The Obama administration gave conditional approvals to Delaware, Minnesota and Rhode Island, saying they will be ready to open new insurance markets in 2014, as required under the health care law. Meanwhile, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper indicates he's likely to push for a Medicaid expansion.
(Daily Report) Dec 21, 2012
The Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services on Wednesday awarded $306 million in bonuses to 23 states for enrolling more children in Medicaid. The move is meant to help offset the expense of covering more kids in the state-federal health care program.
(Daily Report) Dec 20, 2012
The health law's treatment of using Medicaid to expand coverage to more Americans is examined in Georgia -- where a doctor pay raise in the program has stirred discontent -- and in Oregon, where 200,000 stand to qualify under the program's expansion.
(Daily Report) Dec 14, 2012
The Associated Press reports on the story of a 56-year-old ex convict who, after serving 20 years on drug charges, sought to get arrested so that he could get prison health care to treat his leukemia.
(Daily Report) Dec 10, 2012
A selection of health policy stories from Georgia, Minnesota, California, Oregon, Texas, Colorado, Mississippi, Massachusetts, Virginia, Kentucky and New York.
(Daily Report) Dec 07, 2012
The New Jersey governor joined a growing number of Republican state leaders declining to set up state-based health insurance markets, saying he didn't have enough information about the alternatives. Other media outlets explore what issues state leaders are weighing as they make such decisions -- and what the implications are for consumers.
(Daily Report) Dec 07, 2012
With key details left to be sorted out, including estimates of coming tax revenue to cover the cost, states like Colorado, Missouri and South Carolina are confronting whether to expand Medicaid to millions -- a vital part of the health law's coverage expansion.
(Daily Report) Nov 29, 2012
News outlets report on health news in California, Connecticut, Colorado and Florida.
(Daily Report) Nov 15, 2012
A selection of health policy stories from Massachusetts, Georgia, California, Maryland, and New York.
(Daily Report) Nov 13, 2012
A selection of health policy stories from Massachusetts, Texas, Oregon, California, Colorado and Kansas.
(Daily Report) Nov 05, 2012