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The Relentless School Nurse: “Voices from the Frontline” – School Nurses, Share Your Stories on the Impact of Medicaid Cuts on Student Health

The Relentless School Nurse

CHC: Creating Healthier Communities (CHC) is inviting school nurses to collaborate with them on an important initiative a storytelling series that they hope will inspire action to protect and strengthen Medicaid at this critical time. CHC is collecting examples of how our students would be affected by cuts to this vital program.

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Where Do People Go When They Do Not Have Healthcare Insurance and need Medical Care?

Nurses Advocates

Secondly, I gave her a contact I had who works with low-income people to apply for Medicaid or use Healthcare.gov to see what she would qualify for subsidies to afford coverage. Unfortunately, she lives in Florida, which has not expanded Medicaid, so the threshold is low. Does the person qualify for Medicaid?

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Here's How the Chevron Decision Will Impact Healthcare

Health Leaders | Nursing

The Supreme Court's decision will impact patients receiving care through Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP. According to the brief, approximately 65 million Americans receive healthcare coverage through Medicare, while Medicaid and CHIP cover 90 million low-income children and adults and seniors with disabilities.

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Crusading for Mothers

American Nurse

Finally, the BBBA authorized approximately one billion dollars in grant funding for the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act to stop racial and ethnic maternal health disparities while improving birth equity (Ranji et al., The second federal policy is Medicaid Postpartum Coverage Extension (passed in Missouri 7/2023).

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Native American Healthcare Disparities: Challenges and Solutions

Relias

Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health (OMH) reported that 42.1% of citizens identifying as American Indian or Alaska Native relied on Medicaid or other public health insurance, and 14.9% on Medicaid or public health insurance and only 6.3% had no coverage at all.

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Nurse referrals to pharmacy

American Nurse

The EHR combined all pharmacy use by all patients in the complex care management department and calculated pharmacy costs on a per patient per month basis, which is the health insurance industry standard for capturing population health data. doi:10.1136/bmj.m865 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. 2020;368:m865.doi:10.1136/bmj.m865

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Reducing Maternal Mortality: Will the ‘Birthing-Friendly’ Hospital Designation Help?

Relias

­The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule in August 2022 to improve maternal health outcomes and advance health equity — two of the Biden-Harris Administration’s key priorities. Both clinical and behavioral factors contribute to maternal health outcomes. Sadly, U.S.