
What We're Reading: Lawsuit Over Short-Term Insurance; Panel Worried About Arkansas; Heroin Use Drops
Patient and advocacy groups filed a lawsuit seeking to block the Trump administration’s plan to let people buy short-term health insurance that doesn’t comply with the Affordable Care Act; members of the federal Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission advisory panel expressed concerns that 4350 low-income people in Arkansas had lost Medicaid coverage because they failed to show they were complying with new work requirements; half as many people tried heroin for the first time in 2017 as in 2016, but marijuana use grew.
Trump Administration Sued Over Short-Term Health Insurance
Patient and advocacy groups filed a lawsuit seeking to block the Trump administration’s plan to let people buy short-term health insurance that doesn’t comply with the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Federal Panel Concerned About Arkansas Patients Losing Medicaid Due to Work Requirements
Members of the federal Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission advisory panel expressed concerns that 4350 low-income people in Arkansas had lost Medicaid coverage because they failed to show they were complying with new work requirements,
Heroin Use Drops but More People Try Marijuana, Report Says
Half as many people tried heroin for the first time in 2017 as in 2016,
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