Posts Tagged ‘Medicaid’
Today Final Cutoff For Washington Healthplanfinder Customers To Get 2018 Coverage
Health care coverage through the Washington Health Benefit Exchange reached record numbers heading into 2018. And with the final open enrollment deadline set for today, those numbers are expected to increase. Marcus Bellissimo reports.
Read MoreWash. Medicaid Coverage No Longer Terminated for Individuals Entering Prison
Last week the state’s Health Care Authority announced it will suspend – rather than terminate – Medicaid coverage for individuals while they are in jail or prison. Previously, individuals entering correctional institutions had their Apple Health coverage (Washington’s Medicaid program) terminated. Under Senate Bill 6430, signed into law last year, health care coverage is suspended,…
Read MoreNew Study Says Proposed Medicaid Cuts Would Hurt Rural Washingtonians
Budget negotiations aren’t just underway in Olympia, but our nation’s capital as well. The Trump-supported rollback of the Affordable Care Act would reduce federal money that 31 states have relied on to extend Medicaid coverage. And Medicaid spending would fall from 2 percent of the economy to 1.7 percent in 2027 due to the reductions…
Read MoreNorth Central Accountable Community of Health Selects Six Medicaid Transformation Projects
The North Central Accountable Community of Health selected six projects it will pursue through the Medicaid Transformation Demonstration. They’re expected to bring up to $50 million into Chelan, Douglas, Grant, and Okanogan Counties to transform Medicaid care delivery, said their Executive Director Senator Linda Evans-Parlette. Through a five-year demonstration, each ACH (there are nine in Washington)…
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