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medicaid
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Community health centers often fail to provide easy access to oral care
Locating both dental and medical providers at a community health center can better ensure that low-income patients get the oral…
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Dental care rates improve for children with public coverage but gaps persist, study says
More American children are obtaining dental services now than a decade ago. What’s more, a longstanding gap in dental visits…
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Report examines Medicaid’s role in community-based care for dual eligibles
Some low-income seniors who qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid — the dual eligibles — have the chance to age…
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Two government reports on the uninsured show trend toward historic lows
For the past two months, new data on the rate of the uninsured in the United States have reached what…
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New Fla. case alleges Medicaid dental fraud targeting frail, elderly
Back in May, reporters in Florida stayed busy covering the nightmarish story of a Jacksonville dentist under investigation for Medicaid…
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Dental emergencies persist even after the poor gain health coverage
Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act has brought health coverage to millions of new beneficiaries. But even with the…
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Hospital companies see fewer unpaid bills under ACA
A recent post by Bruce Japsen at Forbes makes a quick supplement to a post we did recently highlighting how…
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Obama’s Alaska trip highlights health, too
President Barack Obama’s trip to Alaska this week is aimed at highlighting climate change and the environment, but his health…
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Add context to your reporting by recalling who Medicaid actually serves
Here is an article that stood out amid the tidal wave of media coverage of Medicare and Medicaid’s 50th anniversary…
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Medicaid expansion shapes hospital financial health
We’ve all written a lot about the “Medicaid gap” – the low-income people who can’t get coverage under the Affordable…