"Until the nation's governors staged a public revolt last weekend, few people were paying attention to one of the most far-reaching proposals being considered as part of overhauling the health care system: a dramatic expansion and redefinition of the Medicaid program," Time reports.
(Daily Report) Jul 21, 2009
Today's early-morning highlights from the major news organizations.
(Daily Report) Jul 21, 2009
As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to consider a restaurant group's challenge to San Francisco's health coverage ordinance, one voice is noticeably silent: the Obama administration's," the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
(Daily Report) Jul 20, 2009
Decisions about forgoing care because of the cost for the long-term uninsured have been a way of life, "but for a sizable group, being without a job and insurance is a new, deeply distressing condition," The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports.
(Daily Report) Jul 20, 2009
"Despite budgets ravaged by the recession, at least 13 states have invested millions of dollars this year to cover 250,000 more children with subsidized government health insurance," The New York Times reports.
(Daily Report) Jul 20, 2009
California cuts back on health insurance for children while New Hampshire expands state insurance to young adults.
(Daily Report) Jul 17, 2009
When hospitals agreed to accept a $155 billion pay cut from the federal government to help Washington raise money for reform efforts earlier this month, many were surprised. But The Economist says hospitals have a lot to gain.
(Daily Report) Jul 17, 2009
A hospital that serves thousands of indigent Massachusetts residents sued the state on Wednesday, charging that its costly universal health care law is forcing the hospital to cover too much of the expense of caring for the poor, according to the New York Times.
(Daily Report) Jul 16, 2009
"President Obama and leading Democrats have stressed that people who like their employer-sponsored insurance would be able to keep it, under a health care overhaul. But they haven't emphasized the flip side: That people who don't like their coverage might have to keep it," Kaiser Health News reports.
(Daily Report) Jul 16, 2009
As unemployment rises, many Florida women are "turning to federally subsidized mammograms and pap smears, and county health officials are worried they could be overwhelmed."
(Daily Report) Jul 15, 2009