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Prison Health Care is Broken Under the Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy

Bill of Health

The Humane Correctional Health Care Act (H.R.3514) When incarcerated individuals receive care, providers are often unfamiliar with their medical history, an obstacle to chronic disease treatment. While hospitals and clinics abide by the Center for Medicaid & Medicare Services guidelines, jails and prisons do not.

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Churntables: A Look at the Record on Medicaid Redetermination Plans

Bill of Health

After the PHE, states can facilitate smooth transitions for those no longer eligible for Medicaid by taking advantage of the full 12- to 14- month period that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has established for redetermining eligibility.

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Large Employers’ Focus on Prescription Drugs: Costs, Coupons and Communication

Health Populi

Co-pay accumulators are being discussed across health plan types, including government-sponsored plans like Medicare along with commercial health insurance programs. The margins between voters’ demands for single payer versus Medicare4All versus public option/ACA update may become increasingly thin.

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US Rep. Gaetz’s Diagnosis of What’s Driving Insulin Costs Misses the Root Cause

Kaiser Health News

The House bill would cap the cost of insulin at $35 per month for individuals who have private insurance or for those on Medicare. ” How Is Congress Addressing Insulin Prices? However, the bill does nothing to help the uninsured who need insulin. Democrats unanimously supported the legislation, as did 12 Republicans. 7, 2019.

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Failures of Imagination in Public Health Policy

Bill of Health

Failing to use litigation against inadequate public health actions, as did the early civil rights and environmental movements. Failing to anticipate litigation that challenges our efforts, such as with the ACA or the upcoming attempt to “codify Roe v. Failing to demand moral leadership of governmental actors. Absolutely.

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The Infertility Shift

Bill of Health

HIPAA and the ACA both responded to concerns about “job lock” – that employer-sponsored insurance restricted job mobility and entrepreneurship. Fertility treatment and the infertility shift only add to this stress. The infertility shift further distorts the already fun-house mirror effects of employer-sponsored insurance on the labor economy.

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Love ACA Provisions, Not the ACA – KFF Poll Reveals American Voters’ Views on Health Care Reform

Health Populi

Among Democrats and people leaning Dem, the most popular health reform “form” is to expand coverage further building on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) (55%) versus replacing it with a Medicare-For-All plan (39%) for which Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren passionately argued in last night’s debate.

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