What We're Reading: Medicaid Premiums Go Unpaid; GOP Weighs CSR Move; New Ideas in Rural Health
Thousands of people in 5 states are not paying monthly premiums towards their Medicaid benefits; the House GOP is considering a complicated, multistep budget maneuver regarding Affordable Care Act cost-sharing reductions; a report says it's time to reimagine what healthcare could look like in rural America.
Few on Mediciaid Pay Monthly Premiums Towards Care
In Arkansas, few Medicaid enrollees are paying new $13 monthly premiums, which apply only to recipients whose earnings surpass the poverty level, according to
House GOP Mulls Cost-Sharing Reduction Budget Maneuver
House Republican leaders are weighing a controversial, multistep plan that would have the Budget Committee direct the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to take Affordable Care Act cost-sharing reductions (CSRs) out of its baseline for projecting federal spending,
Time to Reimagine Rural Healthcare Report Says
More rural hospitals are closing, and some health policy analysts say it's time communities start thinking about changing healthcare structure in small towns,
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