
Millones en riesgo de perder Medicaid, mientras terminan protecciones por la pandemia
2023-02-02
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Los estados se están preparando para remover a millones de personas de Medicaid, a medida que expiran las protecciones que se implementaron al comienzo de la pandemia de covid-19. Este cambio abrupto, que comienza en abril, pondrá a millones de estadounidenses en riesgo de perder la cobertura de salud, amenazando…

This Open Enrollment Season, Look Out for Health Insurance That Seems Too Good to Be True
2022-11-01
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It took nearly a year for Kelly Macauley to realize the health plan she bought while shopping for insurance coverage last October was not, in fact, insurance. Sure, red flags popped up along the way, but when she called to complain, she said, she was met with explanations that sounded…

Health Plan Shake-Up Could Disrupt Coverage for Low-Income Californians
2022-09-30
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Almost 2 million of California’s poorest and most medically fragile residents may have to switch health insurers as a result of a new strategy by the state to improve care in its Medicaid program. A first-ever statewide contracting competition to participate in the program, known as Medi-Cal, required commercial managed-care…

Left Behind: Medicaid Patients Say Rides to Doctors Don’t Always Come
2022-01-12
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Tranisha Rockmore and her daughter Karisma waited at an Atlanta children’s hospital in July for their ride home. Karisma had been at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta to have her gastrostomy tube fixed, Rockmore said. The 4-year-old, who has several severe medical conditions, has insurance coverage from Medicaid, which provides transportation…

Local Pharmacists Fill Rx Void as Big Brands Pull Out of Rural Areas
2021-12-22
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Bill Mather, a pharmacist in the small Iowa city of Greenfield, wanted to make sure his neighbors could fill their prescriptions without driving long distances or enduring long wait times. So when pharmacy chains and big-box stores began expanding into rural markets, he sold his drugstore in 2007 to Pamida,…

Georgia Eyes New Medicaid Contract. But How Is the State Managing Managed Care?
2021-09-13
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Just before Frank Berry left his job as head of Georgia’s Medicaid agency this summer, he said the state “will be looking for the best bang for the buck” in its upcoming contract with private insurers to cover the state’s most vulnerable. But whether the state — and Medicaid patients…