Caseworkers Coax Homeless People out of Las Vegas’ Tunnels for Treatment
LAS VEGAS — Case manager Bryon Johnson flashed a light into a dark tunnel beneath the glitz of the Las Vegas Strip on a recent fall afternoon. He stepped into an opening in a concrete ditch littered with trash and…
Georgia’s Work Requirement Slows Processing of Applications for Medicaid, Food Stamps
ATLANTA — Deegant Adhvaryu completed his parents’ applications for Medicaid and food benefits in June. Then the waiting and frustration began. In July, his parents, Haresh and Nina Adhvaryu, received a letter saying their applications would be delayed, he said….
In Vermont, Where Almost Everyone Has Insurance, Many Can’t Find or Afford Care
RICHMOND, Vt. — On a warm autumn morning, Roger Brown walked through a grove of towering trees whose sap fuels his maple syrup business. He was checking for damage after recent flooding. But these days, his workers’ health worries him…
US Uninsured Rate Was Stable in 2023, Even as States’ Medicaid Purge Began
The proportion of Americans without health insurance remained stable in 2023, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday, close to the record low the Biden administration achieved in 2022 through expansions of public programs, including the Affordable Care Act. About 8% of…
La tasa de personas sin seguro médico se mantiene estable, a pesar de la purga de Medicaid
La proporción de personas sin seguro de salud se mantuvo estable en 2023, informó la Oficina del Censo. Fue solo un poco más alta que el récord del año anterior, gracias a la expansión de programas públicos de la administración…
A Tale of Two States: Arizona and Florida Diverge on How To Expand Kids’ Health Insurance
Arizona and Florida — whose rates of uninsured children are among the highest in the nation — set goals last year to widen the safety net that provides health insurance to people 18 and younger. But their plans to expand…
Funding Instability Plagues Program That Brings Docs to Underserved Areas
For Diana Perez, a medical resident at the Family Health Center of Harlem, the handwritten thank-you note she received from a patient is all the evidence she needs that she has chosen the right training path. Perez helped the patient,…
He Fell Ill on a Cruise. Before He Boarded the Rescue Boat, They Handed Him the Bill.
Vincent Wasney and his fiancée, Sarah Eberlein, had never visited the ocean. They’d never even been on a plane. But when they bought their first home in Saginaw, Michigan, in 2018, their real estate agent gifted them tickets for a…
Casi 1 de cada 4 adultos desafiliados de Medicaid siguen sin seguro, indica encuesta
Casi una cuarta parte de los adultos que fueron dados de baja de Medicaid el año pasado dicen que ahora no tienen seguro, según una encuesta que detalla cómo decenas de millones de estadounidenses lucharon por conservar la cobertura del…
Nearly 1 in 4 Adults Dumped From Medicaid Are Now Uninsured, Survey Finds
Nearly a quarter of adults disenrolled from Medicaid in the past year say they are now uninsured, according to a survey released Friday that details how tens of millions of Americans struggled to retain coverage in the government insurance program…