the impact of potential federal funding cuts to McDowell County Residents
Vivian Anderson, President of the Board of Director’s at Race Matter’s Inc, says that most residents in the county live in ...
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With no staff left at LIHEAP, the federal utility assistance program, advocates worry about funding
About $378 million of Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program funding remains to be distributed. Without federal staff, ...
End Medicaid Money Laundering
A new Paragon Health Institute study on Medicaid financing exposes how state governments use provider taxes to extract much ...
Hochul’s homecare program havoc leaves workers unpaid as federal court steps in
A last minute court intervention by non-profit Independent Living Center groups resulted in an agreement by the state to ...
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Meeting the Financial Needs of Patients With Chronic Conditions
The American Journal of Managed Care provides insights into the latest news and research in managed care across multimedia ...
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Layoffs at HHS planning office jeopardize healthcare assistance programs
Under a 1981 appropriations bill, HHS is required annually to take Census Bureau poverty-line figures, adjust them for inflation, and create guidelines that agencies and states use to determine who is ...
Trump fires team that set poverty guidelines for benefits aiding 80 million people
The sacking of the office could lead to cuts in assistance to low-income families next year unless the Trump administration ...
RFK Jr., intent to focus on chronic disease, continues to be dogged by impacts of HHS cuts
Far as he was from Washington, D.C., as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. hiked to the top of a ...
Trump HHS eliminates office that sets poverty levels tied to benefits for at least 80 million people
Recent cuts eliminated a small, specialized workforce that sets the poverty standards determining who is eligible for ...