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Medicaid Cuts Proposed by Congress Will Shift Costs to States, Reduce Benefits, and Hurt Families
In North Carolina, eligibility for Medicaid and other social services is completed by county staff, which consists of 100 ...
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The Challenge of Measuring Maternal Mortality in the U.S.
In the U.S., the maternal mortality rate is greater than in other high-income countries, with persistent racial and ethnic ...
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How State Budget Shortfalls Could Put Medicaid Dental Coverage at Risk
Dental benefits for adults in Medicaid are a frequent target for budget cuts; state budget shortfalls could make cuts more ...
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Reducing Medicaid Churn: Policies to Promote Stable Health Coverage and Access to Care
Policymakers have several options to reduce churn in Medicaid enrollment, including expanding continuous eligibility and ...
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Federal Cuts to Medicaid Could End Medicaid Expansion and Affect Hospitals in Nearly Every State
The U.S. Congress is considering deep cuts to federal Medicaid spending, as much as $880 billion over 10 years. According to the Congressional Budget Office, such cuts would represent a 12 percent ...
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Proposed Rule Will Make Consumers Pay More for Health Insurance and Care in the ACA Marketplaces
The Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) marketplaces are providing affordable health insurance plans to a record 24 million Americans in a price-competitive market. Working-class people have enjoyed lower ...
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How National Medicaid Work Requirements Would Lead to Large-Scale Job Losses, Harm State Economies, and Strain Budgets
The Republican-led Congress has passed a “concurrent budget resolution” under which leaders of the House of Representatives and the Senate have agreed to identify at least $1.5 trillion in savings as ...
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Hispanic/Latino Adults Lack Adequate, Affordable Health Insurance Coverage
Good health insurance is an essential component of affordable, accessible, and equitable health care. That’s why the Commonwealth Fund regularly asks people: how good is your coverage? And, when we ...
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Trends in Employer Health Insurance Costs, 2014–2023: Coverage Is More Expensive for Workers in Small Businesses
Mirror, Mirror 2024 is your opportunity to explore the impact of policy choices on health and well-being across 10 countries, including the U.S. Read the report here. Employer-sponsored health ...
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The State of Health Insurance Coverage in the U.S.
An estimated 26 million Americans, or 8 percent of the U.S. population, lacked health insurance in 2023. 1 While the United States still lags countries that have universal coverage, today’s uninsured ...
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How Undoing the Affordable Care Act Would Affect Americans’ Health Care
Pending the outcome of the 2024 presidential and congressional elections, the fate of the Affordable Care Act, or ACA, may hang in the balance. Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump has a ...
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Health Care for Women: How the U.S. Compares Internationally
Recently released federal data once again show the United States with by far the highest rate of maternal deaths of any high-income nation, despite a decline since the COVID-19 pandemic. 1 Racial ...