Officials from Texas and other states threaten to drop out of the Medicaid program while other states seek ways to cover expanding Medicaid budget.
(Daily Report) Nov 16, 2010
Tomorrow, Dr. Donald Berwick, the adminstrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is scheduled to testify before the Senate Committee on Finance. Here is an advance copy of his prepared statement.
(Story) Nov 16, 2010
As budget-weary state officials contemplate dropping out of the Medicaid program, a potentially game-changing question has arisen in Washington: Would poor people who lose coverage get subsidies to buy private coverage?
(Story) Nov 15, 2010
As the Medicaid program continues to consume more of states' budgets each year, Republican lawmakers and the just-reelected GOP governor, Rick Perry, have an idea: Opting-out of the program altogether.
(Daily Report) Nov 15, 2010
Facing budget shortfalls, Texas and other states consider dropping Medicaid; West Virginia providers sue the state program.
(Daily Report) Nov 12, 2010
But states' increasing use of the private plans is raising questions about whether low-income residents are getting adequate care.
(Daily Report) Nov 12, 2010
Faced with widening deficits, some conservative legislators in Texas and other states explore the "nuclear option" -- quitting the state-federal health program for the poor.
(Daily Report) Nov 12, 2010
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including examinations of Medicaid and state budget issues as well as the next round of the congressional health overhaul fight.
(Daily Report) Nov 12, 2010
Faced with widening deficits, some conservative legislators in Texas and other states explore the "nuclear option" — quitting the state-federal health program for the poor.
(Story) Nov 12, 2010
But states' increasing use of the private plans is raising questions about whether low-income residents are getting adequate care.
(Story) Nov 12, 2010