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All states and the District of Columbia will lose more federal Medicaid funding under the Senate-passed bill than under the House-passed bill. In 14 states, the Senate bill would reduce federal Medicaid spending by at least $5 billion more than the House bill would have.
Recently courts in North Dakota and Georgia overturned the states’ abortion bans. The impact of these reversals, however, may be short lived, as is the case in Georgia.
This partnership polling report from KFF and The Cook Political Report examining the attitudes and experiences of voters in in four states (Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin) that were previously considered Democratic strongholds. It probes voters’ views of President Trump and the Democratic primaries, their motivations for voting, and issues including health care, the economy, immigration and trade a year out from the 2020 general election.
Progressive Stances on Fracking, Medicare-for-all and Border Detainments May Turn Off Swing Voters A year ahead of the 2020 presidential election, President Trump is the biggest defining factor for voters in Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin – more often in a negative than a positive direction, finds a new partnership survey from KFF and The…
This fact sheet provides an overview of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (Innovation Center)'s State Innovation Models (SIM) initiative. It focuses on the delivery system and payment approaches that Model Testing states are taking and discusses what SIM means for Medicaid. Six states – Arkansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oregon, and Vermont -- received Model Testing awards to implement and test their Innovation Plans over 42 months.
This state report explains how the ACA expands coverage in Minnesota, including a breakdown of how many uninsured people are eligible for Medicaid, how many are eligible for financial assistance to help them buy private insurance in the new Marketplace and how many will not receive any financial assistance at all. The report also details, in specific dollar figures, the income levels at which people in Minnesota are eligible for Medicaid or financial assistance in the Marketplace. For states not expanding Medicaid, the report quantifies how many uninsured people fall into the “coverage gap,” meaning they will be ineligible for financial assistance in the Marketplace or for Medicaid in their state despite having an income below the federal poverty level.
Final update made on November 12, 2013 (no further updates will be made) Establishing the Marketplace On October 31, 2011, Governor Mark Dayton (D) signed Executive Order 11-30 which charged the Minnesota Health Care Reform Task Force with recommending strategies to improve overall health care delivery in Minnesota, including advising and overseeing an Exchange Advisory…
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