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5 Undervalued Insurance Stocks to Buy Right Now

Inflation has surged to multi-year highs, so the Fed is contemplating raising interest rates aggressively this year. And an increasing interest rate environment typically translates to revenue growth for financial companies, including insurers. Thus, we think it could be wise to bet on quality insurance stocks Cigna (CI), Humana (HUM),…

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MacKenzie Scott gives Planned Parenthood $225 million, including $9 million for Missouri's only facility

ST. LOUIS — Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri has received its largest single donation — $9 million — from author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, the abortion and reproductive health care provider announced Wednesday.

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Administration faces risks in decision on public health emergency

More than two years into the country’s declared public health emergency, the Biden administration faces a dilemma about whether and when to end it.

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Administration faces risks in decision on public health emergency - Roll Call

The administration is under pressure to end the public health emergency but doing so could take away insurance for millions of Americans.

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Want vulnerable Californians to have healthier pregnancies? Doulas say the state must pay up

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — This was supposed to be the year that low-income Californians could hire a doula to guide them through pregnancy and advocate for them in the hospital.

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El COVID-19 se está desvaneciendo, pero poner fin a la emergencia sanitaria podría dejarnos vulnerables

A medida que el coronavirus cede su control mortal sobre Estados Unidos y las reglas pandémicas que rigen la vida diaria desaparecen, ¿es hora de declarar el fin de la emergencia nacional de salud pública?

Los Angeles Times

Stacey Abrams makes a personal case for Medicaid expansion

Stacey Abrams kicked off her first day on the campaign trail in front of a shuttered hospital in rural Cuthbert with a vow to expand Medicaid. She ended it atop a stage in west Atlanta where she sharpened her message before a cheering crowd of hundreds of supporters.

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Muchos beneficiarios de Medicaid perderían su cobertura cuando termine la pandemia

La mayor parte de la nación se alegrará cuando el gobierno de Biden levante la emergencia de salud pública que está en vigor desde marzo de 2020. Pero cuando llegue ese momento –probablemente este verano, a falta de otra oleada– pudiera poner a muchos millones de adultos y niños que…

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COVID-19 is fading. But ending the health emergency could leave us vulnerable

As the coronavirus releases its deadly grip on the United States and pandemic rules governing daily life fall away, is it time to declare the national public health emergency over?

Los Angeles Times

‘Culture wars’ session of Florida Legislature is nearly over, but emotions are still raw

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida’s Republican leaders made certain this year’s legislative session would be emotional.

Miami Herald

Many Medicaid recipients could lose coverage as pandemic ends

Most of the nation will rejoice when the Biden administration lifts the public health emergency that has been in force since March 2020. But when that moment comes — probably this summer, absent another surge — it could put many millions of adults and children currently on Medicaid at risk…

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En una pandemia, la gente sabe que necesita comida o vivienda. Pero, ¿cómo ayudarlos a darse cuenta de que también necesitan terapia?

CHICAGO— A medida que avanzaba la pandemia, Kayode Martin se sentía atascado.

Chicago Tribune

California governor’s big promises on drug prices are slow to materialize

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When Gov. Gavin Newsom took office in 2019, he promised to lower prescription drug costs for all Californians.

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In a pandemic, people might know they need food or housing. But how do you help them realize they also need therapy?

CHICAGO — As the pandemic wore on, Kayode Martin felt stuck.

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Evolent Health 'Notification Award' Removes $82M Overhang, Notes Piper Sandler

In an SEC filing, Cook County named Evolent Health Inc (NYSE:EVH) the sole third-party administrator for CountyCare Health Plan from fiscal 2023 through fiscal 2025. Piper Sandler analyst Jessica Tassan notes that the award extends a contract Evolent has held since fiscal 2018 to provide administrative simplification services to support CountyCare's 425,000 Medicaid…

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The end of the pandemic could usher in a spike in the uninsured rate

Temporary Medicaid and Affordable Care Act reforms are set to end.

The Guardian - US

Blue states seek to protect abortion rights before supreme court decision

An upcoming decision by the conservative-leaning court could overturn Roe v Wade and imperil abortion rights nationwide

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From Alabama to Utah, efforts to vaccinate Medicaid enrollees against COVID run into obstacles

Medicaid enrollees continue to get vaccinated against COVID-19 at far lower rates than the general population despite vigorous outreach efforts by government officials and private organizations to get low-income people inoculated, according to data from several states.

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Editorial: This time it’s time for North Carolina to expand Medicaid

North Carolina is seeing a dramatic example of political climate change: Its long frozen opposition to Medicaid expansion is beginning to thaw.

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Missouri Senate passes pay raises, renews effort to block Planned Parenthood payments

COLUMBIA, Mo. — The Missouri General Assembly on Thursday sent to Gov. Mike Parson a supplemental budget bill that gives pay raises to state workers, funds the voter-approved Medicaid expansion and allocates nearly $2 billion in federal aid to schools.

The Conversation

When parents get Medicaid, it can benefit the health of their kids too

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Miami Herald

Thousands of Florida children could lose Medicaid coverage in months ahead, study says

Medicaid has become a significant safety net for families during the COVID-19 pandemic, with about half of all children in the United States now covered through their state’s public health insurance program for low-income and disabled Americans, including about 2.4 million kids in Florida.

Tribune News Service

Missouri takes months to process Medicaid applications — longer than law allows

Aneka French applied for Medicaid in October, not long after Missouri became the 38th state to expand eligibility for the program.

The Conversation

1 in 4 Americans are covered by Medicaid or CHIP – a program that insures low-income kids

As of July 2021, a total of 83.6 million Americans were insured through either Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Don’t ‘means test’ the Child Tax Credit

Decades ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. warned about the deceptions or “clever sophistries” of politicians. “We must be as armed with knowledge as they are,” he counseled.

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