How Kentucky’s Cuts to Medicaid Recipients’ Vision and Dental Care Affects More Than Just Their Health
Dental health has profound effects on quality of life, overall well-being, and economic security.
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Dispatches: Introducing Our Short-Form News Editor
News and notes from Pacific Standard staff and contributors.
How Unstable Medicaid Programs Discourage Recipients From Engaging With Politics
Political scientist Jamila Michener talks about how state-level changes to Medicaid benefits can politically disempower its recipients.
New Medicaid Work Requirements Could Cause Millions of People to Become Uninsured
Ten states are seeking to introduce waivers, requiring that Medicaid beneficiaries maintain regular employment in order to continue to receive benefits.
Trump Believes We Need to Issue Work Requirements to Social Safety Net Recipients. Research Suggests Otherwise.
Trump's executive order to enforce work requirements on social safety net recipients ignores the barriers to steady employment those folks already face.
A Decade After the FDA Warned Doctors About Methadone, States Finally Stopped Recommending It
When used as a pain reliever, methadone is especially likely to cause unintentional overdoses.
Collaboration Is Helping Underserved Communities Receive Better Health Care
Forging strong partnerships between hospitals, community organizations, and patients is crucial to successfully facilitating more fundamental shifts in health care.
Inside the Red State Race to Destroy Medicaid
Repealing the ACA isn't the only way to dial back the law's Medicaid expansions—and destroy the program itself.
The White House Should Stop Spreading Misinformation About Medicaid
Vice President Mike Pence is elevating disabled advocates who peddle division, hoping to build support to gut Medicaid.
Why Medicaid Is Worth Dying For
Disability rights protestors staged a die-in outside Mitch McConnell's office to protest the gutting of Medicaid.