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Step Therapy: Inside the Fight Against ‘Fail First’ Medicine

March 29, 2021 advanced practice nurse, Arkansas, Books, drug costs, Ethics, headache, health care manpower, health care quality/access/eva, health personnel, health plans, Health Policy, Insurance, journals, Medicaid, medical history, medical literature, MS, Multiple Sclerosis, multiple sclerosis (ms), Nebraska, pain, pain (pain management), pain management, patient history, practice management, Psoriasis, South Dakota, textbooks

Every day Melissa Fulton, RN, MSN, FNP, APRN-C, shows up to work, she’s ready for another fight. An advanced practice

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Medicaid expansion helps uncover undiagnosed HIV infections

January 26, 2021 Expansion, helps, HIV, infections, Medicaid, uncover, undiagnosed

The Medicaid expansion facilitated by the Affordable Care Act led to increases in the identification of undiagnosed HIV infections and

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Mortality Down for Cancer Patients With Medicaid Expansion

November 12, 2020 cancer, Down, Expansion, for, Medicaid, Mortality, patients, with

FRIDAY, Nov. 6, 2020 — Medicaid expansion is associated with reduced mortality in patients with newly diagnosed breast, colorectal, and

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Kidney transplants covered by Medicaid increased in states after Medicaid expansion

August 20, 2019 after, By, covered, Expansion, in, Increased, kidney, Medicaid, States, transplants

Medicaid expansion has helped more young, low-income adults with advanced kidney disease to avoid the costs and poor quality-of-life associated

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Without Medicaid Expansion, Poor Patients Forgo Medical Care

October 16, 2018 care, Expansion, Forgo, Medicaid, medical, patients, poor, without

MONDAY, Oct. 15, 2018 — Doing without medical care is much more common among low-income residents of states that have

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Medicaid Benefits for Addiction Treatment Expanded After ACA

September 12, 2018 ACA, Addiction, after, Benefits, Expanded, for, Medicaid, treatment

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 12, 2018 — The Affordable Care Act (ACA) may have prompted state Medicaid programs to expand addiction treatment

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Medicaid Expansion Linked to Increase in Diabetes Rx Fills

August 25, 2018 Diabetes, Expansion, Fills, in, Increase, Linked, Medicaid, Rx, to

FRIDAY, Aug. 24, 2018 — Expansions in Medicaid eligibility are associated with an increase in Medicaid diabetes prescriptions filled, according

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As Medicaid work requirements gain traction, experts propose ways to reduce potential harm

August 9, 2018 As, experts, gain, harm, Medicaid, potential, propose, reduce, requirements, to, traction, ways, Work

New Medicaid rules in several states mean low-income people will have to work, or prove they’re too unhealthy to work,

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