About 19,000 Maine residents over 65, many of them low-income women living alone, will be made eligible for the program under the new law.
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Posted inHealth, Nation & World
More than 1 million people dropped from Medicaid as states start post-pandemic purge of rolls
More than 93 million people were enrolled as of February.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Work requirements won’t solve labor shortages
And they do more harm than good, especially among the people they’re supposed to help.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News
Kicked off Medicaid: Millions at risk as states trim rolls
An unprecedented nationwide review of the 84 million enrollees over the next year will require states to remove people whose incomes are now too high for the federal-state program.
Posted inHealth
How to shop for new insurance if you lose Medicaid coverage
States will start cutting people from the government-funded plans when they no longer qualify based on income.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News
In nursing homes, impoverished residents live final days on pennies
A half-century-old bit of American bureaucracy is leaving hundreds of thousands of nursing home residents in an unthinkable bind: Living on as little as $30 a month.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Republicans want to cut Medicare. Here’s how real leaders would handle the deficit
The difference between public servant and politician has seldom been more stark than it is today.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Outdated law denies appropriate care to people with serious brain disorders
Hospital violence, in Maine as elsewhere, can be traced right back to a federal law from 1965.
Posted inTimes Record
The Conversation: Medicaid enrollment soared by 25% during the COVID-19 pandemic – but a big decline could happen soon
THE CONVERSATION — Medicaid, the government-funded U.S. health insurer for people with low incomes, grew by about 25% between February 2020 and May 2022 as policies adopted at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic expanded the program’s reach. All told, the number of people enrolled in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, which serves kids in […]
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine’s new surplus should fund mental health
State refund checks will help offset inflationary pressures on households, but higher prices are not our only problem.