More than 93 million people were enrolled as of February.
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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.
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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.
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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 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Maine Voices: Outdated law denies appropriate care to people with serious brain disorders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.
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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.
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Maine Voices: Inequities in mental health treatment are health care’s greatest injustice
Laws like the one that keeps Medicaid from covering inpatient behavioral care are not only discriminatory but also can have dire consequences for Maine families.
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Maine Voices: Funding must follow mandate for Medicaid providers
People who care for Medicaid recipients deserve a living wage – but their employers can’t afford to pay it unless Maine raises the reimbursement rate.
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Pandemic swells Medicaid enrollment to record 80 million people
The pandemic-caused recession and a federal requirement that states keep Medicaid beneficiaries enrolled until the national emergency ends swelled the pool of people in the program by more than 9 million over the past year, according to a new report. The latest figures, released Thursday, show Medicaid enrollment grew from 71.3 million in February 2020, […]
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Maine Voices: A car crash left me paralyzed. Home care workers let me work, support my family
When caregivers have economic stability, people with disabilities do, too. Maine’s senators should listen to people like me who support the American Jobs Plan.