The regular legislative session concluded on Monday and throughout this week we will be taking a closer look at how certain issues went, what passed and what failed. Here’s how health and healthcare issues unfolded at the Capitol: Conservation of the nursing workforce Several successful bills in this session focus on the Texas nurse shortage, … Read more
Irvine, California, May 31, 2023 Medicaid telehealth coverage between 2013 and 2019 was associated with significant growth in telehealth use and improved access to health care, whereas private policies had no such association, according to a study conducted by the University of California , Irvine. An analysis of 20,000 records of U.S. adults under 65 … Read more
Two-year mortality and racial disparities in survival among patients with gastrointestinal (GI) cancers have declined in the period following the 2014 Medicaid expansion, according to research presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting. ) of 2023. Overall, Medicaid expansion was associated with decreased 2-year mortality for patients with gastrointestinal cancers in … Read more
The expansion of Medicaid, which provides health insurance to more than 60,000 Granite Staters, may have hit a roadblock from becoming permanent, despite its unanimous support in the Senate and passage last week in the House. The program, Granite Advantage, will expire this year; it was implemented in 2014. Concerns from House Republicans prompted a … Read more
With the end of the Medicaid continued enrollment provision implemented during the pandemic health emergency, states are resuming Medicaid cancellations. Many people who originally qualified for Medicaid through pregnancy eligibility may be at risk of losing coverage. During the pandemic, people who got Medicaid coverage because they were pregnant were able to stay in the … Read more