Medicaid

Dozens of academics in public health and health law told a federal judge that CMS misrepresented studies on the relationship between work and health when the agency approved Arkansas’ controversial program of Medicaid work requirements.

Rep. Anna Eshoo announced Friday (Nov. 9) her bid to chair the House Energy & Commerce health subcommittee, which is expected to be a key position given Democrats’ campaign promises to work on health care policies and control drug prices.

HHS and CMS should instruct Arkansas to temporarily stop kicking people off Medicaid for failing to comply with the state’s controversial new work requirement program, the federal advisory commission on Medicaid told HHS Secretary Alex Azar in a letter Thursday (Nov. 8).

CMS proposed a rule that aims to better ensure consumers are not dually enrolled in exchange and other public coverage, including Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP and the Basic Health Plan.

The White House Office of Management and Budget on Tuesday (Nov. 6) finished its review of the Trump administration's proposed revamp of Medicaid managed care regulations, which has been in the works since shortly after President Trump took office.

Voters in Idaho, Nebraska and Utah chose Tuesday (Nov. 6) to expand Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act, but voters in Montana rejected a ballot initiative that would have made that state’s Medicaid expansion permanent.

Voters in four crimson-red states could expand Medicaid eligibility to more than 300,000 people on Tuesday (Nov. 6) in ballot referendums designed to circumvent years of opposition from conservative elected officials in those states.

Democratic lawmakers who are in line for leadership positions if House Democrats take control after the midterm elections have made curbing prescription drug prices one of their top issues.

Wisconsin on Wednesday (Oct. 31) became the latest state to receive federal permission to add work requirements and premiums to its Medicaid program, but the state backpedaled on a proposal to make beneficiaries take drug tests after CMS expressed concerns about it.