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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 ...
RFK Jr. is wrecking public health — but we can (and will) survive this
Those days are behind us — or so some of us thought. For anyone paying the slightest attention, it’s clear our global society ...
The Current2d
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 ...
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State Medicaid Programs Face Decreased Federal Support For Older Adults And Individuals With Disabilities
If Medicaid funding is significantly reduced, states may struggle to afford providing the current scope of required benefits ...