Many states prepared annual budgets based on getting enhanced federal funding for their Medicaid programs. Without those funds, they will have to cut programs to meet their budgets.
(Daily Report) Jun 22, 2010
The Senate has passed a six-month payment increase for Medicare physicians but it is unclear if the House will pass that measure.
(Story) Jun 21, 2010
An expired COBRA subsidy extension to allow the recently laid off to afford to keep their former employer's health insurance and enhanced federal funding for state Medicaid programs remain in limbo as lawmakers work at a measured pace to extend other unemployment benefits.
(Daily Report) Jun 21, 2010
The Senate has passed a six-month payment increase for Medicare physicians but it is unclear if the House will pass that measure.
(Video) Jun 21, 2010
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of Thursday's opinions and editorials from around America.
(Daily Report) Jun 21, 2010
Help from the new health law may not come soon enough for many Americans.
(Daily Report) Jun 21, 2010
If increased federal support for Medicaid isn't extended, states will have to fill budget holes next year that many legislatures have not anticipated.
(Daily Report) Jun 18, 2010
This week's research roundup includes studies and briefs from the Archives of Internal Medicine, Health Affairs, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Commonwealth Fund, the Kaiser Family Foundation, the CDC and the National Center for Policy Analysis.
(Daily Report) Jun 18, 2010
A bill that would among other things extend some unemployment benefits and provide a temporary fix of Medicare payment rates to doctors hit a roadblock in the Senate Wednesday as a procedural vote to end debate on the bill failed.
(Daily Report) Jun 17, 2010
Illinois will face a $750 million shortfall in the fiscal year beginning in July if Congress doesn't extend increased Medicaid funding, originally authorized as part of last year's economic stimulus.
(Daily Report) Jun 17, 2010