by Jordana Choucair | Aug 9, 2021 | Newsletter, Tea Leaves
Access & Coverage: Nearly 20 Senate Democrats reintroduced legislation Friday to create a new Medicaid-based public option. According to the press release, the bill could help state residents who may make too much to qualify for ACA income-based subsidies on the...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 6, 2021 | Newsletter, Tea Leaves
D.C. News: After debating the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill late into the night, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer adjourned the session and said proceedings would resume Saturday. The CBO estimates that, contrary to negotiators’ claims that the price tag...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 5, 2021 | Newsletter, Tea Leaves
Access & Coverage: CMS officials communicated to Montana state officials that the agency will likely reject the state’s request to include work requirements in its Medicaid expansion program. The decision has made the future of Montana’s program uncertain;...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 4, 2021 | Newsletter, Tea Leaves
Access & Coverage: The Oklahoma Health Care Authority reported that more than 150,000 Oklahomans have qualified for Medicaid under a voter-approved expansion of the program. Of those, nearly 91,000 live in urban areas and about 63,000 in rural Oklahoma. About half...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 3, 2021 | Newsletter, Tea Leaves
D.C. News: The White House said it has exported more than 110 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to 65 countries, after grappling with logistical issues that slowed the initial shipments in June. Natalie Quillian, deputy coordinator of the White House’s COVID-19...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 2, 2021 | Newsletter, Tea Leaves
D.C. News: Senators unveiled a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure proposal on Sunday on after negotiators worked through the weekend. The 2,702-page bill is substantially narrower than the multitrillion-dollar plan envisioned by President Biden earlier this year,...
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