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Medicaid is the United States health program for eligible individuals and families with low incomes and resources. It is a means-tested program that is jointly funded by the states and federal government, and is managed by the states.

California’s Medicaid experiment spends money to save money — and help the homeless

Sporting a bright smile and the polished Super Bowl ring he won as a star NFL player in the late 1980s, Craig McEwen doesn't fit the archetype of someone teetering on the brink of homelessness.

19 Apr 2023

Many top-selling brand-name drugs in Medicare may provide little added therapeutic benefit

Brand-name drugs cost two to three times more in the U.S. than in other countries, but many of the top-selling brand name drugs may provide little added therapeutic benefit.

18 Apr 2023

As pandemic emergencies end, people battling long covid feel ‘swept under the rug’

Lost careers. Broken marriages. Dismissed and disbelieved by family and friends.

18 Apr 2023

Soaring healthcare costs for RSV-related complications in US seniors 60 plus

In a recent study published in the journal Open Forum Infectious Diseases, researchers explored the correlation between complications caused by a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and the associated healthcare costs.

18 Apr 2023

The confusing fate of the abortion pill

The abortion pill mifepristone is now ground zero in the abortion debate.

13 Apr 2023

Doctor shortages distress rural America, where few residency programs exist

Anger, devastation, and concern for her patients washed over Dr. Bridget Martinez as she learned that her residency training program in rural northeastern Nevada would be shuttered.

11 Apr 2023

Innovative statewide surveillance system will help reduce the burden of opioid use disorder in Kentucky

University of Kentucky researchers are creating an innovative statewide surveillance system to inform prevention and response efforts aimed at reducing the burden of opioid use disorder in Kentucky.

10 Apr 2023

Special Medicaid funds help most states, but prompt oversight concerns

The extra federal money comes through an obscure, complicated mechanism called "directed payments" — available only for states that hire health insurers to deliver services for Medicaid.

10 Apr 2023

For uninsured people with cancer, securing care can be like spinning a roulette wheel

Eighteen months after April Adcox learned she had skin cancer, she finally returned to Charleston's Medical University of South Carolina last May to seek treatment.

10 Apr 2023

Non-drug interventions for Alzheimer's disease result in better quality of life and also save money

While new drugs to treat Alzheimer's disease tend to receive the most public attention, many well-researched ways to care for people with dementia don't involve medication.

7 Apr 2023

High inflation and housing costs force many Americans to delay needed care

At a health-screening event in Sarasota, Florida, people gathered in a parking lot and waited their turn for blood pressure or diabetes checks.

7 Apr 2023

The ‘unwinding’ of Medicaid

Several states have begun the herculean task of redetermining how many of an estimated 85 million Americans currently receiving health coverage through the Medicaid program are still eligible.

6 Apr 2023

Study identifies disparities among patients receiving advanced pulmonary support

Some adults with severe respiratory illness, including women, those with public insurance, and people with fewer financial resources, may be less likely to receive an advanced form of life support known as extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).

6 Apr 2023

The big squeeze: More enrollees and smaller networks plague some ACA plans

The Affordable Care Act may be struggling with its own success.

6 Apr 2023

Gov. Newsom wanted California to cut ties with Walgreens. Then federal law got in the way.

Gov. Gavin Newsom declared last month that California was "done" doing business with Walgreens after the pharmacy chain said it would not distribute an abortion pill in 21 states where Republicans threatened legal action. Since then, KHN has learned that the Democratic governor must compromise on his hard-line tweet.

6 Apr 2023

High-deductible health plan can deter women from attending additional screening mammography

Researchers who surveyed women attending breast cancer screening appointments found that one in five is likely to skip additional testing after an abnormal finding on their mammogram if there is a deductible or co-payment, according to an editorial published in Radiology, a journal of the Radiological Society of North America.

4 Apr 2023

Study: Medicaid reimbursement for the same mental health treatment varies among U.S. states

Medicaid reimbursement for the same mental health treatment varies dramatically among U.S. states, according to a new study by researchers at Oregon Health & Science University.

3 Apr 2023

States step in as telehealth and clinic patients get blindsided by hospital fees

When Brittany Tesso's then-3-year-old son, Roman, needed an evaluation for speech therapy in 2021, his pediatrician referred him to Children's Hospital Colorado in Aurora.

3 Apr 2023

A doctor’s love letter to ‘the people’s hospital’

Could a charity hospital founded by a crusading Dutch playwright, a group of Quakers, and a judge working undercover become a model for the U.S. health care system? In this episode of the podcast "An Arm and a Leg," host Dan Weissmann speaks with Dr. Ricardo Nuila to find out.

3 Apr 2023

In Texas, Medicaid coverage ends soon after childbirth. Will lawmakers allow more time?

Victoria Ferrell Ortiz learned she was pregnant during summer 2017. The Dallas resident was finishing up an AmeriCorps job with a local nonprofit, which offered her a small stipend to live on but no health coverage. She applied for Medicaid so she could be insured during the pregnancy.

31 Mar 2023

Medicaid News and Research

California’s Medicaid experiment spends money to save money — and help the homeless

Many top-selling brand-name drugs in Medicare may provide little added therapeutic benefit

As pandemic emergencies end, people battling long covid feel ‘swept under the rug’

Soaring healthcare costs for RSV-related complications in US seniors 60 plus

The confusing fate of the abortion pill

Doctor shortages distress rural America, where few residency programs exist

Innovative statewide surveillance system will help reduce the burden of opioid use disorder in Kentucky

Special Medicaid funds help most states, but prompt oversight concerns

For uninsured people with cancer, securing care can be like spinning a roulette wheel

Non-drug interventions for Alzheimer's disease result in better quality of life and also save money

High inflation and housing costs force many Americans to delay needed care

The ‘unwinding’ of Medicaid

Study identifies disparities among patients receiving advanced pulmonary support

The big squeeze: More enrollees and smaller networks plague some ACA plans

Gov. Newsom wanted California to cut ties with Walgreens. Then federal law got in the way.

High-deductible health plan can deter women from attending additional screening mammography

Study: Medicaid reimbursement for the same mental health treatment varies among U.S. states

States step in as telehealth and clinic patients get blindsided by hospital fees

A doctor’s love letter to ‘the people’s hospital’

In Texas, Medicaid coverage ends soon after childbirth. Will lawmakers allow more time?

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