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Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News

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Health Sep 02

Medicaid vaccination rates founder as states struggle to immunize their poorest residents

Efforts by states and the private health plans that many states pay to cover low-income Americans has been scattershot and hampered by a lack of data.

Health Jun 30

Desperate for home care, seniors often wait months with workers in short supply

A shortage of nursing assistants and home aides caused by low pay and lack of benefits is making it difficult for seniors to find help.

Health Nov 19

The hidden costs of ‘free’ flu shots

Flu shots are relatively cheap compared with most health services, but considering the tens of millions of Americans who get vaccinated each year, those prices add up.

Health Jan 13

Kentucky is first state granted approval for Medicaid work requirements

Thousands of poor adults in Kentucky will have to find jobs and pay monthly premiums to retain their Medicaid coverage as a result of drastic changes to the state’s health insurance program approved Friday by the Trump administration.

Health Jul 29

Even without Congress, Trump can still cut Medicaid enrollment

The Trump administration is poised to use its regulatory powers to accomplish what lawmakers could not: shrink Medicaid.

Health Feb 05

Indiana, Pence’s home state, seeks federal OK to keep Medicaid expansion

As Congress weighs repeal of the Affordable Care Act, the home state of Vice President Mike Pence seeks to keep its Medicaid expansion under the federal health law.

Nation Nov 28

Pence expanded Medicaid coverage as governor, now threatens to take away

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence was one of 10 Republican governors to expand Medicaid under Obamacare, but as President-elect Donald Trump’s running mate, Pence is now calling for the health law’s repeal and replacement.

Health Jul 23

How a Caribbean island became prime source of U.S. Zika cases

More than 1,400 Americans contracted Zika while traveling outside the U.S. this year and a Caribbean-island nation is one of the top destinations where they caught the virus.

Health Jun 16

Florida’s mosquito control forces mobilize against Zika threat

Local mosquito control authorities are preparing a spray-and-trap offensive to halt Zika-carrying mosquitos in damp breeding grounds.

Health Jun 15

Study projects health insurance premiums to rise in 2017

Next year’s premiums for health coverage under the Affordable Care Act could rise more than in past years in most markets and declines might be rare, according to a preliminary analysis of insurers' plans.

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