Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius released a new report Thursday detailing double-digit insurance premium hikes in six states across the country, citing the increases as evidence of an urgent need for a health care overhaul.
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Bills in Iowa and Kansas would seek to mitigate the bite of rising health premiums for individuals and small businesses.
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States and institutions are getting grants to facilitate health information technology adoption.
(Daily Report) Feb 19, 2010
Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration may extend a Medicaid-reform pilot program by 19 counties to save more than $58 million by requiring Medicaid beneficiaries enroll in managed-care plans, Health News Florida reports.
(Daily Report) Feb 19, 2010
This week's research roundup includes reports from Health Affairs, the Institute of Medicine, the Urban Insitute, the Center for Studying Health Systems Change, UCLA, the Archives of Surgery, PLoS Medicine and George Washington University.
(Daily Report) Feb 19, 2010
News outlets report on the health care workforce, including the thriving job market in Nevada and an effort to institute mandatory staffing ratios for nurses in Florida hospitals.
(Daily Report) Feb 19, 2010
Nearly every state is considering or already making cuts to its Medicaid program as the recession swells rolls for the state-run insurers of the poor.
(Daily Report) Feb 19, 2010
Michigan's state unemployment insurance agency has sent letters to 500,000 residents warning them that their benefits could expire starting in March if Congress fails to act on extending jobless benefits, The Detroit News reports.
(Daily Report) Feb 18, 2010
Lawmakers in Kentucky, Florida and Georgia are in the midst of difficult decisions regarding their state Medicaid programs.
(Daily Report) Feb 18, 2010
State governments' retiree pension and health plans are severely underfunded, according to a new report from the Pew Center on States.
(Daily Report) Feb 18, 2010