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US plans to test Medicare, Medicaid coverage for weight-loss drugs, Washington Post reports
The Trump administration is considering a five-year pilot program to cover weight-loss drugs under Medicare and Medicaid, the ...
Millions Will Lose Medicaid Under Tax Law, CBO Calculates
Roughly 7.5 million people will lose Medicaid coverage by 2034, while an additional two million will lose coverage under the ...
Fearing Medicaid coverage loss, some parents rush to vaccinate their kids
Throughout the country, pediatricians say anxious parents are concerned about access to routine childhood immunizations, especially those with children on Medicaid, the government insurance program ...
SD providers hope over $500 million for rural health care offsets expected Medicaid coverage losses
Changes to Medicaid could leave thousands of South Dakotans uninsured and impair an already fragile rural health care system, ...
State forecasts loss of $1.4B in Medicaid funding; 140K will lose coverage
As changes to Medicaid funding and enrollment requirements come into effect over the next few years, the Minnesota Department ...
Feds Launch Experiment to Have Medicare Cover GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs
The federal government is expected to start a 5-year-long experiment that will provide some limited coverage of obesity ...
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Hawaii hospitals brace for cuts to Medicaid
Certified nursing assistant Abygail Hall tends to a patient at The Villas post-acute care facility in Honolulu.
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MO expert: Backlog, not work rules, drives Medicaid coverage losses
Four years before Kimberly Gallagher enrolled in Medicaid herself, the public health insurance program’s rules prompted her ...
US plans Medicare, Medicaid coverage for weight-loss drugs, Washington Post reports
The Trump administration is planning an experiment to cover weight-loss drugs under Medicare and Medicaid, the Washington ...
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Guest column: Cuts to Medicaid will hit mothers, especially rural ones, hard
Cutting Medicaid will hit many Louisiana mothers, especially those in rural areas who already live far from care, especially ...
Here's how the Medicaid and Medicare pilot program to cover weight-loss drugs would work
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is developing a pilot program that could change the landscape of obesity ...
Medicaid, Medicare may cover weight loss drugs under new pilot program: report
Blockbuster weight loss drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound have surged in popularity, but high prices have left them out of reach for many obese Americans.