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Prison Health Care is Broken Under the Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy

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Incarcerated individuals need health care, but punitive policies make securing access to care particularly difficult among this population, which numbers about 2.1 As a first step to protecting incarcerated individuals’ right to health, Congress should repeal the Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy (MIEP).

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Reflections on the United States Health Care System and the Right to Health

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America is the only wealthy nation to lack universal health coverage. At the end of the PHE, states began Medicaid disenrollment, and more than 7 million people have already lost health insurance this year. In short, the pandemic underscored the need for a rights-based approach to health in the U.S.,

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Addressing Ghost Networks in Mental Health Care

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The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 requires Medicaid plans to publish and update accurate and searchable provider directories. Insurers should also work to decrease the shortage of mental health care providers in their networks.

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Health Provider News

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Care Taps Health Net Exec as New CEO COLORADO Aurora’s Fitzsimons plans development opportunities on 60 acres Boulder drug discovery co. for maternity care Healthcare Shifts Driving Demand For Outpatient Facilities In Denver Insider Breach, Email Attacks Net $1.7M operating margin in Q3 JLL Arranges $13.4M 3 in the U.S.

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Health Provider News

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Health Policy Commission still missing key document in Steward sale to Optum Local obesity drug developer lands deal worth up to $600M with Novo Nordisk Mass. Health Policy Commission still missing key document in Steward sale to Optum Local obesity drug developer lands deal worth up to $600M with Novo Nordisk Mass.

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Health Provider News

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margin in Q1 AI + navigation = faster cancer care at Northwell Mount Sinai’s Beth Israel submits revised closure plan Dollars can boost health equity, but broad change is just as important Montefiore records $27.9M area philanthropist opens women’s wellness center in Bethesda D.C. operating income, 4.1%

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Trump’s 2024 Triumph: A Wild Card for Seniors’ Health Care Coverage?

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However, Medicare does not cover all health care needs, notably long-term care services. Medicaid can step in to provide coverage for such critical needs that Medicare does not address, but many people must deplete their assets to qualify for Medicaid.

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