Nearly 500,000 in U.S. Will Regain Medicaid Coverage After State Errors

Nearly 500,000 people, many of them children, will keep Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program coverage after state officials discovered major errors in their procedures for reviewing program eligibility, federal officials said on Thursday. After a pandemic-era policy that guaranteed Medicaid coverage lapsed in April, states began checking to see whether tens of millions of…

Make Soup Now for When You’re Sick Later

There’s something in the air. No, I’m not talking about the promise of scarves and plaid button-downs wafting in the breeze. I’m talking about germs. It seems like everyone is sniffling a little, coughing a little, clearing their throat a little as the seasons shift and our sinuses brace for the worst. Last week, bedridden…