The Department of Health and Human Services' efforts to enroll more eligible children in Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program "are being hurt by the financial reality of state budgets," American Medical News reports.
(Daily Report) Sep 20, 2010
States address a range of policy issues.
(Daily Report) Sep 20, 2010
Gov. David A. Paterson, D-N.Y., has vetoed a bill to provide increased rent relief for more than 11,000 New Yorkers with HIV and AIDS.
(Daily Report) Sep 20, 2010
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about the political positioning of both Democrats and Republicans on health reform, the mid-term elections and GOP plans to repeal and replace.
(Daily Report) Sep 20, 2010
With this collection of resources, KHN provides a Census Bureau summary of key findings, the chapter on health insurance coverage and access the full report, "Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2009."
(Story) Sep 16, 2010
The Hill reports that leaders of the House Ways and Means Committee have offered a bipartisan bill to allow the Department of Health and Human Services to exclude corporate executives from Medicare if their companies were convicted of fraud.
(Daily Report) Sep 16, 2010
News outlets report on rural hospitals in Minnesota, a new insurer contract for a Florida hospital and possible restrictions on a pending for-profit hospital system in Massachusetts.
(Daily Report) Sep 16, 2010
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports about a speech by the new CMS director and the run up to Sept. 23 - the day several health overhaul provisions take effect.
(Daily Report) Sep 14, 2010
When it comes to health care, the Florida governor's race offers voters a clear choice. Republican Rick Scott and Democrat Alex Sink disagree on hot-button issues from abortion to Medicaid.
(Story) Sep 10, 2010
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said in a guidance released Thursday that the health overhaul mandates state Medicaid program allow terminally ill kids to get curative treatment even if they take hospice benefits, The Hill reports.
(Daily Report) Sep 10, 2010