Renuka Rayasam

2 weeks ago | wamu.org | Renuka Rayasam |Sam Whitehead

Protesters from 25 states and D.C. headed to the Capitol this week to protest planned cuts to Medicaid by Congress. Dorian Warren is is the co-president of the community organizing group Community Change, which led the protest on Tuesday. He emphasized the significance of Medicaid to the millions of beneficiaries nationwide.

1 month ago | lacrossetribune.com | Renuka Rayasam

ATLANTA — When Destiny heard screams, she raced to a hospital room where she saw a patient assaulting a care technician. As a charge nurse at Northeast Georgia Health System, she was trained to de-escalate violent situations. But that day in spring 2021, as Destiny intervened, for several minutes the patient punched, kicked, and bit her. And by the time a team of security guards and other nurses could free her, the patient had ripped out chunks of Destiny’s hair.

1 month ago | publicgoodnews.com | Renuka Rayasam |Sam Whitehead

Read in EnglishEn enero, durante una audiencia en el Congreso en su camino a convertirse en secretario del Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos (HHS), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dio información errónea sobre cuestiones básicas de Medicaid, un programa que ahora supervisa.  En ese momento, afirmó que a Medicaid lo financia por completo el gobierno federal (no es así) y que muchos beneficiarios están insatisfechos con los altos gastos de bolsillo (los afiliados pagan poco o nada).

1 month ago | kffhealthnews.org | Renuka Rayasam |Sam Whitehead

En enero, durante una audiencia en el Congreso en su camino a convertirse en secretario del Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos (HHS), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dio información errónea sobre cuestiones básicas de Medicaid, un programa que ahora supervisa. En ese momento, afirmó que a Medicaid lo financia por completo el gobierno federal (no es así) y que muchos beneficiarios están insatisfechos con los altos gastos de bolsillo (los afiliados pagan poco o nada). Medicaid es complejo.

1 month ago | dillontribune.com | Renuka Rayasam |Sam Whitehead

In January, during a congressional hearing on his way to becoming secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. got basic details wrong about Medicaid — a program he now oversees. He said that Medicaid is fully funded by the federal government (it’s not) and that many enrollees are unsatisfied with high out-of-pocket costs (enrollees pay limited, if any, out-of-pocket costs).