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medicaid
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Journalists expose weaknesses in Idaho’s fragmented, threadbare mental health system
Last fall, The Idaho Statesman newspaper and NPR member station Boise State Public Radio ran a series titled, “In Crisis,”…
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What that recent emergency department survey didn’t tell us
Earlier this month many of us received a news release from the American College of Emergency Physicians about a survey that…
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Reporters offer state, local story ideas for covering ACA #ahcj15
The first day of Health Journalism 2015 featured a session “The ACA: Will it survive? And how to cover it…
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Maintaining Medicaid ‘bump’ a state-by-state endeavor
Medicaid pay rates for doctors in many states traditionally have been extremely low – so low that most physicians didn’t…
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Personal story illustrates multiple barriers to health care, need for navigators
Elizabeth Piatt begins the narrative of her reluctant journey into the Medicaid dental care system this way: “In the spring…
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In global struggle to care for aging populations, plenty of room for improvement
Compared with other industrialized nations, patients age 65 or older in the U.S. are generally in poorer overall health and…
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Reporter shares experience covering Medicaid’s orthodontic benefits
After a hint from her own dentist, Sheila Hagar started looking into concerns about the rising numbers of Medicaid kids getting…
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Clearing up confusion about those enrolled in both Medicare, Medicaid
Dual eligibles are low-income elderly or disabled people enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid. The distinctions are sometimes bewildering. It’s easy…
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Tennessean reporter investigates complaints over Medicaid dental provider
Quite a few folks in Tennessee are upset right now with DentaQuest, the giant dental benefits company that took over…
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Reporter looks into rise in kids’ orthodontic care in Wash.
Though a state investigation has failed to prove that any dental providers committed fraud, scandal still hovers over Texas’ Medicaid…