By Jaymie Baxley and Rose Hoban State leaders have finally announced a budget deal, which will fund the state and also allow Medicaid expansion to take effect in the coming months. For weeks, leaders of the Senate and House of Representatives debated the issue of adding casino legalization to the $30 billion state budget. Senate … Read more
All children born in America would automatically be enrolled in Medicaid, the publicly funded health program for low-income families, under a new bill introduced in the US Senate. Children are currently eligible for Medicaid if their family’s income is within 133% of the federal poverty rate, or about $39,900 per year for a family of … Read more
An estimated 48 million Americans care for someone over the age of 18. Many of them are family members caring for an elderly parent or older relative, and the value of this unpaid care is estimated at around $600 billion a year, according to a recent report. by the AARP. Daphne Taylor, Debbie Taylor and … Read more