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medicaid
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R.I. program provides care outside hospitals in effort to reduce ER use
Using community health workers to work with frequent emergency room visitors is showing some success in reducing ER use. The…
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States yank dental benefits, leaving low-income adults in hole
The photo of the man sitting in a dental chair, cradling his hurting face, drew me right into the San…
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Story highlights parents affected by state decision on Medicaid expansion
Ron Jackson of Oklahoma Watch wrote one of the best stories I’ve seen laying out the policy dimensions and the…
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Free dental services try to help the uninsured
Most Americans probably enjoyed a good meal or two during the holidays. But staying well-nourished, let alone enjoying food, are…
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Cost of long-term care merits coverage, discussion
With the baby boomers aging into Medicare and heading into years when physical decline and disability gradually become more common,…
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Webcast explores aging adults’ contributions, widening disparities, creating ‘synthetic families’
You don’t often hear about how much older adults contribute to society. That’s a shame. It allows the aging of…
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Focus on Medicaid as budget debates escalate
Don’t forget about Medicaid as the budget debate occupies center stage in Washington. Howard Gleckman reminds us why this is…
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Panelists: Watch state activities for stories about seniors’ health services
What lies ahead for Medicare now that election results are in? Two words sum up the short-term outlook: cost cutting.…
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Health Policy news looks at exchanges, Medicaid expansion decisions
ProPublica’s Tracy Weber and Charles Ornstein, also AHCJ’s president, lay out in maps how various Health Policy mandates will play…
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Election could affect ACA’s expansion of dental care
Dental coverage might not have grabbed top billing in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, but the law does…