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State Medicaid Targets Deceased’s Estates for Health Cost Recovery

TL/DR - The US government requires states to recover money from the assets of deceased Medicaid patients who relied on the taxpayer-funded health insurance. However, a Democratic lawmaker recently proposed disbanding this program, arguing that it collects only around 1% of the more than $150 billion Medicaid spends annually on long-term care. The…

Mississippi GOP House to Debate Medicaid Expansion for First Time

TL/DR - Mississippi's Republican-led House is preparing to debate the expansion of Medicaid benefits to hundreds of thousands more residents. The House Medicaid Committee has advanced a bill that would increase eligibility for Medicaid, potentially extending benefits to about 250,000 people. The proposal faces opposition from some Republicans who…

Trump Suddenly Exits E. Jean Carroll Trial

TL/DR - A defamation trial against former president Donald Trump has begun deliberations, deciding if he owes additional millions to writer E. Jean Carroll after a jury last year found that he sexually abused her in 1996. Carroll's lawyer asked jurors to award $24 million in compensatory damages and more in punitive damages, while Trump's…

NBC News: Full Nightly Broadcast, Jan. 15

TL/DR - The article does not provide specific facts, data, or arguments. It instead gives a list of links to different news articles, each covering a variety of topics. These topics include the Iowa caucuses, a winter storm, events in Israel, volcano eruptions, the Taiwan election, and issues related to Boeing inspections and flight…