Kaiser Health News presents a selection of Wednesday's opinions and editorials from around the nation.
(Daily Report) May 19, 2010
Minnesota's Democratic-controlled legislature ended a budget standoff Monday that focused on Medicaid policy.
(Daily Report) May 18, 2010
Medicaid rolls continued to swell in Utah, but growth was slower than in recent months. Arizona's children's health insurance program, meanwhile, blocked new enrollments in January and has seen its numbers shrink by 26 percent.
(Daily Report) May 17, 2010
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger unveiled his latest spending plan for the financially strapped state on Friday, and news coverage focused on the deep cuts he is proposing.
(Daily Report) May 15, 2010
Despite budget squeezes, some states are considering expanding Medicaid , due to the new health law. Meanwhile, California is expected to cut back health services.
(Daily Report) May 14, 2010
Obama administration officials, touting $2.5 billion recovered from Medicare overpayments and fraud, immediately turned to talk of how health reform could ensure bigger successes in the future.
(Daily Report) May 14, 2010
Now that the health care bill is law, an array of groups -- representing doctors, insurers, small businesses and others -- have switched to their post-passage game plans. Among their top goals: Helping shape the all-important regulations being written by the Obama administration.
(Daily Report) May 14, 2010
Studies and briefs in this week's roundup come from the New England Journal of Medicine, the Urban Institute, George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, the Commonwealth Fund, the Kaiser Family Foundation, Mathematica and the British Medical Journal.
(Daily Report) May 14, 2010
Now that the health care bill is law, an array of groups -- representing doctors, insurers, small businesses and others -- have switched to their post-passage game plans. Among their top goals: Helping shape the all-important regulations being written by the Obama administration.
(Story) May 14, 2010
Obama administration officials, touting $2.5 billion recovered from Medicare overpayments and fraud, immediately turned to talk of how health reform could ensure bigger successes in the future.
(Story) May 13, 2010