The Biden administration is giving states a year to check whether millions of Americans are still eligible for Medicaid. Arkansas is planning to do it in half that time.
Despite a history of fraud, one family has thrived in the regulatory no man's land of healthcare sharing ministries, where insurance commissioners can't investigate, federal agencies turn a blind eye and prosecutors reach paltry settlements.
While many Californians who earn too much to be eligible for Medi-Cal can get subsidized coverage through Covered California, an estimated 460,000 residents aren’t allowed to buy insurance through state-run insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act because they lack legal status.
Curative started in 2020 as a company focused on improving outcomes for sepsis patients. But then the Pandemic struck. It quickly pivoted to become one of the nation’s largest testing centers for COVID-19 with 19,000 locations.
Most people who are incarcerated are eligible for Medicaid based on their low income, but a provision known as the "inmate exclusion policy" prohibits federal Medicaid dollars from being spent on a person's care while incarcerated.