Medicaid – Page 18 – Healthy Skeptic

Aug 25 2010

Fiscal Times

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

A plan by Medicare to try to make it simpler for consumers to pick drug coverage could force 3 million seniors to switch plans next year whether they like it or not

Aug 24 2010

Emergency Room Use

By Kevin Roche Commentary No Comments

A study discusses trends in the use of emergency rooms. Medicaid beneficiaries are the vast majority of the increase in utilization, which may reflect poor access to primary care or inappropriate health care seeking behavior.

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Aug 23 2010

Fiscal Times

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In 2014, the Medicaid expansion also will help the homeless by enabling agencies to divert resources to other services such as finding housing and jobs

Aug 20 2010

Fiscal Times

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Although the trustees 2010 report represents the official projection for Medicare, its actuaries simultaneously published an unusual dissent suggesting a more likely alternate scenario than the one endorsed by the trustees.

Aug 20 2010

Kaiser Health News

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By telling governors they have until Sept. 24 to ask for additional Medicaid funds, Sebelius is forcing the hands of Republicans who have been vocal about their distaste for additional deficit spending

Aug 13 2010

Washington Post

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Only in Washington could the government raid one entitlement program to finance a brand-new one and still claim that deficits have been reduced and entitlements have been reformed.

Aug 12 2010

New York Times

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“Roadmap for America’s Future,” is an unusually austere proposal to vanquish the federal debt by, among other things, partly dismantling Social Security and Medicare as they currently exist

Aug 11 2010

Wall Street Journal

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The $26 billion legislation provides $16 billion for Medicaid and $10 billion to avert teacher layoffs. It is funded by cutting some food-stamp payments that were raised by the stimulus bill, and by limiting the foreign tax credits

Aug 10 2010

HealthLeaders Media

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Since each state’s Medicaid population’s health needs vary, each state must set health plan Medicaid rates that are appropriate to cover that state’s eligible population

Aug 06 2010

GAO

By Kevin Roche Research No Comments

GAO: MEDICAID MANAGED CARE – CMS’s Oversight of States’ Rate Setting Needs Improvement

Aug 06 2010

The Hill

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The Government Accountability Office released a report Wednesday that says the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services needs better oversight of Medicaid managed care contracts.

Aug 05 2010

Fiscal Times

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Senate Democratic leaders claimed a victory Wednesday by winning a test vote on the pending state aid package, which includes $16 billion in federal Medicaid assistance.

Aug 05 2010

AP News

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Medicare and Social Security are facing strains from an aging population and an economy that can’t seem to get out of low gear – and despite assertions to the contrary the new health care law doesn’t improve Medicare’s solvency by much.

Aug 05 2010

New York Times

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The Senate on Wednesday cleared the way for a $26 billion package of aid to states and school districts

Aug 04 2010

Kaiser Health News

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A Senate effort to extend federal help to states struggling with swelling Medicaid rolls hit a road block yesterday when a crucial vote to move the measure forward was delayed until at least Wednesday

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