North Carolina Medicaid patients risk losing access to care due to ongoing funding deadlock.
Concerns Grow Over Medicaid Access in North Carolina RAILY, N.C. (AP) — Medicaid recipients in North Carolina are facing potential cuts to their access to essential services. This latest move comes as part of expense reduction strategies that have added to the ongoing standoff over Medicaid funding in the state. The administration of Josh Stein, […]
Audit reveals Utah’s Medicaid oversight has weak governance and insufficient transparency.
SALT LAKE CITY A recent report highlights several challenges within the Utah office responsible for monitoring fraud in the state’s Medicaid system. It indicates that since a similar audit in 2018, leadership has seemingly “not put in enough effort to improve.” The report criticizes the Medicaid Services office, noting that its leadership has been “delinquent” […]
Authorities Charge Somalis in Huge $8.4 Million Medicaid Fraud Case
Charges Filed Against Somali Immigrants for Medicaid Fraud A lawyer in Minnesota has announced charges against eight Somali immigrants connected to an alleged $8.4 million Medicaid fraud scheme involved in a federally funded housing initiative. According to US lawyer Joseph Thompson’s announcement, these suspects purportedly provided Medicaid with a list of “clients” they claimed to […]
Government oversight report on Georgia’s Medicaid program highlights worries about administrative expenses.
Georgia’s Medicaid Program Faces Challenges ATLANTA (AP) — A federal watchdog agency released a report on Thursday indicating that Georgia requires adults to provide proof of low-wage employment to qualify for Medicaid. This report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office highlights the state’s approach, which emerged after a series of similar work requirements were established […]
Democrats seek temporary government funding to undo nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid reductions
Senate Democrats Propose Major Funding Plan On Wednesday evening, Senate Democrats put forth an ambitious plan to fund the government ahead of the September 30 deadline, aiming to recover nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts introduced by President Trump’s prior legislation. The proposal also seeks to permanently extend enhanced health premium subsidies under the Affordable […]
Sen Collins cautions that Congress will be pressured to deal with Trump’s Medicaid reductions
Senate Republicans Call for Changes to Law After Medicaid Cuts Senate Republicans expressed concerns on Monday that legislative changes are necessary following President Donald Trump’s significant Medicaid cuts, associated with his “big, beautiful bill.” During the Global Health Innovation Forum at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Senator Susan Collins from Maine highlighted that as time […]
Caregivers express concerns about facing challenges due to impending Medicaid reductions.
Robin Bolduc, 69, Colorado She takes care of her husband Bruce Gorgen (72) and daughter Tiffany Zimenov (42). Bolduc’s husband is quadriplegic and relies on a ventilator due to primary progressive MS. Her daughter has Down syndrome along with several related health issues. They both receive home health services. “Bruce lives with me and requires […]
Panel permits Trump administration to withdraw Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood
A federal appeals court clarified on Thursday the Trump administration’s approach to enforcing new tax cuts and provisions that would decrease Medicaid funding for various parent-child clinics. The First Circuit Court of Appeals, based in Boston, has maintained a nationwide interim injunction that was previously issued in July, which blocked the administration from cutting funds […]
Can Medicaid claim your house if you go into long-term care in Oklahoma?
Many residents of Oklahoma are concerned about what might happen to their assets if they require long-term care. In a recent discussion, financial advisor Paul Hood clarified how Medicaid functions in covering costs for nursing facilities and whether one’s home and savings might be jeopardized. Medicaid and Long-Term Care “Medicaid, while not wanting to sound […]
The Sole Method to Cut Medicaid Costs Is to Allow People to Die
Michael Kinnucan, a senior health policy advisor at the Institute for Fiscal Policy, discusses the implications of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). This policy was framed around the idea that the federal government was misallocating funds by providing Medicaid to healthy adults. To address this issue, the OBBBA introduced work requirements for non-disabled […]