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Federal/National News Sharon Daugherty 11/26/25 Federal/National News Sharon Daugherty 11/26/25 Trump delays 2-year ACA subsidy extension proposal: Report Read More
Federal/National News Sharon Daugherty 11/21/25 Federal/National News Sharon Daugherty 11/21/25 A Look at Waiting Lists for Medicaid Home- and Community-Based Services from 2016 to 2025 Read More
Federal/National News Sharon Daugherty 11/21/25 Federal/National News Sharon Daugherty 11/21/25 The Safety Net ‘System’ That Isn’t Read More
Federal/National News Sharon Daugherty 11/14/25 Federal/National News Sharon Daugherty 11/14/25 What happened to ACA’s low-income special enrollment period? Read More
Federal/National News Sharon Daugherty 11/14/25 Federal/National News Sharon Daugherty 11/14/25 Challenges with Implementing Work Requirements: Findings from a Survey of State Medicaid Programs Read More
Federal/National News Sharon Daugherty 11/6/25 Federal/National News Sharon Daugherty 11/6/25 Trump's HHS orders state Medicaid programs to help find undocumented immigrants Read More
Federal/National News Sharon Daugherty 11/6/25 Federal/National News Sharon Daugherty 11/6/25 Managed care plans offer recommendations to CMS on rollout of Medicaid work requirements Read More
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Federal/National News Sharon Daugherty 10/31/25 Federal/National News Sharon Daugherty 10/31/25 Health tech CEO Dan Brillman tapped as Medicaid and CHIP director at CMS Read More
Federal/National News Sharon Daugherty 10/31/25 Federal/National News Sharon Daugherty 10/31/25 Plan Year 2026 Marketplace Plans and Prices Fact Sheet Read More
Federal/National News Sharon Daugherty 10/24/25 Federal/National News Sharon Daugherty 10/24/25 Federal program won’t make up for Medicaid funding loss to WV hospitals Read More
Federal/National News Sharon Daugherty 10/24/25 Federal/National News Sharon Daugherty 10/24/25 Where ACA enhanced subsidies stand: 14 updates Read More
Federal/National News Sharon Daugherty 10/17/25 Federal/National News Sharon Daugherty 10/17/25 CMS walks back Medicare payment pause Read More
Federal/National News Sharon Daugherty 10/17/25 Federal/National News Sharon Daugherty 10/17/25 Dems press Medicaid contractors over eligibility determination systems Read More
Federal/National News Sharon Daugherty 10/17/25 Federal/National News Sharon Daugherty 10/17/25 Under Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, Ohio to lose $33 billion for Medicaid; 340,000 to lose insurance, analysts say Read More
Federal/National News Sharon Daugherty 10/10/25 Federal/National News Sharon Daugherty 10/10/25 W.Va. Medicaid commissioner describes big changes from ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Read More
Federal/National News Sharon Daugherty 10/10/25 Federal/National News Sharon Daugherty 10/10/25 How over 1M Medicaid enrollees could evade work requirements Read More
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