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New Report Estimates That Up to 43,000 in Montana Could Lose Health Coverage Due to Medicaid Work Requirements

Parents of young children, caregivers for the disabled, seasonal workers and other poor people in rural areas of Montana would be most affected.
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New Report: 86,000 to 136,000 in Kentucky Will Lose Medicaid in the First Year Work Requirements Are Implemented

A new report published exclusively in GWHealthPolicyMatters provides the most up-to-date estimates of how many Kentuckians will lose Medicaid coverage within one year of implementation of the state’s work requirements.
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Study Suggests Medicaid Patients Value Physicians’ Recommendations Regarding Smoking Cessation

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A new study finds that Medicaid patients who are smokers give better ratings to physicians and plans that offer more support and advice about cessation. The research suggests that both clinicians and Medicaid managed care plans can improve their efforts to motivate Medicaid patients to quit smoking.

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GW Milken Institute School of Public Health Researchers Comment on Virginia’s Proposed Medicaid Work Experiment

The comments describe what the Milken Institute SPH researchers perceive to be the fundamental flaws with this (or any other) mandatory Medicaid work demonstration.
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