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Here are the states where residents are most dependent on Medicaid coverage, based on data from State Health Compare.

The Congressional Budget Office updated estimates of the American Health Care Act's predict the bill will cause 14 million people to lose insurance by 2018, MedPage Today reports.

Senate Republicans want their version of the American Health Care Act to end Medicaid expansion and roll back federal funding for states that expanded their programs, The Hill reports.

A contract dispute between Health Net and Arizona-based Dignity Health has left approximately 5,000 Arizonans without coverage, The Arizona Republic reports.

A group of California legislators are pushing forward a bill, the Healthy California Act, which would create a single-payer healthcare system in the state.

A Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia spokesperson said the payer plans to offer plans in the state's exchange but these plans may change based on negotiations between the payer and the state, according to AJC.com.

President Donald Trump is proposing a budget that will cut Medicaid by $800 billion, according to CNN.

CMS postponed the start date of its mandatory bundled payment models and amendments to the existing Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement program from Oct.1, 2017, to Jan. 1, 2018, Medscape reports.

Maine's Community Health Options co-op had a $3.7 million surplus in the first quarter of fiscal year 2017 after sustaining nearly $90 million in operating losses the previous two years, Maine Public reports.

Fifteen states filed a lawsuit to preserve the ACA's cost-sharing subsidies aiming to stabilize the insurance marketplace, according to the Los Angeles Times.