Oregon is shipping air conditioners and air purifiers to its most vulnerable residents, a first-in-the-nation experiment to use Medicaid money to prevent the potentially deadly health effects of extreme heat, wildfire smoke and other climate-related disasters.
Since the expiration of COVID-19-related provisions requiring states to keep residents enrolled in Medicaid, an estimated 2.1 million Texans have lost their coverage.
Cigna plans to make close copies of AbbVie's blockbuster arthritis drug Humira available with no out-of-pocket payment to eligible patients in the U.S. using its specialty pharmacy beginning in June.
Nearly 2 million women and children will be forced to find a new health insurance plan if Texas Health and Human Services finalizes its current procurement plan that removes some long-standing providers from its Medicaid and children’s health insurance contracts.
A bill making its way through the state legislature would prohibit health insurance plans from requiring step therapy for prescription medications and procedures.