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Democrats ready healthcare push

Democrats have clear first steps when it comes to healthcare: enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies and reversing Medicaid cuts.

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Nov 4 • 7:36 AM EST • Health • punchbowl.news
On the advantages of health system-owned health plan, what Medicaid cuts might mean and the future of U.S. health insurance: A conversation with Geisinger's Jeremy Gaskill

Jeremy Gaskill took the reins at the Geisinger Health Plan earlier this year after a long career at Humana. He discusses the similarities and differences between Geisinger and Humana and the advantages of a health plan that is part of a health system.

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Nov 4 • 7:22 AM EST • Health • managedhealthcareexecutive.com
Scaled-back version of NC's rural health pilot will return in January

After an 18-month pause, the Medicaid initiative will resume with stricter eligibility requirements and a narrower focus on food assistance.

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Nov 4 • 4:15 AM EST • Health • northcarolinahealthnews.org
Trump administration awards $233.6M for California rural health care

California receives $233.6 million in federal rural health care funding as Medicaid cuts raise concerns for Fresno and San Joaquin Valley communities.

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Nov 3 • 7:21 PM EST • Health • thebusinessjournal.com
Nearly half of US adults under 65 had little to no health insurance in 2026: Report

Nearly half of U.S. adults had inadequate health insurance in 2026, as ACA marketplace enrollment declined and millions lost Medicaid coverage.

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Nov 3 • 5:08 PM EST • Health • healthjournalism.org
Chesterfield mental health provider charged in $49M Medicaid fraud scheme

A Chesterfield mental health professional was charged for an alleged $49M mental health crisis services fraud scheme targeting Virginia Medicaid.

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Nov 3 • 5:08 PM EST • Health • virginiabusiness.com
Georgia helped inspire Medicaid work rules. Its own rules may end

Georgia’s Medicaid work rules program helped shape a national policy, but the state may let its own requirements expire as federal mandates spread.

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Nov 2 • 3:11 PM EST • Health • modernhealthcare.com
Diagnosis for 11.2.26: Checking the pulse of Florida healthcare news and policy

Florida healthcare reforms, Medicaid oversight, AI innovations and insurance regulation.

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Nov 2 • 1:54 PM EST • Health • floridapolitics.com
Need healthcare, but worried about the cost? These free health clinics are happening monthly in Fluvanna

The clinics offer health screenings, private doctor visits, Medicaid assistance, food and other resources on the first Thursday of each month. The next clinic is on Nov. 5.

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Nov 2 • 1:22 PM EST • Health • cvilletomorrow.org
Yes, Congress cut Medicaid. And they cut it deeply. (Opinion)

Our elected leaders are free to make their case to voters that the government should spend less on health care. But the one thing they cannot credibly argue is that the cuts they voted for are not happening.

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Nov 2 • 12:40 PM EST • Health • denverpost.com
Court Decision Eases Burden of Proof to Qualify for Medical Frailty Exclusion to Medicaid Work Requirements

A district court's Oct. 29 ruling, if it holds, will ease somewhat the administrative burden associated with implementing the medical frailty exclusion by reducing the complexity of the verification process, likely leading to fewer people losing Medicaid coverage for paperwork reasons.

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Nov 2 • 11:35 AM EST • Health • kff.org
A GOP Congressman Backed Medicaid Work Requirements. His Voters Might Be Exempt.

A California congressman voted for the GOP’s One Big Beautiful Bill, which is projected to reduce Medicaid spending by $900 billion. Now Rep. David Valadao, whose House race will help decide control of Congress, is telling his constituents they may not have to follow the new rules.

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Nov 2 • 5:00 AM EST • Health • kffhealthnews.org
Georgia Helped Inspire the Medicaid Work Rules. Its Own Rules Could Soon End.

For years, Georgia was the only state to require some Medicaid enrollees to work to obtain and keep coverage. Those rules could expire just as the federal Medicaid work requirements they helped inspire roll out across most of the country.

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Nov 2 • 5:00 AM EST • Health • kffhealthnews.org
Experts warn Medicaid cuts will harm opioid recovery

There is good news and bad news when it comes to opioid treatment in Virginia.

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Nov 1 • 2:00 PM EST • Health • dnronline.com
The Trump-Kennedy Effect On US Health: Slow-Burn Damage Over Decades

Cuts to Medicaid, the health services for low-income Americans, and fewer childhood immunisations – alongside persistent insinuations that vaccines are unsafe

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Nov 1 • 12:00 PM EST • Health • healthpolicy-watch.news
Why 2026 Is a Health Care Election

_Ypsilanti, Michigan_THE MIDTERM ELECTION IS ABOUT a lot of things: gas prices and groceries, the spread of corruption, and the future of democracy. And yet, as much as any single issue, it’s about health care. You can tell by listening to all the Democrats talking about high deductibles, drug costs, and insurance companies as they campaign around the country. Or you can tell by reading all the public-opinion surveys in which voters consistently rank health care as one of their top concerns. But if you really want to know why this is a health care election, your best source isn’t the politicians or the pollsters. It’s the people on the front lines. One of them is Raymond Rion, a family medicine physician and executive director of Packard Health, a small network of clinics spanning Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti on the western outskirts of the Detroit metro area. Packard is what’s known as a Federally Qualified Health Center, where anybody can get care regardless of income or insurance status. And like similar safety-net providers all over America, for the past decade it has benefited directly from the Affordable Care Act. “We almost went bankrupt in 2011,” Rion told me in a conversation last week, recalling how in the old days staff at Packard would work the phones furiously to get supplies and find specialists who would take referrals. Now many more patients have either Medicaid or private coverage they’ve purchased through HealthCare.gov, the online marketplace that the law created, so that the proportion of uninsured patients has fallen from around one in three to one in ten. It’s a lot easier to find referrals for these insured patients, though thanks to the infusion of paying customers Packard can do much more on its own. In particular, Rion said, the organization has opened two new branches, started a pharmacy, begun offering prenatal services, and vastly expanded behavioral health care by bringing on a half-dozen new doctors, nurses, and case workers. Now a retrenchment is underway. Coverage options on the HealthCare.gov marketplace got more expensive because Donald Trump and the Republicans refused to renew temporary subsidies that had been reducing the price of insurance. On top of that, the first cuts to Medicaid as part of last year’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” are starting to take effect. Rion told me Packard has already laid off a provider in anticipation of less revenue next year.1 Patient volume is down, he went on to explain, in part because uninsured patients sometimes avoid care altogether out of fear a single visit will lead to more treatments with more bills. And postponing care in that way can have serious medical consequences, as his colleague Ron Romero told me. “So you have somebody with diabetes, their chronic condition isn’t getting cared for,” said Romero, who like Rion is a family physician. “Their sugars rise, and they end up having other medical problems. Their kidneys start to get damaged. They start to have eye damage. They increase risk for heart attacks and strokes. . . . They end up in the emergency room.” And things are likely to get worse. Partly that’s because next year most of the remaining Medicaid cuts will take full effect, throwing more people off coverage. And partly it’s because forces that have nothing to do with Trump or Republican actions are making medical care more expensive for everyone, including those with employer insurance and Medicare. That will lead to still more people delaying or skipping care, ending up in the emergency rooms, and putting yet more cost pressure on providers. Rion wasn’t taking a position on the election or political parties, he made clear. He was just describing the reality he sees around him: “The whole system is being pressured. Nobody is immune to this stuff.” He’s right. And here’s the thing: This has all happened before. We know happens next.

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Nov 1 • 10:06 AM EST • Health • thebulwark.com
New Medicaid work requirements will apply to about 175,000 Coloradans

People applying for new Medicaid coverage will need to attest that they’re working or volunteering at least 80 hours a month, enrolled in school at least part-time, or qualify for an exemption.

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Nov 1 • 6:00 AM EST • Health • denverpost.com
Autism care is bigger than ABA. Federal policy should be, too

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) took an important step last month when it released a new toolkit for states on applied behavior

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Oct 30 • 5:26 PM EDT • Business • bhbusiness.com
Open enrollment season: How Texans can navigate health insurance

From Medicare to Medicaid and Marketplace to employer plans, here's where to start when picking the best health plan for you and your family

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Oct 30 • 7:00 AM EDT • Health • dallasnews.com
Why healthcare has become such a big problem for Republicans

The GOP hoped to keep Medicaid cuts out of the midterms. It’s not working.

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Oct 30 • 6:45 AM EDT • Health • vox.com
US judge blocks Trump’s Medicaid rule forcing ill to prove impairment

A US district judge sided with 25 states and the District of Columbia, which sued the administration.

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Oct 30 • 12:38 AM EDT • Health • aljazeera.com
Memorial Health System awaiting $80 million as payment delays slow hospital project

MARIETTA — Memorial Health System is awaiting about $80 million in anticipated Medicaid payments, a delay President and CEO Scott Cantley said is straining hospital operations and slowing financing for its women’s and children’s hospital project. Cantley said the outstanding payments include about $60 million through the Rural Ohio Hospital Tax Pilot Program for 2025 […]

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Oct 29 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • newsandsentinel.com
Health Brief: Medicaid decision gives ‘frail’ Americans some relief from work rules

Plus: Political ties can hurt nursing home care, report shows

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Oct 29 • 6:09 PM EDT • Health • washingtonpost.com
http://democrats-energycommerce.house.gov/media/press-releases/pallone-and-wyden-hail-court-victory-against-republican-effort-take-health

House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) released the following statement today applauding a court ruling that the Trump Administration violated the law by limiting access to Medicaid for people with serious health conditions:

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Oct 29 • 5:33 PM EDT • Health • democrats-energycommerce.house.gov
Judge blocks Trump administration's Medicaid work requirement rule forcing proof of medical frailty

Twenty-five states sued the Trump administration in June over the new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services guidance tied to the 2025 law known as the "One Big Beautiful Bill."

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Oct 29 • 3:53 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
3 Ways ProgenyHealth Can Transform Maternity and Infant Health, Claims Management

Pregnancy and NICU admissions are among the most complex areas in healthcare. A new report from ProgenyHealth highlights how the company can work with Medicaid and commercial health plans to uncover insights and hidden risks critical to improving maternal and infant care and reducing costs.

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Oct 29 • 7:30 AM EDT • Health • medcitynews.com
CMS COO: Hospice, Home Health Moratoria a Successful Approach

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) temporary moratoria on hospice and home health provider enrollment in Medicare has been

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Oct 29 • 6:37 AM EDT • Health • hospicenews.com
Your Choice Your Voice: How changes to health care are impacting Mainers

Hospital closures, coupled with concerns over access to Medicaid and affording healthcare, leave voters wondering how the candidates asking for their votes will take on this issue.

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Oct 28 • 10:18 PM EDT • Health • wmtw.com
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Richmond mental health professional accused of $49 million in Medicaid fraud

A Richmond mental health professional is accused of defrauding Virginia Medicaid for $49 million by falsely claiming her facility provided services to people in crisis.

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Oct 28 • 8:11 PM EDT • Health • wric.com
Illinois Grapples With Medical Debt, Care Access as Medicaid Work Requirements Loom
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Oct 28 • 7:40 PM EDT • Health • news.wttw.com
Looming Medicaid cuts will increase burden for Colorado patients, advocates say

Patients and family members who rely on Medicaid fear impending cuts to public healthcare coverage under federal policy changes.

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Oct 28 • 2:21 PM EDT • Health • coloradonewsline.com
Public Health Leaders and Scholars File Amicus Brief Challenging CMS Medicaid Work Requirement Rule in Taylor v. Kennedy

The American Public Health Association, Grantmakers In Health, the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health’s Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health and National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership, Liberty Health Alliance and 167 public health and health policy deans, chairs and scholars have filed an amicus curiae brief supporting the plaintiffs in Taylor v. Kennedy, a lawsuit challenging a federal Medicaid rule that they argue unlawfully narrows protections for p

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Oct 28 • 9:50 AM EDT • Health • newswise.com
How State Public Health and Medicaid Agencies Can Build Partnerships to Improve Outcomes

Throughout the country, states are working to improve health outcomes with the efficient use of resources. In particular, they are building partnerships between public health and Medicaid agencies to better align programs, funding, and expertise around shared goals.

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Oct 28 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • pew.org
State Public Health and Medicaid Agencies Partner on Children’s Needs

In recent years, children in the United States have faced high rates of preterm birth, chronic health conditions, and mental health crises. Addressing the vital issue of children’s health requires coordinated strategies involving healthcare providers, health plans, and government agencies.

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Oct 28 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • pew.org
Hospital Beds for the Nation’s Sickest Kids Are Disappearing

Hospitals nationwide are cutting intensive services for kids in critical care. Many cite too few patients, staffing shortages, and money problems. As a result, kids who need lifesaving care must travel farther. Pediatricians expect more cutbacks in the wake of federal Medicaid cuts.

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Oct 28 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • kffhealthnews.org
Medicaid work requirements, mental health access in last Lahn-Sand debate

In their last face-to-face debate, Zach Lahn and Rob Sand clashed over mental health access and upcoming Medicaid work requirements in Iowa.

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Oct 28 • 12:23 AM EDT • Health • kcci.com
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Kaiser Permanente Hawaiʻi earns high rating for Medicare health plan

Kaiser Permanente Hawaii tied for the highest rating in the state earning 4.5 out of 5 stars from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in its 2027 star ratings.

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Oct 27 • 11:00 PM EDT • Health • mauinow.com
Sand, Lahn call for increasing mental healthcare access, Medicaid oversight in debate

Iowa gubernatorial candidates Rob Sand and Zach Lahn met for their final debate before Nov. 3, 2026 in Cedar Rapids Tuesday.

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Oct 27 • 9:56 PM EDT • Health • iowacapitaldispatch.com
7 Health Issues On The Ballot In The 2026 Midterms

A doctor writes a guide to the seven health issues voters care about most in the 2026 midterms, from health costs and ACA premiums to Medicaid, fraud and abortion.

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Oct 27 • 4:44 PM EDT • Health • yahoo.com
Republicans laud feds for awarding Florida $193.7M for rural healthcare

Florida has been awarded $193.7 million in federal funds to support telemedicine, remote patient monitoring, pharmacy services, diagnostic kiosks, and community paramedicine for rural areas in Florida, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced. The grant is $5 million-plus more than the DeSantis administration had previously announced it was requesting. The money is made […]

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Oct 27 • 2:49 PM EDT • Health • floridaphoenix.com
FAQ: Ways Health Plans Can Assist Members in Medicaid Redetermination

Most Medicaid unwinding losses were procedural. mPulse's SriVani Ganti explains how plans can keep eligible members.

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Oct 27 • 2:04 PM EDT • Health • ajmc.com
Arizona health workers raise the alarm on how GOP Medicaid cuts will crowd ERs and raise costs

Arizona Medicaid cuts: Providers warn new work requirements and cuts could strip coverage from thousands

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Oct 27 • 1:47 PM EDT • Health • azmirror.com
McKee names interim health and human services secretary

Kristin Sousa, Rhode Island’s Medicaid program director, will serve as interim secretary of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services starting Oct. 29. She fills the opening left by Richard Charest, who is leaving to work as CEO of Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital.

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Oct 27 • 1:43 PM EDT • Health • rhodeislandcurrent.com
Healthcare drives Arizona’s job growth, but can employers keep up?

Healthcare is providing much of the state’s job growth, but employers need workers and money to keep expanding. Medicaid cuts aren't helping.

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Oct 26 • 8:03 PM EDT • Health • azcapitoltimes.com
Health Brief: States brace for Medicaid crunch

CMS prepares states for Medicaid work requirement snags as they race to meet the deadline

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Oct 26 • 6:40 PM EDT • Health • washingtonpost.com
Healthcare providers already see patient stress over looming Medicaid work requirements

Providers say work requirements, which go into effect for some Medicaid recipients, do not align with reality for many patients.

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Oct 26 • 6:06 PM EDT • Health • nhpr.org
Blessing Health System to host Medicaid informational sessions

New Medicaid requirements are coming in 2027. To help patients understand those changes, Blessing Health System is hosting informational sessions next month.

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Oct 26 • 4:46 PM EDT • Health • wgem.com
Oklahoma reports one of the nation's lowest Medicaid payment error rates

The state Medicaid agency said in a press release that it is working to maintain this number with new fraud-prevention tools.

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Oct 26 • 11:16 AM EDT • Health • kosu.org
Rising premiums, a sad Medicaid gathering, and a new fraud crackdown

The cost of health insurance is surging, and CMS presses ahead with a new fraud crackdown.

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Oct 26 • 10:38 AM EDT • Health • statnews.com
Oklahoma reports one of the nation’s lowest Medicaid payment error rates

The state Medicaid agency said in a press release that it is working to maintain this number with new fraud-prevention tools.

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Oct 26 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • kgou.org
Health centers brace for new Med-QUEST rules

Starting Jan. 1, most adults enrolled in the government’s Medicaid program will have to show they work, volunteer or go to school part-time at least 80 hours in a month to qualify for healthcare under Med-QUEST, Hawaii’s Medicaid program.

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Oct 25 • 6:05 AM EDT • Health • staradvertiser.com
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Indicators 2026: Medicaid changes could put new pressure on hospitals, health care providers

WILKES-BARRE — In Northeast Pennsylvania, Medicaid covers a significant portion of the population.

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Oct 25 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • timesleader.com
Water rate hike request, Medicaid changes: CT politics news

Plus: The Trump administration focuses on women's health and a Connecticut senator raises concerns about Russia-U.S. relations.

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Oct 23 • 5:30 PM EDT • Politics • ctmirror.org
Year one, $200 million funding of North Dakota’s Rural Health Transformation Program allocated

Year one allocations for North Dakota’s Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) have been submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), according to Director of Rural Health Transformation Krissie Mayer.

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Oct 23 • 2:51 PM EDT • Health • kfyrtv.com
‘A pending public health crisis’: Minnesota community health clinics brace for Medicaid changes and more uninsured patients

Community health centers statewide are reporting that thousands may lose coverage, adding further strain to an already stressed health care system. Southside Community Health Services is preparing for the financial and health impacts of sweeping Medicaid changes.

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Oct 23 • 12:15 PM EDT • Health • mprnews.org
NH News Recap: Health insurance changes and a new season of Bear Brook

Looming changes to Medicaid and Medicare in New Hampshire are leaving recipients with questions, and the first episodes of the latest season of NHPR podcast "Bear Brook" are now available.

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Oct 23 • 11:55 AM EDT • Health • nhpr.org
What a Health Care Crisis Looks Like on the Ground

In South Los Angeles, ER patients are cared for in a gift shop, in tents, and even outdoors. And that’s before the crushing Medicaid cuts.

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Oct 23 • 5:30 AM EDT • Health • prospect.org
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Health Data Utilities as Essential Public Infrastructure: A Cooperative Federalism Architecture

Federal interoperability initiatives like Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement transport clinical records across boundaries but fail to aggregate and enrich state-governed datasets, including Medicaid claims, prescription monitoring records, and social service registries.

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Oct 22 • 4:38 PM EDT • Health • milbank.org
New Analyses Offer Comprehensive Guide to the Real Consequences of Republican Health Care Cuts

As many of the Medicaid cuts take effect January 1, Families USA’s new six-part series shows the damage is greater than the sum of its parts.

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Oct 22 • 2:18 PM EDT • Health • familiesusa.org
Senate Health Committee Holds Hearing on Impacts of H.R.1

Senate Health Committee Holds Hearing on Impacts of H.R.1 TRENTON – The Senate Health and Human Services Committee, led by Chairman Joe Vitale, held a hearing today on the impacts of federal House Resolution 1 (H.R.1) and how New Jersey residents can adapt to major cuts to programs like Medicaid. The committee heard from[...]

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Oct 22 • 12:20 PM EDT • Health • insidernj.com
Medicaid work rules lift Molina Healthcare’s pay, CEO says

Molina Healthcare says six states are boosting the Medicaid insurers pay next year in part because of work requirements and more frequent eligibility checks.

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Oct 22 • 11:48 AM EDT • Health • modernhealthcare.com
Navvis Introduces New Solution to Help Health Systems Build the Operating Capabilities Required to Achieve High Performance in CJR-X

ST. LOUIS, October 22, 2026--Navvis, the leading value-based care enablement company, today announced a new CJR-X solution built to help health systems achieve high performance in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) mandatory and newly finalized Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Expanded (CJR-X) model. Joint replacement is one of the most profitable service lines for health systems across the U.S. today, and CJR-X gives health systems a mandatory new way to protect and grow

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Oct 22 • 8:05 AM EDT • Health • finance.yahoo.com
Spokane care providers work to protect services

Despite recent staffing and service reductions across Spokane's healthcare sector, some providers here expect to maintain their workforces and offerings, even as they face rising expenses, growing patient demand, and difficulties with Medicaid compensation.

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Oct 22 • 3:00 AM EDT • Health • spokanejournal.com
Spokane care providers work to protect services

Despite recent staffing and service reductions across Spokane's healthcare sector, some providers here expect to maintain their workforces and offerings, even as they face rising expenses, growing patient demand, and difficulties with Medicaid compensation.

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Oct 22 • 3:00 AM EDT • Business • spokanejournal.com
Mississippi Medicaid open enrollment underway as members review health plan options

Mississippi Medicaid members have until Dec. 15 to review their health plan options, including a newer choice offering benefits beyond traditional medical care.

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Oct 21 • 10:44 PM EDT • Health • wdam.com
Healthcare, small business advocates urge reversing healthcare cuts, boost Democrats

Advocates called on Congress to restore Medicaid and Affordable Care Act insurance premium subsidies and criticized Republicans.

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Oct 21 • 8:08 PM EDT • Health • wisconsinexaminer.com
Healthcare, small business advocates urge reversing healthcare cuts, boost Democrats

Advocates called on Congress to restore Medicaid and Affordable Care Act insurance premium subsidies and criticized Republicans.

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Oct 21 • 8:08 PM EDT • Business • wisconsinexaminer.com
Oregon to increase 2027 payments to care organizations for Health Plan members

Next year, Oregon will pay an average of nearly $630 more per member every month to the organizations arranging providers for the vast majority of Oregon’s 1.4 million Medicaid members […]

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Oct 21 • 12:16 PM EDT • Health • bendbulletin.com
Midterm Election Update: Medicaid Changes

Major federal changes to Medicaid eligibility and financing from the 2025 reconciliation law are coming, including new work requirements that will affect millions of Medicaid enrollees. KFF’s fact sheet provides an overview of what has changed, what is still ahead, and what the public thinks about Medicaid heading into the midterms.

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Oct 21 • 10:20 AM EDT • Health • kff.org
Get Covered Illinois offering health coverage to 9,300 residents affected by Medicaid cuts

Approximately 9,300 Illinois residents who lost Medicaid coverage due to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act can now enroll in health insurance plans through Get Covered Illinois until December 31, 2026…

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Oct 21 • 10:10 AM EDT • Health • wcia.com
WA hospitals face $6B threat, new report says

Hospitals in WA could lose nearly $6 billion by 2033 due to HR 1 cuts to Medicaid, according to a new report from Sen. Maria Cantwell’s office.

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Oct 21 • 9:00 AM EDT • Health • seattletimes.com
Medicare for All, Medicaid cuts and rising costs: Where Flanagan and Tafoya stand on health care

The U.S. Senate candidates differ over Medicare for All, Medicaid funding and the federal government’s role in making health care more affordable.

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Oct 21 • 7:00 AM EDT • Health • startribune.com
Insured patients struggle to schedule mental healthcare, study shows

Patients with commercial insurance still struggle to access mental healthcare, according to new data from five state including New Jersey.

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Oct 21 • 6:58 AM EDT • Health • newjerseymonitor.com
2026 Health Care Congressional Voter Guide

At NC Health News, we care about you and your family’s health and we think our elected officials should too. We started in September to reach out to all of North Carolina’s Congressional candidates asking them to answer a series of questions about health care issues that you care about: Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, […]

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Oct 21 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • northcarolinahealthnews.org
States Are Forcing Hospitals To Offer More People Financial Aid. In Oregon, It’s Working.

Oregon passed a law to require hospitals to proactively screen patients to see if they qualify for financial aid. Patients got immediate relief. Hospitals pushed to roll back the law following federal cuts to Medicaid and Affordable Care Act subsidies.

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Oct 21 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • kffhealthnews.org
States Are Forcing Hospitals To Offer More People Financial Aid. In Oregon, It’s Working.

Oregon passed a law to require hospitals to proactively screen patients to see if they qualify for financial aid. Patients got immediate relief. Hospitals pushed to roll back the law following federal cuts to Medicaid and Affordable Care Act subsidies.

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Oct 21 • 3:01 AM EDT • Health • tradeoffs.org
Private contractors are set to cash in as millions of Americans lose health care

Implementing Trump’s "big, beautiful" Medicaid cuts will be a windfall for firms like Deloitte.

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Oct 20 • 7:13 PM EDT • Health • motherjones.com
Hundreds of Mainers lost their health insurance due to Medicaid eligibility changes

The federal government will no longer reimburse states for Medicaid coverage provided to lawful noncitizens

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Oct 20 • 6:16 PM EDT • Health • wmtw.com
Feds hold back an additional $1.2 billion in California Medicaid reimbursements

In May, the administration held back $1.3 billion in Medicaid reimbursements to California over concerns about "fraudsters" in the state's hospice and in-home care programs.

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Oct 20 • 4:33 PM EDT • Politics • latimes.com
Oregon to increase 2027 payments to care organizations for Health Plan members

Oregon health officials say that they expect the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid to approve the rise by the end of 2026.

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Oct 20 • 3:31 PM EDT • Health • oregoncapitalchronicle.com
Meeting Big Challenges with Big Ideas, Health Centers Pitch ‘Y Combinator-Style’ Solutions for Local Healthcare

With challenges looming like Medicaid cuts, workforce shortages, and resource gaps, health centers across the United States are being asked to do more with less, and it would be easy to picture a g…

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Oct 20 • 2:07 PM EDT • Health • directrelief.org
29,000 Granite Staters Could Lose Their Health Coverage, New Study Says

A new study by the NH Fiscal Policy Institute indicates from 23,000 to 29,000 New Hampshire residents will lose their Medicaid health insurance coverage by 2028 under new federal and state regulations and requirements set to begin Jan. 1.

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Oct 20 • 9:15 AM EDT • Health • indepthnh.org
How one health system is battling rising uncompensated care costs

Sanford Health is expanding patient navigation and Medicaid renewal support as uncompensated care costs rise and more patients lose coverage.

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Oct 20 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • modernhealthcare.com
New coalition aims to keep Virginians covered as Medicaid rules tighten

Virginia Secretary of Health and Human Resources Marvin Figueroa on Monday announced the Virginia United Coalition, formalizing a partnership that builds on a series of roundtable meetings with him and Gov. Abigail Spanberger throughout the summer, as well as an executive order she signed.

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Oct 20 • 5:20 AM EDT • Health • virginiamercury.com
Democrats Demand Tougher Standards for Companies Running Medicaid Systems

A year after launching an inquiry into companies, including Deloitte, that receive billions in taxpayer dollars to build complex computer systems determining Medicaid eligibility, senators are urging the federal government to impose stricter rules.

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Oct 20 • 5:01 AM EDT • Health • kffhealthnews.org
Commentary: Stable jobs support healthier Hoosiers and a more sustainable Medicaid program

Indiana's low unemployment rate is good news for Indiana’s economy, and also matters for the health and stability of Hoosiers.

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Oct 20 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • indianacapitalchronicle.com
The key health care ballot measures we’re watching in the midterms

State fights over issues like transgender rights and Medicaid offer clues to where Americans stand on contentious health matters.

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Oct 20 • 4:30 AM EDT • Health • statnews.com
'People will die because of this': health care advocates discuss new federal work requirements for Medicaid

Under the changes, which will take effect on Jan. 1, 2027, HUSKY D recipients must document at least 80 hours of work, education and job training or community service each month to maintain their coverage.

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Oct 19 • 8:02 PM EDT • Health • theday.com
Pat Daley, a political freshman focused on affordability, Medicaid expansion and infrastructure

Pat Daley is running against longtime incumbent Jesse Petrea for a seat in the Georgia House of Representatives representing Chatham and Bryan counties.

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Oct 19 • 6:39 PM EDT • Politics • wtoc.com
Oklahoma health care agency boasts low payment error rate

Oklahoma’s Medicaid payment error rate is well below the national average, according to the agency that administers the program.

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Oct 19 • 5:19 PM EDT • Health • oklahomavoice.com
Florida Republican Party wants court to block Democrats’ Hope Florida ads

A grand jury found $10 million of Medicaid settlement money had been misappropriated, funneled through Hope Florida for political purposes.

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Oct 19 • 4:25 PM EDT • Politics • cfpublic.org
Get Covered Illinois offering health coverage to 9,300 residents affected by Medicaid cuts

Approximately 9,300 Illinois residents who lost Medicaid coverage due to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act can now enroll in health insurance plans through Get Covered Illinois until December 31, 2026…

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Oct 19 • 9:42 AM EDT • Health • mystateline.com
From Medicaid to measles, midterms will shape your health

Health care does not run on two-year election cycles, but it is shaped by them. Voting gives you a say in the conditions that impact your health.

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Oct 19 • 5:04 AM EDT • Health • usatoday.com
At a Last-Hope Health Clinic, Desperation, Kindness and Fear for What’s Next

These doctors and community health workers are a safety net for patients losing coverage as premiums soar and Medicaid cuts mount, even as their clinic struggles to stay afloat.

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Oct 19 • 5:01 AM EDT • Health • nytimes.com
Some conservative states aren’t using Medicaid hardship exemption

States like Missouri and Iowa are choosing to not take up exemption designed to help low-income people keep coverage during hardship

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Oct 18 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • theguardian.com
Some conservative states aren’t using Medicaid hardship exemption

States like Missouri and Iowa are choosing to not take up exemption designed to help low-income people keep coverage during hardship

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Oct 18 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
Speak Up: Readers weigh in on New Mexico politics and Project Jupiter

Readers share views on Project Jupiter, Medicaid, the governor's race, ABQ Ride and more.

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Oct 18 • 12:26 AM EDT • Politics • abqjournal.com
Medicaid changes impact, newest culinary trail: CT politics news

Plus: Social security recipients will see an increase and Blue Ribbon Commission on K-12 funding wants to encourage regionalization.

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Oct 16 • 5:30 PM EDT • Politics • ctmirror.org
Louisiana renews deals with 4 Medicaid providers; lawmakers want better health outcomes

Louisiana lawmakers renewed state contracts Thursday with four private managed care organizations that provide Medicaid coverage, calling on state health officials to ensure the money results in better health outcomes.

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Oct 16 • 4:04 PM EDT • Health • lailluminator.com
WATCH: Maine Health Care Professionals Slam Collins’ Health Care Record

This week, Maine health care professionals gathered to slam Susan Collins for failing to protect Mainers’ health care. Dr. Nirav Shah and Maine State Nurses Association Co-President Erin Oberson called out Collins for advancing Trump’s Medicaid cuts and voting to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has eviscerated America’s public health system.

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Oct 16 • 3:19 PM EDT • Health • mainedems.org