by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 17, 2023 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
The Pentagon will allow service members up to three weeks of leave to travel for abortions and other noncovered reproductive health care,according to a slate of new policies announced on Thursday. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin first announced in October that the...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 13, 2023 | Access & Coverage
A Wall Street Journal article discusses how the Biden administration is expanding states’ ability to use Medicaid funding to pay for food and nutritional counseling. Last year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved three state demonstrations...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 9, 2023 | Access & Coverage
A review conducted by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research found that a five-year experiment aimed at improving care for some of California’s most at-risk Medicaid patients resulted in fewer hospitalizations and ER visits. The researchers found that for every...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 8, 2023 | Access & Coverage
Mississippi state senators passed a bill Tuesday that would extend postpartum Medicaid coverage from two months to a full year. State senators voted last year for an extension, but it failed in the House amid opposition from the Republican House Speaker, Phillip Gunn....
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 31, 2023 | Access & Coverage
The Biden administration proposed a new rule that would reverse a Trump-era policy that made it easier for employers to refuse to offer birth control coverage in company-sponsored health plans. The new rule would omit the “moral” exemption and retain the...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 30, 2023 | Access & Coverage
Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved California’s landmark Medicaid 1115 reentry waiver, allowing California inmates to access limited services 90 days before being released. Not only will this waiver improve health care...
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