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Sam Whitehead

Atlanta

Correspondent at Kaiser Family Foundation

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Articles

  • 1 week ago | mercurynews.com | Sam Whitehead |Renuka Rayasam

    By Sam Whitehead, Renuka Rayasam, KFF Health NewsThe country’s top nonpartisan government watchdog has confirmed it is examining the costs of running the nation’s only active Medicaid work requirement program, as Republican state and federal lawmakers consider similar requirements. The U.S. Government Accountability Office told KFF Health News that its analysis of the Georgia Pathways to Coverage program could be released this fall.

  • 1 week ago | magnoliareporter.com | Sam Whitehead |Phil Galewitz |Katheryn Houghton

    For many years, Eric Wunderlin’s health issues made it hard to find stable employment. Struggling to manage depression and diabetes, Wunderlin worked part-time, minimum-wage retail jobs around Dayton, Ohio, making so little he said he sometimes had to choose between paying rent and buying food. But in 2018, his CareSource Medicaid health plan offered him help getting a job. It connected him to a life coach, who helped him find full-time work with health benefits.

  • 1 week ago | kffhealthnews.org | Sam Whitehead |Renuka Rayasam

    El principal organismo no partidario de control gubernamental del país ha confirmado que está examinando los costos de operar el único programa de Medicaid activo con requisito de trabajo, mientras legisladores republicanos estatales y federales consideran requisitos similares. La Oficina de Responsabilidad Gubernamental de Estados Unidos (GAO) informó a KFF Health News que su análisis del programa Georgia Pathways to Coverage podría publicarse este otoño.

  • 1 week ago | medicalxpress.com | Sam Whitehead |Renuka Rayasam

    The country's top nonpartisan government watchdog has confirmed it is examining the costs of running the nation's only active Medicaid work requirement program, as Republican state and federal lawmakers consider similar requirements. The U.S. Government Accountability Office told KFF Health News that its analysis of the Georgia Pathways to Coverage program could be released this fall.

  • 1 week ago | muskogeephoenix.com | Sam Whitehead

    By Sam Whitehead and Renu Rayasam KFF Health News The country's top nonpartisan government watchdog has confirmed it is examining the costs of running the nation's only active Medicaid work requirement program, as Republican state and federal lawmakers consider similar requirements. The U.S. Government Accountability Office told KFF Health News that its analysis of the Georgia Pathways to Coverage program could be released this fall.