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'I'm livid': Medicaid patient who went through ER nightmare has message for GOP lawmaker

A Medicaid patient from Bakersfield, California, is blasting Republican Rep. David Valadao over the Medicaid cuts in the GOP’s tax law, KFF Health News reported in a story carried by NPR . Ulises Hernandez, 41, who has been on Medicaid his whole life, said he spent eight hours in an emergency room in September after a dental crown slipped down his throat…

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Raw Story· Oct 22, 11:18 AM'I'm livid': Medicaid patient who went through ER nightmare has message for GOP lawmaker

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Republicans bragging about ‘fix’ for rural crisis they made far worse: ‘Bald-faced lies'With the U.S. midterm elections less than two weeks away, Republicans across the country are posturing as defenders of the country’s ailing rural healthcare system even as hospitals and providers nationwide buckle under the financial strain imposed by President Donald Trump and the GOP’s unprecedented cuts to Medicaid . The advocacy group Protect Our…

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Arizona is great with detection of kids with muscular dystrophy, but bad on treatmentThe maxim that the government which governs closest governs best is usually sound. Local leaders understand their constituency better than someone, say, 2,000 miles away federal policymakers. However, with some recent, bizarre healthcare decisions, some state leaders have decided to buck that trend – with a vengeance. Last year, New York’s Drug…

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Medicaid billing abuse deprives autistic kids of therapy and taxpayers of trustRunaway applied behavior analysis spending exposes the moral hazard at the heart of Medicaid’s financing architecture.

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As Medicaid, food aid shrink, homeless services brace for more demand - with little new fundingCuyahoga County homeless shelters face rising costs and flat funding as federal cuts to Medicaid and SNAP are expected to drive more residents into crisis.

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From Bad to Catastrophic: Report Details How Trump's GOP 'Taking This Country Backward' on HealthcareA comprehensive report on the state of the for-profit US healthcare system published Thursday shows that President Donald Trump and the Republican Party's assault on Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act is on track to reverse more than a decade of progress on expanding insurance coverage, fueling a worsening medical debt crisis and forcing millions to…

Common Dreams18h agoWhole story →

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California Latest Target in Department of Justice Efforts to End Public Benefits FraudLOS ANGELES (AP) — More than a dozen people in Southern California were charged with allegedly siphoning nearly $2 billion in fraudulent healthcare costs, the Department of Justice and state prosecutors announced Thursday, as President Donald Trump’s administration ramps up efforts to end the abuse of federal aid programs.

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Trump’s America is barreling back to a health care nightmare not seen in a decade: reportA comprehensive report on the state of the for-profit US healthcare system published Thursday shows that President Donald Trump and the Republican Party’s assault on Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act is on track to reverse more than a decade of progress on expanding insurance coverage, fueling a worsening medical debt crisis and forcing millions to…

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