{"id":817,"date":"2023-03-02T20:46:40","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T20:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthynewsusa.com\/?p=817"},"modified":"2023-03-02T20:46:41","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T20:46:41","slug":"march-medicaid-madness-kaiser-health-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthynewsusa.com\/?p=817","title":{"rendered":"March Medicaid Madness | Kaiser Health News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-people block--people\">\n<h3 class=\"people-title\">\n\t\tThe Host\t<\/h3>\n<div class=\"people-card-container single\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-people-card block--people-card\">\n<div class=\"author-image-container\">\n\t\t\t<img srcset=\"https:\/\/khn.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Rovner-Julie2022_sq.jpg 600w, https:\/\/khn.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Rovner-Julie2022_sq.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/khn.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Rovner-Julie2022_sq.jpg?resize=500,500 500w, https:\/\/khn.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Rovner-Julie2022_sq.jpg?resize=480,480 480w, https:\/\/khn.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Rovner-Julie2022_sq.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/khn.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Rovner-Julie2022_sq.jpg?resize=120,120 120w, https:\/\/khn.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Rovner-Julie2022_sq.jpg?resize=170,170 170w, https:\/\/khn.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Rovner-Julie2022_sq.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/khn.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Rovner-Julie2022_sq.jpg?resize=315,315 315w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 150px\"\/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>With Medicare and Social Security apparently off the table for federal budget cuts, the focus has turned to Medicaid, the federal-state health program for those with low incomes. President Joe Biden has made it clear he wants to protect the program, along with the Affordable Care Act, but Republicans will likely propose cuts to both when they present a proposed budget in the next several weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, confusion over abortion restrictions continues, particularly at the FDA. One lawsuit in Texas calls for a federal judge to temporarily halt distribution of the abortion pill mifepristone. A separate suit, though, asks a different federal judge to temporarily make the drug easier to get, by removing some of the FDA\u2019s safety restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s panelists are Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Rachel Cohrs of STAT News, and Lauren Weber of The Washington Post.<\/p>\n<p>Among the takeaways from this week\u2019s episode:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>States are working to review Medicaid eligibility for millions of people as pandemic-era coverage rules lapse at the end of March, amid fears that many Americans kicked off Medicaid who are eligible for free or near-free coverage under the ACA won\u2019t know their options and will go uninsured.<\/li>\n<li>Biden promised this week to stop Republicans from \u201cgutting\u201d Medicaid and the ACA. But not all Republicans are on board with cuts to Medicaid. Between the party\u2019s narrow majority in the House and the fact that Medicaid pays for nursing homes for many seniors, cutting the program is a politically dicey move.<\/li>\n<li>A national group that pushed the use of ivermectin to treat covid-19 is now hyping the drug as a treatment for flu and RSV \u2014 despite a lack of clinical evidence to support their claims that it is effective against any of those illnesses. Nonetheless, there is a movement of people, many of them doctors, who believe ivermectin works.<\/li>\n<li>In reproductive health news, a federal judge recently ruled that a Texas law cannot be used to prosecute groups that help women travel out of state to obtain abortions. And the abortion issue has highlighted the role of attorneys general around the country \u2014 politicizing a formerly nonpartisan state post. \u2013And Eli Lilly announced plans to cut the price of some insulin products and cap out-of-pocket costs, though their reasons may not be completely altruistic: An expert pointed out that a change to Medicaid rebates next year means drugmakers soon will have to pay the government every time a patient fills a prescription for insulin, meaning Eli Lilly\u2019s plan could save the company money.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Plus, for \u201cextra credit,\u201d the panelists suggest health policy stories they read this week that they think you should read, too:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Julie Rovner:<\/strong> The New York Times\u2019 \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/02\/28\/business\/jazz-narcolepsy-avadel-patents.html\">A Drug Company Exploited a Safety Requirement to Make Money<\/a>,\u201d by Rebecca Robbins.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alice Miranda Ollstein:<\/strong> The New York Times\u2019 \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/02\/25\/us\/unaccompanied-migrant-child-workers-exploitation.html?smid=tw-share\">Alone and Exploited, Migrant Children Work Brutal Jobs Across the U.S.<\/a>,\u201d by Hannah Dreier.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rachel Cohrs:<\/strong> STAT News\u2019 \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2023\/02\/27\/nonprofit-hospitals-failing-americans-their-boards-may-be-why\/\">Nonprofit Hospitals Are Failing Americans. Their Boards May Be a Reason Why<\/a>,\u201d by Sanjay Kishore and Suhas Gondi.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lauren Weber:<\/strong> KHN and CBS News\u2019 \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/khn.org\/news\/article\/dental-device-lawsuits-displaced-teeth-agga-steve-galella\/\">This Dental Device Was Sold to Fix Patients\u2019 Jaws. Lawsuits Claim It Wrecked Their Teeth<\/a>,\u201d by Brett Kelman and Anna Werner.<\/p>\n<p>Also mentioned in this week\u2019s podcast:<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p><em>To hear all our podcasts,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/khn.org\/news\/tag\/podcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And subscribe to KHN\u2019s What the Health? on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/32EdsB662C3oyIrqLMmBXI?si=TQhRjzzLTgWtK3crfbOFtA\">Spotify<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/what-the-health\/id1253607372?mt=2\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/kaiser-health-news\/what-the-health\">Stitcher<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.pocketcasts.com\/web\/podcasts\/a379e280-3f57-0135-9028-63f4b61a9224\">Pocket Casts<\/a>, or wherever you listen to podcasts.<\/em><\/p>\n<section class=\"block--category-tag-list \">\n<div class=\"category-tag-list__content-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"block--category-tag-list__title\">\n\t\t\t\tRelated Topics\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a class=\"category-tag-list__contact-link\" href=\"https:\/\/khn.org\/contact-us\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tContact Us\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<a class=\"category-tag-list__tip-link\" href=\"https:\/\/khn.org\/tips\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tSubmit a Story Tip\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Host With Medicare and Social Security apparently off the table for federal budget cuts, the focus has turned to Medicaid, the federal-state health program for those with low incomes. 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