Florida to bar Medicaid coverage for those seeking gender-affirming care
AdvertisementBrock Juarez, a spokesman for the Floridaโs Agency for Health Care Administration, the agency overseeing the stateโs Medicaid program, did not immediately return requests for comment. Gender-affirming care can, but does not always, include medical interventions. In April, 300 medical providers in the state wrote an open letter in the Tampa Bay Times criticizing the stateโs guidance against gender-affirming care. An estimate from a 2019 study by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law showed there were about 9,000 people receiving gender-affirming care each year in Florida. AdvertisementMike Haller, a professor and chief of pediatric endocrinology at the University of Florida, said the decision to bar people from using Medicaid to cover gender-affirming care was โcruel and unusual punishmentโ for patients seeking safe, evidence-based care.
washingtonpost.comState, feds say six-month maternal Medicaid coverage still under review
HHSC said it was initially told the plan was โnot approvable.โ Federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a statement Friday saying Texasโ plan to extend coverage to six months was not rejected but still under review.
The Public Health Emergency will soon end. Hereโs what you need to know.
During the Public Health Emergency (PHE), millions of Americans have benefited from continuous and uninterrupted Medicaid or CHIP coverage. Soon the PHE will end, and Medicaid and CHIP recipients will need to take action to keep their Texas health care benefits.
Texas officials celebrated end of abortion rights after cutting back postpartum Medicaid extension
Greg Abbott claimed Texas provides expectant mothers โnecessary resources so that they can choose life for their child,โ but it is now one of a dwindling number of states not to offer Medicaid coverage for a full year after residents give birth.
sacurrent.comCalifornia first to cover health care for all immigrants
California on Thursday became the first state to guarantee free health care for all low-income immigrants living in the country illegally, a move that will provide coverage for an additional 764,000 people at an eventual cost of about $2.7 billion a year. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a $307.9 billion operating budget that pledges to make all low-income adults eligible for the state's Medicaid program by 2024 regardless of their immigration status. Itโs a long-sought victory for health care and immigration activists, who have been asking for the change for more than a decade.
news.yahoo.comThe Legal Obstacle to Federal Abortion Efforts After Supreme Courtโs Roe v. Wade Ruling
A new public policy issue -- whether the federal government can find ways to help Americans access abortions now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned -- is running up against a long-time restriction on federal dollars. The Hyde Amendment, first enacted 45 years ago, and related provisions restrict the use of federal funds for abortions. Itโs emerged as an obstacle to efforts to maintain abortion services for women in states that outlaw the procedure.
washingtonpost.comU.S. Supreme Court rules for Florida, against victim in dispute over Medicaid funding
Nearly 14 years after a Lee County girl was catastrophically injured when she was hit by a truck, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday said Floridaโs Medicaid program can recoup a chunk of the money it paid for her initial care.
news.yahoo.comLetters: Promote Medicaid
Whether weโre Black, White or Brown, mothers do what it takes to keep our families safe and cared for. As a Medicaid ambassador at La Uniรณn del Pueblo Entero, I work with Latino immigrant mothers. I help them understand that Medicaid can help them give their family the care they need. But too many of the mothers I work with decide not to sign up for Medicaid or any other public program. As a Medicaid ambassador, I help them overcome these fears.
myrgv.comAnalysis: Texas gets a respite on Medicaid, but not a cure for the uninsured
Texas got a temporary reprieve on Medicaid funding from the federal government. But that wonโt solve underlying problems with high numbers of uninsured Texans and the plight of hospitals in the state โ especially those in rural areas.
The end of the pandemic could usher in a spike in the uninsured rate
Democrats who hoped they'd have transformational new health legislation in place by next year could instead be facing one of the largest increases in the U.S. uninsured rate in recent history.Why it matters: Temporary pandemic-era reforms to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act marketplaces caused enrollment in each to swell, but these policy changes are due to end soon, and millions of people could lose their health coverage.Stay on top of the latest market trends and economic insights with Axi
news.yahoo.comTexas sues Planned Parenthood over $10M in Medicaid payments
AUSTIN (AP) โ Texas wants Planned Parenthood to return more than $10 million in payments for low-income patients under a lawsuit filed Thursday, years after Republican leaders moved to cut off Medicai[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]
sanmarcosrecord.comFederal government approves California's Medicaid overhaul
The U.S. government has approved California's overhaul of the nation's largest insurance program for low-income and disabled residents, officials said Wednesday, a decision that among other things allows Medicaid money to be spent on housing-related services as the most populous state struggles with homelessness and a lack of affordable housing. CalAIM โ California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal โ intends a more comprehensive approach that improves the "entire continuum of careโ across the program that California calls Medi-Cal, according to the California Department of Health Care Services. Starting with the new year Saturday, California will among other things expand what had been a limited โwhole person care pilot program" to eligible Medi-Cal members statewide.
news.yahoo.comTexas lawmakers split over how long to extend Medicaid health coverage for new mothers
Maternal health advocates said the bill โ originally pitched as a one-year extension โ could reduce the stateโs maternal mortality rate and offer vital help to mothers grappling with conditions like postpartum depression or health complications in the months after giving birth.
New Texas lawsuit accuses Biden administration of threatening stateโs health care funding to force Medicaid expansion
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxtonโs lawsuit, filed Friday, argues that the Trump-era extension of the federal 1115 Medicaid funding waiver was lawful and that overturning it was a political move.