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Food insecurity is a key social determinant of health, linked to increased risk for chronic illness and negative impacts on mental health. 

From winning California Medicaid contracts in five counties to the completion of its acquisition of a Medicaid managed long-term care business, here are six recent headlines about Molina Healthcare reported by Becker's since Aug. 26: 

Kentucky will expand Medicaid coverage to include dental, vision and hearing coverage, The Louisville Courier-Journal reported Oct. 20. 

In a letter to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra and Management and Budget Office Director Shalanda Young, AHIP explained its vision for how demographic data can be improved and standardized across the healthcare system. 

Here are five payers adding additional areas to their ACA marketplace plan offerings for 2023. The ACA enrollment period begins Nov. 1. 

Banner|Aetna, a joint venture between Phoenix-based Banner Health and Aetna, is introducing a "frictionless" billing process designed to reduce confusion for patients.

Overall satisfaction with pharmacy benefit managers is down among plan sponsors, a survey from the Pharmaceutical Strategies Report found. 

A judge in Delaware temporarily blocked the state from moving its public retirees to a Medicare Advantage plan, the Delaware News Journal reported Oct. 19. 

Florida Blue will invest $3.73 million in combating food insecurity through grants to 10 community organizations, the payer said Oct. 19. 

The National Community Pharmacists Association is urging the Department of Defense to take action to reinstate the nearly 15,000 community pharmacies dropped from Tricare's network, the group said in an Oct. 19 news release.