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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.

Only a smokescreen? Big Tobacco stands down as Colorado and Oregon hike cigarette taxes

Big Tobacco did something unusual in Marlboro Country last fall: It stood aside while Colorado voters approved the state's first tobacco tax hike in 16 years.

12 Jan 2021

Study highlights racial disparities in liver transplantation listing

A new study of liver transplant centers confirms that non-Hispanic white patients get placed on liver transplant waitlists at disproportionately higher rates than non-Hispanic Black patients.

11 Jan 2021

Even with Senate control, Democrats will need buy-in from GOP on key health priorities

Democrats have argued for more generous pandemic relief, more pressure on drugmakers to lower prices and more attention to systemic racism in health care.

11 Jan 2021

‘Peer respites’ provide an alternative to psychiatric wards during pandemic

Mia McDermott is no stranger to isolation. Abandoned as an infant in China, she lived in an orphanage until a family in California adopted her as a toddler.

11 Jan 2021

One ambulance ride leads to another when packed hospitals cannot handle non-covid patients

Keely Connolly thought she would be safe once the ambulance arrived at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center in Kansas.

11 Jan 2021

Broad changes are needed to improve U.S. mental health system, shows study

Conditions are ripe for transforming the U.S. mental health care system, with scientific advances, the growth of Medicaid and political consensus on the importance of improving mental health creating the possibility that goals once thought out of reach may be possible, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

11 Jan 2021

Trump administration approves first Medicaid block grant, in Tennessee

With just a dozen days left in power, the Trump administration on Friday approved a radically different Medicaid financing system in Tennessee that for the first time would give the state broad authority in running the health insurance program for the poor in exchange for capping its annual federal funding.

8 Jan 2021

Illinois is first in the nation to extend health coverage to undocumented seniors

As a nurse manager for one of Chicago's busiest safety-net hospitals, Raquel Prendkowski has witnessed covid-19's devastating toll on many of the city's most vulnerable residents — including people who lack health insurance because of their immigration status. Some come in so sick they go right to intensive care. Some don't survive.

7 Jan 2021

Hospital prices just got a lot more transparent. What does this mean for you?

Hospitals face the new year with new requirements to post price information they have long sought to obscure: the actual prices negotiated with insurers and the discounts they offer their cash-paying customers.

5 Jan 2021

Many health plans now must cover full cost of expensive HIV prevention drugs

Ted Howard started taking Truvada a few years ago because he wanted to protect himself against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. But the daily pill was so pricey he was seriously thinking about giving it up.

5 Jan 2021

Oregon's Medicaid expansion increased prenatal care, improved health outcomes for newborns

A pair of recent studies from Oregon State University found that Oregon's Medicaid expansion in 2014 has led to increased prenatal care among low-income women, as well as improved health outcomes for newborn babies.

4 Jan 2021

Children’s hospitals are partly to blame as superbugs increasingly attack kids

A memory haunts Christina Fuhrman: the image of her toddler Pearl lying pale and listless in a hospital bed, tethered to an IV to keep her hydrated as she struggled against a superbug infection.

4 Jan 2021

Older adults, minorities and people with lower incomes face inequities in telemedicine use

After "COVID-19," the term that most people will remember best from 2020 is likely to be "social distancing." While it most commonly applied to social gatherings with family and friends, it has impacted the way many receive medical care.

29 Dec 2020

Study finds sex and age-based differences among youth who experience nonfatal opioid overdose

Results of a national study show significant sex and age-based differences among youth and young adults who experience a nonfatal opioid overdose.

22 Dec 2020

Surprise! Congress takes steps to curb unexpected medical bills

Most Americans tell pollsters they're worried about being able to afford an unexpected medical bill.

22 Dec 2020

New report offers recommendations to address opioid epidemic during COVID-19 pandemic

A new report from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health offers recommendations aimed at federal, state, and local policymakers to address the opioid epidemic during the pandemic, which has seen sharp increases in fatal and nonfatal overdoses.

21 Dec 2020

Montana’s mask mandate in doubt with incoming governor

Incoming Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte signaled he won't continue a statewide mask mandate in place since July, though he said he plans to wear a mask himself and get vaccinated against COVID-19.

21 Dec 2020

Study: Better hospital nurse staffing reduces sepsis deaths

Researchers at the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research (CHOPR) at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, conducting independent research on whether pending nurse staffing legislation in New York state is in the public's interest, found that the wide variation in patient-to-nurse ratios across hospitals in New York is contributing to avoidable deaths for patients with sepsis, a common, high mortality condition.

18 Dec 2020

Study pinpoints predictors of timely enrollment in therapy for opioid use disorder

For people living with opioid use disorder, the path to treatment is not always clear-cut. Sometimes, there's no path at all.

16 Dec 2020

Cost information greatly enhances the value of shared decision making

Cost information, when paired with information about clinical treatment options, greatly enhances the value of shared decision making, reported a FAIR Health brief released today.

11 Dec 2020

Medicaid News and Research

Only a smokescreen? Big Tobacco stands down as Colorado and Oregon hike cigarette taxes

Study highlights racial disparities in liver transplantation listing

Even with Senate control, Democrats will need buy-in from GOP on key health priorities

‘Peer respites’ provide an alternative to psychiatric wards during pandemic

One ambulance ride leads to another when packed hospitals cannot handle non-covid patients

Broad changes are needed to improve U.S. mental health system, shows study

Trump administration approves first Medicaid block grant, in Tennessee

Illinois is first in the nation to extend health coverage to undocumented seniors

Hospital prices just got a lot more transparent. What does this mean for you?

Many health plans now must cover full cost of expensive HIV prevention drugs

Oregon's Medicaid expansion increased prenatal care, improved health outcomes for newborns

Children’s hospitals are partly to blame as superbugs increasingly attack kids

Older adults, minorities and people with lower incomes face inequities in telemedicine use

Study finds sex and age-based differences among youth who experience nonfatal opioid overdose

Surprise! Congress takes steps to curb unexpected medical bills

New report offers recommendations to address opioid epidemic during COVID-19 pandemic

Montana’s mask mandate in doubt with incoming governor

Study: Better hospital nurse staffing reduces sepsis deaths

Study pinpoints predictors of timely enrollment in therapy for opioid use disorder

Cost information greatly enhances the value of shared decision making

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