News outlets report on the campaign of multimillionaire Rick Scott, the former CEO of the Columbia/HCA health care company, who is running for governor in Florida.
(Daily Report) Jun 01, 2010
House Democrats, under pressure from fiscal conservatives to cut spending, dropped from a jobs bill both a COBRA subsidy extension to help the newly laid-off pay for health coverage as well as more federal aid to boost state Medicaid budgets.
(Daily Report) May 28, 2010
Today's round up of state news includes changes in insurance rates for Kansas state employees, problems with EMT certification in Massachusetts and a hospital merger in the Washington D.C. area.
(Daily Report) May 28, 2010
Kaiser Health News presents a selection of opinions and editorials.
(Daily Report) May 28, 2010
News outlets report on state initiatives to limit abortions by requiring an ultrasound before the procedure.
(Daily Report) May 28, 2010
As the first of the laid-off to receive a 65 percent subsidy on the cost of continuing their former employer's coverage under COBRA prepare to try to afford coverage without the assistance, news outlets are helping people examine their options.
(Daily Report) May 27, 2010
Each state's situation will be a bit different, the study finds. "Oregion will experience the largest jump in federal spending on Medicaid -- 51 percent," Reuters reports. "Meanwhile, Mississippi will have the biggest increase in state spending at 5 percent."
(Daily Report) May 27, 2010
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that "more than 200 area hospital administrators, doctors, nurses, and others met with national experts at the Union League in Center City to learn about strategies to reduce hospital readmissions in the five-county Philadelphia area."
(Daily Report) May 27, 2010
The Associated Press reports that a $15 million Medicare fraud case in California has ended as the last of 17 defendants was sentenced this week to 30 months in prison.
(Daily Report) May 27, 2010
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organization, including a study about the federal government's funding level for high-risk pools as well as congressional Democrats' ongoing struggle to extend the COBRA benefit subsidy and to prevent a scheduled cut in Medicare payments to physicians.
(Daily Report) May 27, 2010