West Virginia's Medicaid patients are nearing a crisis when it comes to access to dental care, West Virginia Public Broadcasting reports. Medicaid's reimbursement rates for dentistry haven't increased since 1991, and West Virginia cut rates in 1994 by 30 percent, causing fewer and fewer dentists to accept payment from the public program for the low-income.
(Daily Report) Oct 19, 2009
Opinions and editorials from around the country.
(Daily Report) Oct 19, 2009
News reports this weekend highlight several developments as medical providers respond to changing economic forces, and in some cases, clashes of personality.
(Daily Report) Oct 19, 2009
Nearly one-third of young adults -- those between the ages of 19 to 29 -- have no health insurance.
(Daily Report) Oct 19, 2009
Central Pennsylvania's Geisinger Health System has been widely hailed as a model for health reform by leading Democrats including President Obama. But its success may hinge on a confluence of circumstances that wouldn't translate to other areas, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
(Daily Report) Oct 19, 2009
The finances of Hillsboro Medical Center in North Dakota improved after it got a "critical access" designation. Sens. Conrad, D-N.D., Wyden, D-Ore., Pryor, D-Ark., and Brownback, R-Kan., want to make it easier for other rural hospitals to get the designation as part of health reform.
(Story) Oct 19, 2009
Health care overhaul legislation largely fails to address the issue of medical errors that were detailed in a 10-year old landmark federal study.
(Daily Report) Oct 16, 2009
New outlets report on a variety of health issues at the state level including gloomy health statistics and the rising cost of premiums for sick workers in Texas, a Medicaid program that could provide a model for national health care reform in North Carolina and Medicaid cuts in Michigan.
(Daily Report) Oct 16, 2009
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including the latest political and policy developments surrounding health overhaul legislation.
(Daily Report) Oct 16, 2009
Makers of generic drugs say it's unfair to make them pay $460M to help fund health care overhaul legislation. They warn consumer prices could rise if Congress approves the 10 years of increased Medicaid discounts included in the bill passed by the Senate Finance Committee Tuesday.
(Daily Report) Oct 15, 2009