“Almost 5 million able-bodied Medicaid recipients ‘simply choose not to work’ and ‘spend six hours a day socializing and watching television.’” Scott Jennings on “CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip” on July 1 Republicans defended the GOP megabill’s Medicaid changes as targeting a group of people they believe shouldn’t qualify: people who can work but instead…
Office of Inspector General finds HIPAA audit implementation was too narrowly scoped to effectively assess electronic protected health information protections
Donald Trump could have destroyed the Affordable Care Act, but “he chose to build upon [it].” Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) on “Meet the Press,” Sept. 15 Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) on Sept. 15 told viewers of NBC’s “Meet the Press” that former President Donald Trump built up the Affordable Care Act, even though Trump could…
Proposed changes in eligibility rules in both SNAP and Medicaid may jeopardize some people’s access to both adequate food and health care if various provisions of the bill take effect, in part because there is a significant overlap in eligibility requirements for Medicaid and SNAP across states. Four in 10 (40%) Medicaid enrollees receive SNAP…
February has seen a slew of executive hires, exits and layoffs across the healthcare industry. For example, health tech companies like Cadence and Bamboo Health hired new C-suite leaders, and providers like Mass General Brigham and Corewell Health announced rounds of job cuts. The post Healthcare Moves: A Monthly Summary of Hires, Exits and Layoffs…
Numerous advocacy organizations are sounding the alarm over a recent HHS notice that restricts access to federal benefits for undocumented immigrants, as well as for those lawfully present. The post Why HHS’ Notice On Federal Public Benefits Harms Both Lawfully Present and Undocumented Immigrants appeared first on MedCity News.
Federal law requires that all nonprofit hospitals have financial assistance policies — also known as “charity care” — to reduce or expunge people’s medical bills. New research from Dollar For, an organization dedicated to helping people get access to charity care, suggests that fewer than one-third of people who qualify for charity care actually receive…
In the U.S., Hispanic/Latino people have been disproportionately affected by HIV since the epidemic’s beginning, and that disparity has deepened over time. Hispanic/Latino people represent a larger share of HIV diagnoses and people estimated to be living with HIV relative to their population size. This fact sheet provides an overview of the impact of HIV…
Check out news from Alpha Sophia, Rezilient Health, Rippl, Nym, and Mithradote Bio. The post StartUPDATES: New Developments from Healthcare Startups appeared first on MedCity News.
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