Citizens Who Lack Papers Lose Medicaid
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A new federal rule intended to keep illegal immigrants from receiving Medicaid has instead shut out tens of thousands of U.S. citizens.
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Less than 1 percent of Medicaid spending went to health care for illegal immigrants, according to a study that the researchers said defied a common belief that they are a bigger drain on taxpayer money.
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TUESDAY, March 13 (HealthDay News) -- The lion&#39;s share of Emergency Medicaid expenditures in North Carolina covers undocumented immigrants&#39; pregnancy and labor complications, a trend that&#39;s probably occurring in other states, a new study found.
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The gap between rich and poor remains huge, but a survey of global health finds that significantly fewer people in poorer countries say they have had to go without food or health care because they lacked the money to pay for it.
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A federal judge has ruled that groups  attacking a new law requiring Medicaid recipients to show proof  of citizenship do not have legal standing to make such a  challenge, a lawyer in the case said on Tuesday.
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Tennessee's expanded Medicaid system will be replaced with a cheaper, more basic program, leaving 430,000 poor and disabled people without coverage, the governor said.
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A federal judge has ruled that groups   attacking a new law requiring Medicaid recipients to show proof   of citizenship do not have legal standing to make such a   challenge, a lawyer in the case said on Tuesday.
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Medicare will be mailing out 1.8 million drug discount cards to low-income Americans who are eligible but have not yet applied. The cards will allow low-income earners to qualify for an additional $1,200 in
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PHILADELPHIA - The state averted disaster by winning federal approval of more than $1 billion in Medicaid funding over the next four years, but there could be more problems in the future, Gov.
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More than half the states are sending few Medicaid fraud cases to special units established to pursue the wrongdoing, averaging less than one referral a month, The Associated Press learned Wednesday.
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Report on D.C. health issues shows one in five residents has no regular source of health care.
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By Kirsten Stewart, The Salt Lake Tribune  Sep. 11--Utahns lost their food stamps last month under a new policy that  anti-hunger advocates say they would have opposed had they known about it.    That's fewer than 2 percent of the 54,750 households on food stamps in  any given month.
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Most of the 9 million U.S. children   who lack health insurance live with both parents, at least one   of whom works, a consumer group said on Thursday, in a finding   they said shows many people cannot afford health insurance   under the existing system.
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By Kristen Stewart, The Salt Lake Tribune  Sep. 12--As many as 875 Utahns lost their food stamps last month under a  new policy that anti-hunger advocates say they would have opposed had they  known about it.
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More than one-third of the U.S. population under the age of 65 went without health insurance for all or part of the last two years, a consumer group said on Thursday.
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More and more people lack health insurance. Don't be one of them.
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Some poor children in Ohio who qualify for flu shots may have to wait for them because of questions over doctors being reimbursed through a Medicaid program.