Covered California pushes for better healthcare as federal spending cuts loom https://www.byteseu.com/956784/ #California #CaliforniaHealthPlan #care #child #Congress #day #FederalSubsidy #folk #Health #LosAngelesTimes #Medicaid #money #MonicaSoni #people #PrimaryCareDoctor #vaccine
So, heads up for anybody else in #Illinois and is on #Medicaid. I found out today that #Walgreens is no longer enrolled in the IL Medicaid pharmacy plan. I did not receive any notification of this from either Walgreens or Medicaid. So you might want to call member services for whatever insurance company you have through Medicaid and talk to somebody in the pharmacy department to get a list of pharmacies near you that are still in network.
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"Are Medicaid recipients really 'deadbeats'?" Republican Congressman Keith Self made headlines with disparaging comments about Medicaid, yet most recipients are working people struggling to afford healthcare. His stance echoes a harmful narrative that overlooks the realities faced by the working class. This push against Medicaid could deepen distrust in public assistance programs. To explore this critical issue, [read more](https://crooksandliars.com/2025/04/republicans-playing-reagans-welfare-queen). #Medicaid #Healthcare #Politics #WorkingClass
Ummm.... @actuallyautistic
Here’s the data the #NIH can collect from your medical history for its ‘#autism database’
Story by Julia Musto, 4/23/2025
Excerpt: "While it remains unclear exactly what data will be collected, under the presented platform NIH researchers could have access to:
- Americans’ #prescription information, including the type of medication and how they are prescribed
- Data collected during medical studies in a multitude of areas and from public and private institutions
- Data collected from peoples’ #smartwatches, which can range from heart health to sleep patterns
- #Claims from private insurers that can cover items such as lengthy hospital stays, #screening and testing
- Data from the Centers for #Medicare and #Medicaid Services, which includes #referrals to specialists, enrollment, #diagnoses, and more "
"As Republicans in Congress consider cutting the federal share of Medicaid funding, states are weighing numerous options to scale back their programs. But voters in three states have significantly limited those options by enshrining Medicaid expansion in their constitutions — creating a potential budget disaster and a political challenge for the GOP."
@KimPerales Ohio has a trigger law in the 2026 budget that would rollback Ohio's Medicaid Expansion automatically if federal funding matching dropped a certain percentage. That would remove coverage for at least 770,000 people in Ohio.
The law specifies that if the federal matching rate (FMAP) for medical assistance provided to Group VIII enrollees is set below 90%, ODM must immediately terminate medical assistance for members of the group.
It passed the House and is moving to the Senate now. Ohio is a trifecta GOP control super-majority state. Both the House and Senate, Governorship and the Supreme Court. #Medicaid #Ohio #ACA #USPol
https://www.kff.org/status-of-state-medicaid-expansion-decisions/
House Bill 96 — Make state operating appropriations for FY 2026-27 page 4740, Section 333.360. GROUP VIII TRANSITION PLAN
https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/136/hb96
In Hobbs, #NewMexico, Sherif says about 85% of his patients are on #Medicaid, the federal & state #HealthInsurance program for #LowIncome Americans. His clinic orders about $50,000 worth of #measles, #chickenpox & other #vaccines per month through the program, he says, an amount of #money impossible for his small clinic to afford if not covered by the federal program.
“If I were to buy them by myself, I would not get enough for my patients,” he said.
$10 million payout to Casey Desantis charity came from a company that committed Medicaid fraud. This money, intended to reimburse FL taxpayers for fraud, was redirected into Desantis charity, then later used to help defeat the abortion rights and marijuana legalization amendment.
As Congress considers a multi-trillion dollar budget plan to extend the expiring provisions in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act through reconciliation, Urban Institute researchers are analyzing how possible changes to the Medicaid program to pay for the tax cuts would affect access to health care and health care spending.
https://www.urban.org/tags/medicaid-analysis-inform-2025-reconciliation
Both sources, who were not authorized to speak publicly, said they expected the policy to come from the agency that oversees #Medicare and #Medicaid health programs.
The first source said he had been told directly by govt #health officials that they were exploring such a policy, which he described as a mid-level priority for the #Trump Administration as it tries to lower #drug prices.
New Law Increases Oversight of Arizona Sober Living Homes
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The legislation follows a ProPublica and Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting investigation on a $2 billion Medicaid fraud scheme that targeted Native Americans seeking drug and alcohol treatment.
https://www.propublica.org/article/arizona-sober-living-homes-oversight-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
I guess the Republican plan is to just step over the hoards of homeless people that will line the streets.
'Big downsizing': GOP scheming to snatch health insurance from 'millions of low-income Americans'
https://www.alternet.org/trump-johnson-obamacare-medicaid/
#Protesters rally in #PortlandME, advocating for protection of rights amid Trump tensions
Story by Allyson Lapierre, WGME
PORTLAND, Maine (WGME) -- "Making their voices be heard on a day of #revolution, a rally on Saturday pays tribute to the #250thAnniversary of the 'shot heard around the world,' a day that marks the start of the Revolutionary War.
" 'They’re taking away my Social Security and my #MaineCare away from me...which side are you on?' Olivia McDermott, who has #DownSyndrome, said.
"McDermott came to advocate for herself and others who have #disabilities who depend on #SocialSecurity and #Medicaid.
" 'I get really upset that this is happening to me and other people with #disabilities. They go to school like this, and I don’t want people to feel uncomfortable about it,' McDermott said.
"Olivia's mom, Maura Mcdermott, is a #SpecialEducationTeacher. She's worried the $Trump administration could take away those benefits.
" 'We need to not cut the services. We need to expand #MedicaidForAll people, and we need to #TaxTheRich. Enough of this,' Maura said.
"Other protestors voiced concerns about state politics, specifically about Maine senators.
" '#SusanCollins had better vote 'no, no, no' to the #SAVEAct because those are all voting rights, and we need voting for next election,' Nina McKee, a Scarborough resident, said.
"Despite the anniversary of the #AmericanRevolution, protesters on Saturday said there's little to feel #patriotic about.
" 'I can’t even express the need for us to stand up against what is happening in our country. It is beyond consumption,' McKee said.
" 'There’s no good thing going on right now, so any change is for the better,' Duncan Potter, a Brunswick resident, said."
Medicaid cuts will devastate NY health care, economy https://www.byteseu.com/935564/ #AI #Congress #content #Enabled #Health #HealthInsurance #HealthPolicy #highlights #house #insurance #Medicaid #Negative #new #NewYork #NY #of #Opinion #Opinion(NY) #OpinionContent #Overall #OverallNegative #Policy #Politics #Representatives #story #StoryHighlightsAIEnabled #texas #U.S. #U.s.Congress #U.S.HouseOfRepresentatives #york
"While she lived on the streets, K's mental illness spiraled out of control. She sometimes stayed in shelters but often got kicked out because of her symptoms and behaviors. When she did take her prescribed medications, she experienced side effects such as incontinence — another disqualification from shelters."
New entry of AI-generated #comics and #jokes added to our #website:
comics.lucentinian.com/6867
#Comedy #VisitUsNow #FunnyNews #DailyLaughs #DailyComedy
"It's good that Rs pushing back on #Medicaid cuts -bc it means that all the pressure they're getting -decided to stop holding is working. KEEP THE PRESSURE UP. BUT... they all voted for the budget bill that incl those $880B of cuts & they all KNEW that this IMPLIED MASSIVE CUTS TO MDCD -hoped ppl wouldn't do that math.
IOW -shouldn't be seen as principled defenders of MDCD. These aren't ppl with a history of standing on pp -a lot of words that sound thoughtful -but are
DEEPLY #EVIL..."
