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Study Shows: Crime Rates Tied to Health Insurance Coverage

TL/DR - A new study suggests that access to health insurance may lower crime rates in the United States. The study examined the largest Medicaid disenrollments in US history in Tennessee in 2005, where approximately 190,000 non-elderly and non-disabled adults lost coverage. The researchers found that losing Medicaid coverage may have societal…

Biden-Harris Propose Boosting Medicaid Drug Transparency

A new HHS proposal would shed light on the cost of prescription drugs and save states and the federal government money in Medicaid. The Biden-Harris Administration has made lowering prescription drug costs in America a key priority — and President Biden continues to deliver results. Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),…