Since 1965, Medicaid has been a cornerstone of America's health care system. The program provides free or low-cost health coverage to low-income individuals and families and helps meet the diverse ...

The Affordable Care Act gives states the option of creating a so-called Basic Health Program to provide health insurance coverage for individuals and families whose incomes are low but who do not ...

California is considering whether to establish a Basic Health Program, an option under the Affordable Care Act of 2010 that would cover those who are earning less than 200 percent of the federal ...

SUMMARY: This document provides the methodology and data sources necessary to determine federal payment amounts made in program years 2017 and 2018 to states that elect to establish a Basic Health ...

CMS issued a proposed methodology for determining federal payment amounts to states that create a Basic Health Program for 2017 and 2018. Here are four things to know about Basic Health Programs and ...

Oregon aims to take advantage of a little-used provision of the Affordable Care Act that enables states to establish Basic Health Programs to cover residents who earn too much to qualify for Medicaid.

The Obama administration has delayed by one year the rollout of a health program aimed at low to moderate-income people who won’t qualify for the expanded Medicaid program under the federal health law ...

A group of volunteer advisers to the Oregon Health Authority voted Tuesday to make the state the third in the nation to seek federal approval for a basic health program. It’s an option, established in ...

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