Medicaid – Page 13 – Healthy Skeptic

Apr 22 2011

New York Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Scott Walker Opinion: Block grants would bring a truce to the tug-of-wars between Washington and the states. This is the best option for Medicaid, facing a midlife crisis, to survive.

Apr 18 2011

Stateline

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How would block grants change a program that currently serves more than 50 million people? Here’s a primer

Apr 14 2011

GAO Reports on CHIPs Programs

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

Medicaid and the Childrens Health Insurance Programs provide coverage for a very substantial portion of the nation's children. The GAO issues a report on the adequacy of some aspects of…

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Apr 13 2011

Kaiser Health News

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Federal Medicaid Teams Deployed To Help States Cut Costs Get Mixed Reviews

Apr 11 2011

Kaiser Health News

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A federal grant program authorized in the health overhaul law is offering states $100 million to reward Medicaid recipients who make an effort to quit smoking or keep their weight, blood pressure or cholesterol levels in check.

Apr 07 2011

KaiserHealth News

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CBO Outlines ‘Key Features’ Of Ryan Budget Proposal: ‘Substantial’ Changes To Medicare, Medicaid

Apr 04 2011

New York Times

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Cuts Leave Patients With Medicaid Cards, but No Specialist to See

Apr 04 2011

CNN.com

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Strapped states are scrambling to address Medicaid’s ballooning costs as the federal government cuts back a critical source of funding last Friday.

Mar 31 2011

Wall Street Journal

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Prepare to hear a lot (more) about Medicaid, the government health-insurance program for the poor.

Mar 29 2011

Bloomberg

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Medicaid, the joint U.S.-state health program for the poor, spent $329 million extra in 2009 purchasing 20 brand-name drugs instead of available generic copies, according to an American Enterprise Institute report.

Mar 28 2011

Wall Street Journal

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House Republicans are preparing to propose a major shake-up of the Medicaid health-care program for the poor, a first step in their drive to overhaul federal entitlements

Mar 22 2011

Kansas Health Institute

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CRS report: HHS secretary has latitude to waive state MOE requirements

Mar 09 2011

McLatchyde

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Under the new law, the federal government will pay the entire cost of the new enrollees for the first three years, after which it will scale down gradually to 90 percent in 2020 and thereafter. Republican governors say that’s an entitlement-program expansion they simply can’t afford

Mar 08 2011

chron.com

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Texas doctors fed up with Medicare’s declining reimbursements dropped out of the government-funded program for the elderly in record numbers in 2010

Mar 03 2011

The Hill

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President Obama’s Medicaid chief shot down a proposal gaining traction among Republican governors to transform Medicaid into block-grant payments

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