The federal government is giving states until June 25 to say how they intend to run high-risk pools to insure people who have been denied coverage due to a pre-existing medical condition and have been uninsured for at least six months.
(Story) Jun 17, 2010
Rand Paul, a Kentucky GOP Senate candidate, sees Medicare and Medicaid patients, even as he opposes the federal programs and is facing criticism from his Democratic opponent for not releasing his Medicare billing records.
(Daily Report) Jun 16, 2010
Inside Health Policy reports that Democrats and Hospital groups are pushing harder for the Senate to increase Medicaid payments as part of the "tax extenders" bill being considered in the upper chamber.
(Daily Report) Jun 16, 2010
Oregon makes minor cuts to state workers' health benefits; Maine probes cost of health overhaul; medical mart planned for Cleveland.
(Daily Report) Jun 16, 2010
Federally funded initiatives to enroll kids in Medicaid and CHIP hold lessons for enrolling adults once health overhaul goes into effect in 2014.
(Story) Jun 16, 2010
The "Walkers/Talkers" program in New Orleans sends workers into the poorest neighborhoods to find uninsured children and then helps sign them up for Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
(Story) Jun 16, 2010
Experts say states can employ a variety of strategies to identify and enroll eligible children in the Medicaid and CHIP programs this year – and the millions of adults who will become eligible for Medicaid in 2014.
(Story) Jun 16, 2010
The Walkers/Talkers program in New Orleans sends workers into the poorest neighborhoods to help sign uninsured children up for government health insurance programs.
(Video) Jun 16, 2010
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including the latest Senate developments regarding the Medicare 'doc fix' as well as continuing health reform implementation news.
(Daily Report) Jun 16, 2010
Florida hospital administrators for years have said the state's high rate of preterm births -- and the infant health problems that result -- are beyond their control. But that's not true, as Tallahassee Memorial Hospital has proved.
(Story) Jun 15, 2010