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medicaid
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Will jobs beat ideology to spur Medicaid expansion in the South?
We’ve written extensively about Medicaid expansion and the impact on hospitals that have many low-income uninsured patients that would be…
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Finding fresh ways to report on Medicaid, changes in health care system
The Washington, D.C., chapter of AHCJ held an event about Medicaid in late October with Matt Salo, who leads the…
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Health Policy hasn’t negated demand for special event ‘megaclinics’
In an Oct. 13 story, Susan Abram informed readers of the Los Angeles Daily News that a city sports arena…
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Atlanta journalist finds one series leads to another … and another … and another
Cover health care, or any beat, long enough and most journalists will discover that one story leads naturally to another.…
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Data raises questions: Is health exchange churn an affordability challenge, or the result of a new job?
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reported this fall that the number of people covered – that is,…
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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…