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South Carolina’s Medicaid enrollment increased by about 30% from February 2020 to May 2023. This increase in enrollment occurred across the country where Medicaid enrollment grew nationally by ...
Before the pandemic, about 1 million South Carolinians were on Medicaid. Medicaid in SC added 300K people during COVID pandemic. Many could lose benefits this year
In the United States, Medicaid is a government program that provides health insurance for adults and children with limited income and resources. The program is partially funded and primarily managed by state governments, which also have wide latitude in determining eligibility and benefits, but the federal government sets baseline standards for state Medicaid programs and provides a ...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will hear arguments about whether South Carolina can disqualify Planned Parenthood from the state’s Medicaid program. The case centers on a 2018 executive ...
As initially passed, the ACA was designed to provide universal health care in the U.S.: those with employer-sponsored health insurance would keep their plans, those with middle-income and lacking employer-sponsored health insurance could purchase subsidized insurance via newly established health insurance marketplaces, and those with low-income would be covered by the expansion of Medicaid.
The Health Insurance Premium Payment Program (HIPP) is a Medicaid program that allows a recipient to receive free private health insurance paid for entirely by their state's Medicaid program. A Medicaid recipient must be deemed 'cost effective' by the HIPP program of their state. Ultimately, the program was made optional, and its use is minimal ...
Kerr previously served as director of health agency from 2003 through 2007 and worked for the agency for 22 years prior to this latest stint as the agency director.
Under an HCBS waiver, states can use Medicaid funds to provide a broad array of non-medical services (excluding room and board) not otherwise covered by Medicaid, if those services allow recipients to receive care in community and residential settings as an alternative to institutionalization. [1]