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Alexandra Olgin

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Currently in Portland, OR. Formerly at @tradeoffspod @GistHealthcare and public radio stations in NC, SC, AZ.
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Utah is experimenting with a new role for AI: renewing prescriptions

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By Alexandra Olgin 
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Utah is in the midst of an experiment to let AI renew some prescriptions. A company, Doctronic, promises easier and cheaper care but some doctors fear patients may get hurt. Patients on medicine for high cholesterol, diabetes, birth control, depression or a host of other conditions, answer a few questions, verify their identity, and voila! The prescription is refilled.
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Nebraska updates Medicaid eligibility from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

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By Alexandra Olgin 
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This month, Nebraska became the first state to start implementing a new federal law that requires proof of work to keep Medicaid. Adults in the state will now need to prove they’re working, in school, or volunteering to keep Medicaid, or show that they are too sick to do so. As the rule is rolled out across the country, states are projected to spend tens of millions of dollars on work verification programs. The shift is expected to kick millions of people off of health insurance.
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State Medicaid cuts are looming. Pediatric care could feel it most.

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By Alexandra Olgin 
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Idaho is cutting how much it pays doctors, dentists, therapists, and others who treat Medicaid patients to close a budget gap. Pediatric practices are feeling it most, since about half the nation's kids have insurance through the joint state-federal program. Other states are now weighing similar cuts to the program that covers more than 70 million people. Medicaid meant everything to Cari Warren when her kids were little. It covered vaccines and doctors’ visits.
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