State Medicaid Programs – Utah, West Virginia

Fewer Utah doctors willing to care for Medicaid patients, By Jennifer Dobner, July 17, 2013, Salt Lake Tribune: “The number of Utah medical providers willing to treat Medicaid patients has been dropping since 2008 — even as the number of Utahns on the public health program has climbed, according to new data from state analysts. And with Utah’s Medicaid rolls expected to grow in 2014 — when penalties in the Affordable Care Act spur eligible Utahns to apply — even more patients may be relying on the dwindling number of providers…”
Delays threaten W.Va. Medicaid expansion, By Dave Boucher, July 16, 2013, Charleston Daily Mail: “Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin cast further doubt Monday on the prospect of West Virginia meeting the federal deadline for expanding its Medicaid program coverage under the Affordable Care Act. In a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Tomblin asked a series of questions he believes are crucial to the state meeting the deadline. He blamed federal delays for the state’s problems with rolling out its new Medicaid system and new insurance exchange…”