Who doesn’t love saving money?! Companies and the government are no different. According to a study if just 1% of the smokers on Medicaid stopped smoking the company would save the program over $2 billion. While the number of smokers in America is at an all time low, the number of smokers who receive medicaid […]

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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Virginia General Assembly gave final approval Wednesday evening to a state budget expanding Medicaid coverage to the state’s poor, ending years of partisan gridlock on the issue. The state Senate voted in favor of expansion after a full day of debate. The House, which had had previously endorsed expansion, […]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Rewriting the rules on health care for the poor, the Trump administration said Thursday it will allow states to require “able-bodied” Medicaid recipients to work, a hotly debated first in the program’s half-century history. Seema Verma, head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said requiring work or community involvement can […]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — In a major policy shift that could affect millions of low-income people, the Trump administration said Thursday it is offering a path for states that want to seek work requirements on Medicaid recipients. Seema Verma, head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said work and community involvement can make a […]

Oklahoma just passed a bill affecting Medicaid that will really hurt a lot of single parents. Click on the audio player to hear more of this important information in this edition of The Jazzy Report on The D.L. Hughley Show. Listen to the “The D.L. Hughley Show” LIVE weekdays 3-7 p.m. EST! RELATED: 10 Things All Single Parents Want […]

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ATLANTA (AP) — As more Republicans give in to President Barack Obama‘s health-care overhaul, an opposition bloc remains across the South, including from governors who lead some of the nation’s poorest and unhealthiest states. “Not in South Carolina,” Gov. Nikki Haley declared at the recent Conservative Political Action Conference. “We will not expand Medicaid on […]

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Given the choice of whether to expand Medicaid under President Barack Obama‘s health care law, many Republican governors and lawmakers initially responded with an emphatic “no.” Now they are increasingly hedging their objections. A new “no, but …” approach is spreading among GOP states in which officials are still publicly […]

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WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled House passed a Tea Party-flavored budget plan Thursday that promises sharp cuts in safety-net programs for the poor and a clampdown on domestic agencies, in sharp contrast to less austere plans favored by President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies. The measure, similar to previous plans offered by Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (pictured right), […]

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PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has built a political career in standing up to the federal government over everything from immigration to health care. So she surprised almost everyone when she announced last week that she not only plans to push for an expansion of the state’s Medicaid program under the federal health […]

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PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said Monday she plans to push for an expansion of the state’s Medicaid program under the federal health care law, a surprising decision that could have an impact on other Republican governors weighing a similar decision. Brewer has opposed the federal health care law known as the Affordable […]

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MIAMI (AP) — Sandra Pico is poor, but not poor enough. She makes about $15,000 a year, supporting her daughter and unemployed husband. She thought she'd be able to get health insurance after the Supreme Court upheld President Barack Obama's health care law. Then she heard that her own governor won't agree to the federal […]