Oct 18 Watch 6:08 Voters will decide critical statewide ballot measures in midterm election By Laura Barrón-López, Matt Loffman For many voters this year, the focus has been on contests for governor, senator or local representatives, but voters in 36 states will decide the future of abortion access, health care and even voting itself. Laura Barrón-López sat down with… Continue watching
Oct 13 Medicaid expansion is on the ballot in South Dakota. Here’s what voters think By Laura Santhanam If a majority of South Dakota voters support Amendment D on Nov. 8, tens of thousands of people in the state could receive health care coverage under Medicaid expansion. Continue reading
Sep 27 Biden administration lays out strategy to end hunger in the U.S. By Colleen Long, Ashraf Khalil, Associated Press The Biden administration has an ambitious goal for America: ending hunger in the U.S. by 2030. Continue reading
Jul 09 Watch 5:45 How women are navigating rapidly changing rules after Roe reversal States across the country are struggling to determine whether and how to provide the most vulnerable access to abortion through Medicaid. Alina Salganicoff, senior vice president at the Kaiser Family Foundation, and Marsha Jones of The Afiya Center, a reproductive… Continue watching
Mar 16 Pregnant Californians’ access to doula care delayed as state and professionals spar over payment By Rachel Bluth, Kaiser Health News California was supposed to start paying doulas this year to help Medicaid enrollees have healthy pregnancies. But the benefit has been delayed because doulas feel lowballed by the state’s proposed payment rate. Continue reading
Oct 14 Watch 8:02 Missouri’s Medicaid expansion aims to benefit low-income workers, but sign-ups still lag By Lisa Desjardins Missouri is now the 38th state to expand Medicaid to low-income residents as part of the Affordable Care Act. It's been over a year since voters approved it, and after many delays, the first few thousand people enrolled this month. Continue watching
Sep 02 Medicaid vaccination rates founder as states struggle to immunize their poorest residents By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News 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. Continue reading
Feb 12 Biden administration to undo Medicaid work requirements By Alexandra Jaffe, Associated Press Federal health officials planned Friday to inform 10 states that they would revoke permissions granted by the Trump administration to impose such requirements. Continue reading
Aug 04 Missouri voters to decide on expanding Medicaid coverage By Summer Ballentine, Associated Press Tuesday's primary election ballot includes a proposal to expand Medicaid alongside party candidates for governor, U.S. Congress and other state and local offices. Continue reading
Jul 22 How laid-off Americans may ‘fall through the cracks’ of the health care system during COVID-19 By Courtney Vinopal Some newly uninsured Americans say they’re living without a health care safety net in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. Continue reading