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Colorado on Dec. 5 became at least the fourth state to seek federal permission to use the strategy, following Florida, New Hampshire, and New Mexico.
These community health centers must take all patients regardless of their ability to pay, and, in return, they receive annual government grants and higher reimbursement rates from Medicaid and Medicare than private physicians.
States have spent little of the millions in federal dollars earmarked to tackle COVID health disparities.
More insurers may be covering in-vitro fertilization, but navigating provider networks can be a confusing--and expensive--process.
The power struggle has intensified around the waivers that states seek so they can test new approaches for delivering health services.
South Dakota is one of 12 remaining holdout states that have yet to expand Medicaid.
Nearly all in Texas and the Southeast—would be eligible for government-funded health insurance under the Democrats' $1.75T plan.
Democrats are moving to close the Medicaid coverage gap as they forge a package of new domestic spending.
For patients without a job-based plan, purchasing an independent dental policy is expensive and not always worth the investment.
Consumers are again facing delays getting tested, many turning to social media to complain.