Henry Gass

Journalist/Photographer

Kentucky tests how much to demand of Medicaid recipients

By Henry Gass February 27, 2018 Articles

In July, Kentucky will become the first state to enforce work and community engagement requirements for some Medicaid recipients. The debate centers on fundamental questions: Does work make you healthier, or do you need to be healthy to work? And is health care a benefit or a right?

How Congress’s inaction has left children’s health program on life support

By Henry Gass December 8, 2017 Articles

Last week, Colorado became the first state to send letters to CHIP families warning them that support might end in January. Texas has asked the federal government for $90 million to keep its program running through February.