by Editorial Staff | Apr 19, 2021 | ADA, Employee benefit plans, Medicaid
On April 14th, 2021, the Department of Labor (DOL) selected seven states to participate in a mental health initiative. The Advancing State Policy Integration for Recovery and Employment (ASPIRE) initiative would increase employment for individuals with mental health...
by Girish Anand | May 14, 2019 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, Medicare, Obamacare
As “Medicare for All” becomes the mantra of several candidates for president, all progressive Democrats, Washington State on Monday inaugurated its own version of a public option health insurance plan, based on expanding the qualifications for Medicaid to...
by Girish Anand | Mar 28, 2019 | Medicaid
UPDATE: Arkansas has asked the Trump administration to appeal the judge’s ruling, and Indiana is proceeding nonstop to implement Medicaid work rules without regard to the rulings in Kentucky and Arkansas. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg has blocked the...
by Girish Anand | Feb 12, 2019 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, Obamacare
The legislature has approved — and Utah Gov. Gary R. Herbert (R.) has signed — legislation that curtails the wish of state voters who, in November, approved a referendum expanding access to Medicaid to residents with incomes up to 138 percent of the...
by Girish Anand | Nov 28, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CMS, Medicaid, Medicare
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is granting waivers for states to establish work requirements for the able-bodied who receive Medicaid health care services. The requirements usually consist of community service, job training or schooling, if not...
by Girish Anand | Nov 7, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Medicaid
Three states that are considered mostly Republican-leaning (aka “red states”) approved the expansion of Medicaid at the ballot box Tuesday. Idaho, Nebraska and Utah all said yes, while Montana rejected permanent Medicaid expansion after embracing the...
