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Medicaid’s Role: Health Care not Housing

TL/DR - Medicaid's mission is drifting from its original purpose of providing health coverage for low-income and disabled Americans, and has started funding additional benefits such as meal deliveries. Health insurers are even investing in the construction of affordable housing, with 19 states already approved to use Medicaid funds for temporary…

Boosting Wisconsin’s Rural Healthcare with Federal Grants

TL/DR - The Biden Administration is investing $11 million to expand medical residencies in rural communities in the U.S. with 15 medical systems around the country receiving part of this fund; $750,000 is allocated to Wisconsin's UW-Health's OB-GYN program. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has also recognized Wisconsin's efforts…