- New Mexico seeks copays from Medicaid patients, By Morgan Lee (AP), October 26, 2016, News Tribune: “New Mexico is pursuing federal authority to charge medical co-payments and some other costs to patients enrolled in Medicaid health care for the poor and disabled, the state Human Services Department secretary told lawmakers on Wednesday. Secretary Brent Earnest said ‘nominal’ co-payments and other charges would provide a small economic incentive to steer patients away from wasteful expenses, such as the use of emergency room services for routine care…”
- Medicaid expansion credited for getting record number of kids insurance in Ohio, By Catherine Candisky, October 27, 2016, Columbus Dispatch: “More than 95 percent of Ohio children have health coverage as the uninsured rate fell to historic lows in the wake of Obamacare. A new report from the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families credits Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act for the decline in uninsured children…”
- In Maryland, diabetics cost Medicaid twice as much, study finds, By Andrea K. McDaniels and Meredith Cohn, October 27, 2016, Baltimore Sun: “People with diabetes cost the state’s Medicaid program twice as much as those without the chronic condition, a study commissioned by the society that represents Maryland’s doctors has found…”
Tag: New Mexico
Kids Count Report – New Mexico
New study finds New Mexico has the highest rate of child poverty in the U.S., By Robert Nott, January 19, 2016, Santa Fe New Mexican: “New Mexico has the highest rate of child poverty in the United States, according to a new study by New Mexico Voices for Children, an Albuquerque-based advocacy group. In addition, more than 75 percent of the state’s fourth-graders are not proficient in reading, and nearly 80 percent of New Mexico’s eighth-graders are not proficient in math, the group said, based on its annual New Mexico Kids Count study. More than 25 percent of the state’s students do not graduate from high school on time…”
Kids Count Report – New Mexico
Child report: a few improvements in NM, By Rick Nathanson, January 20, 2015, Albuquerque Journal: “It’s not all bad news, but still pretty bad. The 2014 Kids Count data book for New Mexico and produced by New Mexico Voices for Children, says the state saw improvement in just five of the 16 indicators of child well-being. Worse, child poverty—a main factor in poor outcomes— increased from 28 percent in 2012 to 31 percent in 2013, even as it decreased in most of the rest of the nation…”