Home Tags Medicaid

Tag: Medicaid

Senators seek Medicaid-like plan to cover holdout states

0
ATLANTA — Three Democratic U.S. senators from states that have refused to expand Medicaid want the federal government to set up a mirror plan...

Appeals court upholds rationing of hepatitis C treatment

0
CINCINNATI — The Kentucky Department of Corrections can deny a life-saving but expensive hepatitis C medication to inmates, a federal appeals court ruled in...

Warnock balances partisanship with broad pitch ahead of 2022

0
SMYRNA, Ga. — On Capitol Hill, Sen. Raphael Warnock blasts Republicans’ push for tighter voting rules as “Jim Crow in new clothes,” while his...

Medicaid expansion takes effect in deep-red Oklahoma

0
OKLAHOMA CITY — A voter-approved expansion of Medicaid took effect Thursday in Oklahoma after a decade of Republican resistance in a state that has...

Clyburn to push Medicaid expansion in series of town halls

0
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The third-ranking Democrat in the U.S. House is embarking on a listening tour to talk up the Biden administration's federal aid...

Federal agency blocks Indiana’s Medicaid work requirements

0
INDIANAPOLIS — The Biden administration has revoked the federal authorization for Indiana’s planned work requirements for low-income residents who receive their health insurance through...

Democrats see springboard for health care in high court win

0
WASHINGTON — With the Affordable Care Act now secure in the framework of the nation's health care programs, Democrats are eager to leap above...

GOP needs new health care target; ‘Obamacare’ survives again

0
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court's latest rejection of a Republican effort to dismantle “Obamacare” signals anew that the GOP must look beyond repealing...

2 women vie to make history as Virginia lieutenant governor

0
RICHMOND, Va. — It's been nearly three decades since Virginia's only woman to win a statewide race held political office. ...

Nevada becomes 2nd state with ‘public option’ insurance law

0
CARSON CITY, Nev. — Gov. Steve Sisolak on Wednesday signed into law a bill that paves the way for Nevada to become the second...