Arkansas embraces doulas: New bill could boost maternal care access
Just a month after introducing the concept of doulas to many Arkansans, the conversation is gaining momentum with a new bill ...
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Iowa Senate passes Medicaid work requirements
Republicans in the Iowa Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would require certain Iowans on Medicaid to prove they are working ...
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Arkansas Advocate: Proposed Medicaid, SNAP cuts would cost Arkansas thousands of jobs, $1B in GDP
The state’s gross domestic product would also shrink by almost $1 billion, the report from the health-care oriented foundation predicts.
Would work requirements for Medicaid lead to higher employment? Evidence says no | Opinion
Gov. Mike DeWine says Medicaid work requirements would 'promote self-sufficiency,' 'purpose and pride.' Research says ...
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As opposition to fluoride grows, rural America risks a new surge of tooth decay
Many rural counties are short on dentists, and if they lose water fluoridation, tooth decay could surge to levels that have ...
Senate passes Medicaid work requirements. Iowa agency says thousands could lose coverage
Senators voted Tuesday to pass a bill implementing work requirements for people enrolled in the Iowa Health and Wellness Plan ...
Arkansas house committee advances bill to extend postpartum Medicaid coverage to one year
A bill to extend postpartum medicaid coverage in Arkansas from 60 days to one year has been passed out of a house ...
Medicaid cuts? Work requirements? They'd make health care worse for all. | Opinion
Rural hospitals are in jeopardy, as is health care for thousands of Iowans, write Zach Grissom and Arya Zandvakili.
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Arkansas' request to add work requirement to Medicaid will be sent Monday, official says
The head of the Arkansas Department of Human Services said earlier this month that the state planned to submit its request to ...
Bonner County Daily Bee5d
Little signs new law to cut Medicaid expansion
Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Wednesday signed into law a measure to curtail the state’s spending on its Medicaid expansion program, which provides health care coverage to lower-income Idaho residents who ...
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Iowa lawmakers advance bill requiring proof of employment for some Medicaid recipients
Subcommittees in the Iowa Senate advanced a bill to mandate thousands of Medicaid recipients prove that they either are ...
Idaho Gov. Brad Little signs new law to cut Medicaid expansion. Here’s what it means
Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Wednesday signed into law a measure to curtail the state’s spending on its Medicaid expansion ...