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All posts tagged "medicaid"
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292GrantsMaternal and child health medicaid partnership program grant
GRANT FOCUS: Child Health, Maternal Health, Health Disparities, Healthcare Access, Medicaid | Amount: Up to $2,000,000 | Deadline: July 10, 2024
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1.0KNewsFamilies worry over the future of Medicaid caregiver payments that were expanded during the pandemic
Some states have already stopped payments while others have yet to make them permanent.
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1.0KGrantsChildren’s healthcare program outreach and enrollment grants
GRANT FOCUS: Child Health, Low-Income Children, Healthcare Access, Children in Poverty, Medicaid, CHIP | Amount: Up to $1,500,000 | Deadline: Mar. 28,...
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1.9KNewsA nursing assistant, hotel laundress and health clinic CEO decry Alabama’s lack of Obamacare
In largely rural northeast Alabama, a certified nurse’s assistant juggles a side gig as a dog-groomer to make ends meet; a free...
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3.8KNewsBiden’s Caregiver Pay-Raise Plan Aims to Stem Worker Turnover
Having caregivers come and go is a problem for many disabled people. Recognizing that,the Biden Administration has proposed a $400 billion infusion...
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1.4KNewsQ&A: Cover Alabama Coalition Director — Why Medicaid Expansion Hasn’t Been a Priority
Alabama is entering the 2021 legislative session, one year into the COVID-19 pandemic. For advocacy groups serving working-class families, Medicaid expansion is...
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1.5KNewsIn Alabama, State Legislators (In Private), Republicans Agree Medicaid Expansion Needed More Than Ever
For a decade, expansion had been unpopular with conservative voters too, in part because of its ties to the Democratic former president...
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1.4KNewsAlabama’s Essential Workers Lack Access to Basic Health Care, Services, Report Says
The “essential workers” hailed as pandemic heroes often lack the basic protections of a living wage, health insurance, paid sick leave and...
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5.8KGuest Opinion EssayWant to Prevent Child Abuse? Behold the Transformative Power Of Cash
Half a century ago, as the Vietnam War still raged, President Nixon began bombing neighboring Cambodia — without bothering to mention it...
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1.4KGuest Opinion EssayFederal Budget Proposals Will Harm Children, Youth, the Nation
Our country is divided on many issues, yet there is one issue that is very hard to argue against: the need to...
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1.5KNewsStates Could Not Terminate Medicaid for Juveniles in Custody Under Bill
States would be prohibited from terminating Medicaid coverage for incarcerated juveniles under legislation introduced today in the House and Senate.
