GraniteGrok (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Guest Post by State Senator Jeb Bradley On Tuesday, October 27 the Republican Leadership in the New Hampshire House and Senate sponsored a SUMMIT ON SPENDING in Concord.There were three excellent presentations from Steve Norton of the New Hampshire Center for Public...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Today's state round-up includes coverage of uninsured children in Dallas, the Massachusetts state budget and a Medicaid rate cut in Louisiana. The Dallas Morning News: "Next year, Dallas County will lead the state in the percentage of uninsured children, a rate nearly triple the national average, according to a report Children's Medical Center Dallas is releasing today.
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island spends nearly double the national average on its fire-protection services, while expending significantly less than other states on higher education, highways and parks. According to a new report released Tuesday by the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council, the Ocean State also had the second-highest per capita spending on Medicaid, where expenditures have...
news | OS | http://www.ocala.com (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
By Lloyd Dunkelberger Tallahassee Bureau TALLAHASSEE — Florida is heading for a cliff when it comes to Medicaid spending.
news | OS | http://www.ocala.com (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
By Lloyd Dunkelberger Tallahassee bureau Florida is heading for a cliff when it comes to Medicaid spending.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
Today's state news reports look to Washington. Medicaid expansions could squeeze states' budgets and some local lawmakers are taking their concerns to counterparts in Congress. At the same time, they hope to carve out room for states to find their own solutions.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
State news Thursday explores Medicaid cuts, highlighting a new North Carolina policy for state employees - they pay more if they're heavy or smoke - and examines San Francisco's unusual city health program for the uninsured.
Docuticker (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
The Crunch Continues: Medicaid Spending, Coverage and Policy in the Midst of a Recession Source: Kaiser Family Foundation This annual 50-state survey finds that number of people on Medicaid and state spending on the program are climbing sharply as a result of the recession, straining state budgets and pressuring officials to curb costs despite increased financial [...]
WILLisms.com (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
No Wonder States Angry About Medicaid - States are pushing back on the federal government and resisting perpetual expansion of Medicaid . No wonder. Take a look at Texas. In Texas, federal government mandates this program on the state, but the state share has risen dramatically ( .pdf ): Over the past five biennia, Medicaid spending paid for out of GR has nearly doubled—up...
Governing.com: 13th Floor (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
Posted by Penelope Lemov Here’s the good news: Thanks to federal stimulus money under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, states got a lot of help with their Medicaid spending. So much so that, for the first time in Medicaid...
The Denver Business Journal (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
Medicaid enrollment in the U.S. grew an average of 5.4 percent in fiscal-year 2009 from the previous year, the biggest rate of growth in six years.
The Baltimore Business Journal (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
Medicaid enrollment in the U.S. grew 5.4 percent in 2009, the biggest rate of growth in six years.
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
The recession is driving up enrollment in Medicaid at higher-than-expected rates, threatening gargantuan state budget gaps even as Congress and the White House seek to expand the government health-insurance program for the poor and disabled, according to a survey released Wednesday.
Gothamist (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... state credit ratings deteriorate. " Paterson's plan is to make big cuts from education and Medicaid spending. Senate Democrats, who were unwilling to even attend the special session until recently, have offered their own budget ideas made up of "refinancing of tobacco settlement bonds, sweeps for unspent cash in state agencies and authorities, and an extension of operating...
THE CENTRIST (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
... in 2007 (latest available numbers). This means that Pennsylvania government is extracting and spending (on average) more than 23 percent of every dollar each household earns. Of course, this does not count the money extracted and spent by federal and local government. Nor does it include government's debt and unfunded obligations which, according to the 2009 Fall Report from the General...
