Phil Galewitz covers Medicaid, Medicare, long‐term care, hospitals and various state health issues. He has covered the health beat for nearly two decades. He is a board member of the Association of Health Care Journalists. In 2004‐05, he was a Kaiser Media Fellow and wrote about community solutions to the uninsured. Before coming to KHN, he was at The Palm Beach Post and was a national health industry writer for the Associated Press and The Patriot‐ News in Harrisburg, Pa. He has a BA in health planning and administration and a master's in public administration with an emphasis in health policy.
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States will have the option to use data from food stamps, other programs, to enroll people in Medicaid. Officials say the changes are geared to states that are expanding the program next year, but they may also be adopted by others.
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Mar 31
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Mar 25
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Mar 08
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Feb 24
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Feb 21