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National Review Online (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
T he legislative process inevitably fathers unintended consequences. The more complex and ambitious the legislative endeavor, the more numerous are its by-blows. Recently, Heritage analysts Dennis Smith (who ran the federal Medicaid program for seven years in the Bush administration) and Ed Haislmaier uncovered a doozy in the House’s health-care-reform bill: a previously unnoticed...
Thoughts Of A Conservative Christian (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
December 09, 2009, 4:00 a.m. The Medicaid Nuclear Option Think Medicaid is wasteful? Wait till you see what comes next, courtesy the House bill. By Michael G. Franc The legislative process inevitably fathers unintended consequences. The more complex and ambitious the legislative endeavor, the more numerous are its by-blows. Recently, Heritage analysts Dennis Smith (who ran the federal...
Healthcare Economist (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
California’s Medicaid program, known as Medi-Cal, is the largest in the nation. The California Health Care Foundation offers some interesting facts about the program in this report. For instance: In just two years, Medi-Cal’s share of the state’s General Fund spending increased from 17% to 19%. If not for provisions in the federal stimulus bill that provide [...]...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
In exchange for accepting a proposed compromise on a public option in the health bill, liberal Democratic Senators are hoping to win expansions of the Medicare and Medicaid programs, The New York Times reports. "One of the changes being pushed by the liberals would lower the age of eligibility for Medicare to 55, from 65...
Burnt Orange Report (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
... the quote (emphasis mine): It will limit people's choices to, in many cases, to a government-run program like Medicaid which is essentially a health care gulag , because people will not have any choices but to take that poorly performing government plan. Don't believe it? Our friends at Talking Points Memo have the video: Senator Cornyn seems confused. Perhaps many great works of...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
A federal trial that begins in Miami on Monday could effect the medical care of 1.4 million Florida children.<p/> In a class-action lawsuit filed four years ago, disabled or impoverished children whose healthcare bill is paid for by Medicaid claim they must endure long waits -- or long drives -- to find doctors or dentists who accept the insurance plan. They argue their medical care is...
John Goodman's Health Policy Blog (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
The health care legislation currently in Congress not only imposes new costs on states through expansion of the Medicaid program; it also preempts state authority in management of the program. Faced with becoming merely an agent of the federal government, states will likely take the rational and reasoned approach of simply ending the state-federal partnership [...]
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
More people are enrolled in Oklahoma's Medicaid program than ever before, but the health care services they receive will likely be cut as officials roll back costs due to a deepening statewide budget shortfall, the program's chief executive said. During the... Medicaid - Health care - Oklahoma - United States - Health
Rocky Mount Telegram - Business (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
OKLAHOMA CITY — More people are enrolled in Oklahoma's Medicaid program than ever before, but ...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
More people are enrolled in Oklahoma's Medicaid program than ever before, but the health care services they receive will likely be cut as officials roll back costs due to a deepening statewide budget shortfall, the program's chief executive said.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
More people are enrolled in Oklahoma's Medicaid program than ever before, but the health care services they receive will likely be cut as officials roll back costs due to a deepening statewide budget shortfall, the program's chief executive said.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
OKLAHOMA CITY -- More people are enrolled in Oklahoma's Medicaid program than ever before, but the health care services they receive will likely be cut as officials roll back costs due to a deepening statewide budget shortfall, the program's chief executive said.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Some hospitals are suing Massachusetts' Medicaid program for underpaying. Idaho health agencies are broadening their own lawsuit against the state on Medicaid payment rules. Boston Herald: "Six community hospitals will formally file a lawsuit against the state today, ratcheting up a dispute between the hospitals and the state agency that pays for some of the care they provide...
ABC News (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
NC Medicaid program's spending $160 million over budget because of higher enrollment, flu Medicaid - Health - United States - Influenza - Health care
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
