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‘They Just Dumped Him Like Trash’: Nursing Homes Evict Vulnerable Residents

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‘They Just Dumped Him Like Trash’: Nursing Homes Evict Vulnerable Residents

Ruling in Arkansas case creates hurdle for Indiana’s Medicaid work mandates

News Story (Indiana)

Ruling in Arkansas case creates hurdle for Indiana’s Medicaid work mandates

February 18, 2020 | Marilyn Odendahl | Indiana Lawyer
Indiana’s attempt to impose work requirements on some Medicaid recipients likely suffered a setback Feb. 14 when an appellate court ruled that similar mandates in Arkansas fell outside the core objective of the federal health care program.
Tags: Medicaid | Work Requirements

U.S. Appeals Court Upholds Block on Arkansas Medicaid Work Requirement

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U.S. Appeals Court Upholds Block on Arkansas Medicaid Work Requirement

March 17, 2020 | Jacqueline Froelich | KUAR (Little Rock, AR)
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia unanimously found an experimental Arkansas Medicaid waiver program to be unlawful.
Tags: Lawsuit: Federal | Medicaid | Work Requirements

Indiana Suspends Medicaid Work Requirements Amid Lawsuit

News Story (Indiana)

Indiana Suspends Medicaid Work Requirements Amid Lawsuit

November 4, 2019 | Carter Barrett | Indiana Public Media
On Thursday, Indiana temporarily suspended its Medicaid work requirement program known as Gateway to Work. Like several other states, it faced a court challenge to rules that could have eliminated health insurance for many low-income Hoosiers.
Tags: Medicaid

For poor families, dropped Medicaid coverage in Missouri burdens lives full of trauma

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For poor families, dropped Medicaid coverage in Missouri burdens lives full of trauma

August 16, 2019 | Tony Messenger | St. Louis Post-Dispatch
In the last two years, Missouri has led the nation in this avoidable problem, seeing the number of children covered by Medicaid drop more than 16%, according to the latest numbers from the state.
Tags: Medicaid

‘They Just Dumped Him Like Trash’: Nursing Homes Evict Vulnerable Residents

‘They Just Dumped Him Like Trash’: Nursing Homes Evict Vulnerable Residents

Ruling in Arkansas case creates hurdle for Indiana’s Medicaid work mandates

Ruling in Arkansas case creates hurdle for Indiana’s Medicaid work mandates

U.S. Appeals Court Upholds Block on Arkansas Medicaid Work Requirement

U.S. Appeals Court Upholds Block on Arkansas Medicaid Work Requirement

Indiana Suspends Medicaid Work Requirements Amid Lawsuit

Indiana Suspends Medicaid Work Requirements Amid Lawsuit

For poor families, dropped Medicaid coverage in Missouri burdens lives full of trauma

For poor families, dropped Medicaid coverage in Missouri burdens lives full of trauma

17,000 Georgians cut off from Medicaid face messy bureaucracy

17,000 Georgians cut off from Medicaid face messy bureaucracy

Suit filed over Medicaid terminations

Suit filed over Medicaid terminations