The Latest Breaking News from Medicaid

Abortion bans and a looming Medicaid deadline could make a bad maternal health crisis worse. Will lawmakers act in time?

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento and Solano counties are in a standoff with the state over mental health coverage for a portion of Medicaid patients in those counties — a dispute that threatens to disrupt care for nearly 50,000 low-income residents receiving treatment for severe mental illness.

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has signed legislation to solidify a full year of Medicaid coverage for women after birth

Confusion over new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services negotiating plans sent REGN and HALO stocks tumbling Thursday.

WASHINGTON — A patchwork of state laws in the aftermath of a Supreme Court decision overturning the right to an abortion, combined with pandemic-related burnout and low reimbursement rates, could exacerbate an already looming national shortage of obstetrician-gynecologists, experts say.

Experts worry that a shortage of OBGYNs will exacerbate an increase in problems related to maternal and prenatal health.

Starting April 1, states will have to process through all people on their Medicaid rolls.

LAS VEGAS — President Joe Biden on Wednesday urged lawmakers to work together to lower drug prescription costs for Americans.

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A half-century-old bit of American bureaucracy is leaving hundreds of thousands of nursing home residents in an unthinkable bind: Living on as little as $30 a month

A Google chatbot now consistently passes medical exam questions with a score of 85%.