Kaiser Health News presents a selection of Monday's opinions and editorials from across the country.
(Daily Report) Aug 16, 2010
States don’t have the money to sustain Medicaid expansions during hard economic times, forcing them to make cuts. This is terrible. But to compare Medicaid cutbacks to private insurer rescission is grossly misleading.
(Daily Report) Aug 16, 2010
States don’t have the money to sustain Medicaid expansions during hard economic times, forcing them to make cuts. This is terrible. But to compare Medicaid cutbacks to private insurer rescission is grossly misleading.
(Column) Aug 16, 2010
Party politics were obvious this week as House Democrats approved $16 billion in additional federal Medicaid funds for states.
(Story) Aug 13, 2010
This week's research roundup features studies and briefs from Health Affairs, the Journal of the American Medical Association, the Archives of Internal Medicine, the Kaiser Family Foundation, the Urban Institute, the Institutes of Medicine and Mathematica.
(Daily Report) Aug 13, 2010
Lawmakers have largely avoided discussion of Medicaid rescissions and Medicaid abuses in the debate over health reform.
(Daily Report) Aug 13, 2010
Lawmakers have largely avoided discussion of Medicaid rescissions and Medicaid abuses in the debate over health reform.
(Column) Aug 12, 2010
Major pharmacy benefit managers, such as Medco and CVS Caremark, are dropping prices as the firms compete for clients.
(Daily Report) Aug 12, 2010
President Obama has signed legislation into law that will give states an additional $16 billion in Medicaid funding. As House members left the Capitol to resume their August recess, some predicted that town hall meetings in their districts would focus more on job and the economy than health care, a change from the town halls of last August where health care was often a combative issue.
(Story) Aug 11, 2010
President Obama signed a bill Tuesday that gives states an extra $16 billion in extra Medicaid funds which some governors say will help close budget gaps and preserve. Republicans call the bill an unnecessary bailout.
(Daily Report) Aug 11, 2010