Julie Crockett’s 8-year-old granddaughter, Sophia McConkey, relies on Medicaid every day. She has a rare genetic disorder called TBCK syndrome that causes low muscle tone, seizures and fragile bones.
Sarita A. Mohanty, MD, MPH, MBA, serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of The SCAN Foundation. While these programs have strengthened the safety net and quality of life for aging ...
Medicaid’s life-changing coverage is worth protecting. Just take a look at PACE. What simple pleasures do you take for granted? Maybe it’s making your coffee just the way you like it each morning, or ...
My mother, 85, recently added my name to her pension and retirement accounts in the hopes it’ll safeguard her Medicaid ...
People covered by Obamacare and Medicaid may see health care costs rise, but for people on Medicare, Biden-era negotiated ...
Budget cuts at the federal and state level have the potential to raise the uninsured rate in Ohio and put health coverage in jeopardy for a large part of the state. A study of state and federal data ...
In nursing homes across Florida, elderly residents have much to lose from the spending cuts proposed in Washington, D.C. Medicaid is the primary payer for nursing-home care in Florida — and the only ...
Skyrocketing price tags for new drugs to treat rare diseases have stoked outrage nationwide. But hundreds of old, commonly used drugs cost the Medicaid program billions of extra dollars in 2016 vs.