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Maryland lawmakers push to expand Medicaid coverage for transgender residents

May 3, 2022 Sharika Soukup

In light of recent federal policy changes, Sen. Mary L. Washington (D-Baltimore City) and Del. Anne R. Kaiser (D-Montgomery) are urging the Department of Health to redesign its Medicaid policy surrounding health care for transgender Marylanders. This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email…

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Florida lawmakers seen to strip $561 million from hospital, health care system budgets

April 5, 2022 Sharika Soukup

Florida lawmakers seen to strip 1 million from hospital, health care system budgets

Proposed budget slashes hospital funding Aaron Mesmer reports TAMPA, Fla. – Florida health care system advocates are urging state lawmakers to reconsider budget cuts that could slash hundreds of millions of dollars from hospitals across the state. According to the Florida Hospital Association, the heath care budget proposal in the Florida House of Representatives would…

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Doctors trained in ‘Connecticut mostly leave Connecticut’, State Medical Society wants this and health insurance issues addressed by lawmakers

February 9, 2022 Sharika Soukup

With Connecticut’s 2022 legislative session fast approaching, physicians at the helm of the Connecticut State Medical Society drew attention Friday to the state’s inability to retain medical students and the need to reduce the burdens placed on physicians by health insurance companies. “We have great medical schools,” Dr. Bob Russo, CSMS chief medical officer, said…

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