by Jessica Casebolt | Jun 13, 2023 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
The Health and Human Services Department (HHS) announced new flexibilities for states to use during the Medicaid redeterminations process, as Secretary Xavier Becerra expressed concern at the number of enrollees removed from the program. The expanded flexibilities...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jun 12, 2023 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
More than 725,000 Medicaid recipients have been pushed off the safety net program’s rolls as of last week, based on data from 14 states that are unwinding a pandemic-era policy that assured continuous coverage, according to a KFF tracker. KFF has estimated that...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jun 5, 2023 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
On Friday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law a bill that bars transgender kids from getting puberty blockers and hormone therapies, though the new law could face legal challenges before it takes effect on September 1. Senate Bill 14’s passage brings to the...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 16, 2023 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
A federal appeals court Monday partially paused a ruling from a Texas district court judge that jeopardized access to free preventive care for 150 million Americans. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit granted the Biden administration’s request for a partial...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 11, 2023 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
Vermont’s Republican governor signed abortion and gender-affirming shield bills into law Wednesday that are the first in the country to explicitly include protecting access to abortion medication even if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration withdraws its approval of...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 5, 2023 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
During the period of continuous Medicaid enrollment (February 2020 – March 2023), the uninsured rate in the US dropped to the lowest level ever recorded, but as of April 1, 2023, several states resumed disenrolling people from Medicaid, leading to concerns over...
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