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A Nebraska lawmaker says taxpayers are picking up the health-insurance tabs for too many businesses and wants to make the names of the businesses public.
The state is on track to cut more than $600 million from Medicaid, but even with those reductions, high demand from the poor for insurance benefits could result in up to a $150 million shortfall, the secretary of Wisconsin's Department of Health Services said Thursday.
The federal government has stopped reimbursing a Miami doctor who wrote nearly 97,000 prescriptions for mental health drugs to Medicaid patients over 18 months.
More people are enrolled in Oklahoma's Medicaid program than ever before, but the health care services they receive will likely be cut as officials roll back costs due to a deepening statewide budget shortfall, the program's chief executive said.
Doctors and advocates suing the state used Florida officials' own words against them during opening arguments of a trial Monday by playing video clips of top health officials lamenting health care delays for Medicaid patients.
A group of private agencies that serve hundreds of severely developmentally delayed people across Idaho have asked a federal judge to allow them to broaden their lawsuit against the state and Medicaid over reimbursement rates.
Gov. Bill Richardson's administration is proposing to overhaul Medicaid and scale back health care services to some lower-income New Mexicans to cope with a projected budget shortfall of $300 million next year in the state's largest health care program.
Mississippi Medicaid officials should have asked the Legislature for approval before tinkering with a law that would change reimbursements for pharmacists, the state Supreme Court has ruled.
A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of 400,000 adult Medicaid recipients whose dental benefits were eliminated by Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm to save money.
After claiming for more than a year that it could not do so, the Missouri Department of Social Services finally has obeyed a state law and published a list of employers whose workers get government-funded Medicaid health care coverage.
Four pharmaceutical companies have reached a nearly $50,000 settlement with the state of Wyoming for allegedly submitting false claims to the Medicaid program.
Medicaid programs could face a revenue crunch that hurts programs and provider reimbursement in fiscal 2011 after federal stimulus money dries up, said a survey released Wednesday.
States with high levels of poverty and unemployment have been struggling with growing Medicaid budgets during the recession, and some governors worry their financial burdens could get worse as Congress works on a comprehensive health care bill.
GOSHEN, Ind. - For weeks now, 2-year-old Ashley Soto's hair has been falling out in clumps and bunches.
The state and city of New York agreed Tuesday to pay a record $540 million to settle allegations they helped overbill the federal government for Medicaid services.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger got some good news Wednesday to help him deal with the state's financial woes as well as a stinging election defeat from the night before. Health officials told him that the state will continue to be eligible for an extra $8 billion in federal Medicaid funding.
Poor Mississippi residents who rely on state and federal health insurance face a burden their counterparts in other states don't — they must show up in person at a Medicaid office every year to renew health coverage for themselves and their children.
Given the inherent conflicts between wealthier and poorer states, it's not surprising that two parts of the stimulus spending bill hammered out by key members of Congress favor some states at the expense of others.
Four hospitals in New York state paid kickbacks to get more patients into their drug treatment programs, which billed Medicaid for services that weren't standard or necessary and lacked state certification, lawsuits allege.
That day in July was one that Tammy Morse won't soon forget.
Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri and the Bush administration reached an agreement Friday that could dramatically restrict the state's nursing home services for the elderly and adjust health care and prescription drug coverage for the poor and disabled.
For a long time, Bill Davis thought he was immune to the economy’s ills.
Rhode Island is proposing an unprecedented overhaul of its Medicaid program that Gov. Don Carcieri says will save this cash-starved state millions of dollars — but could risk leaving the poor and elderly with fewer services should the plan not work.
Medicaid's growing strain on federal and state budgets is unlikely to abate over the coming decade as the cost of providing health care to the poor is expected to increase 7.9 percent annually, government actuaries reported Friday.
Charles Todd Lee spent a lifetime going backstage at concerts, following politicians on the campaign trail and capturing iconic shots of everyone from Martin Luther King Jr. to Mick Jagger to Mickey Mantle. Today, he enjoys such freedom only in his dreams.
Max, Tax & Principles by AJ DiCintioEven though Max Baucus is a VIP in the plot to stab America in the back with the dagger euphemistically named the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act," he hasn't achieved the kind of fame attained by other Democratic leaders of the conspiracy.
Nelson's Office Asked AGs to 'Call Off the Dogs' on Healthcare Probe"Call off the dogs" is the message Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson (D) sent a coalition of Republican attorneys general examining the constitutionality of the Senate's healthcare bill, according to media reports.
Why the Health-Care Bills Are Unconstitutional - If the government can mandate the purchase of insurance, it can do anything.President Obama's health-care bill is now moving toward final passage. The policy issues may be coming to an end, but the legal issues are certain to continue because key provisions of this dangerous legislation are unconstitutional.
Obama's Game-Changing Win on Healthcare ReformYou can argue, as American Prospect editor Mark Schmitt does, that it comes down to good government, an aspiration even the most cynical Democrats on occasion find unavoidable.
Rachel Maddow Hits Lindsey Graham for Listing African American Population Among Problems Facing South CarolinaToday on the Senate floor, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) criticized the extra Medicaid funding for Nebraska in the health care bill by noting that his home state is also facing problems.
Senate approves 'public options' for final health care reform lawGood review of pending government expansions in healthcare.
Reform & Employer Healthcare Benefit PlansRegardless of what shape healthcare reform takes, the "system" will still be a victim to immensely costly fraud by providers, sponsors (employers), patients, organized crime and the evolving ethically challenged schemes that fall into white collar crime activity.
President Obama: Federal Government 'Will Go Bankrupt' if Health Care Costs Are Not Reigned InPresident Obama told ABC News' Charles Gibson in an interview that if Congress does not pass health care legislation that will bring down costs, the federal government "will go bankrupt."
Senate Dems get it done against all odds.Help is on the way.Are these the same Dems that want to cut medicare and medicaid we continue to hear from the neo-cons on the right about?
The current health care plan that is seemingly going to be passed by the Senate and is endorsed by the White House does not contain a robust or even a viable public option that would provide real competition against raising health care costs.
The proposed Health Reform bills in both Houses of Congress should be scrapped.
Vitter tested by vote on MedicaidRepublican U.S. Sen. David Vitter may be in a bind over voting with his state or with his party regarding critical Medicaid money being sought for Louisiana, say public officials of both parties. Democratic U.S. Sen.
The Common Carrier ReformAs a small-business owner, I've come to the conclusion that two simple changes would both significantly increase access to health insurance and make it more affordable: Require insurance companies to offer their group plans to all companies, and require health-care providers to …
Joe Lieberman's Medicare Dodge As the Senate begins voting on health care reform legislation, Sen. Joe Lieberman, the onetime Democrat from Connecticut, has continued to play a pivotal role.
Report: State could save billions a year with Medicaid expansionCHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia's health-care system could save up to $2.2 billion a year beginning in 2014 with an aggressive expansion of Medicaid and other health reforms, according to an actuarial report presented to state legislators Monday.
Louisiana's budget short $145 million this yearAn estimated $145 million midyear gap exists in Louisiana's state budget, and more than a third of that is tied to unexpected growth in student rolls at public schools, the governor's top budget adviser told lawmakers Friday. Commissioner of Administration Angele Davis said ava …
Healthcare Reform: The Application of Business 101?Did you know that most of our government programs are managed by an accounting method referred to as the cash method? What it means is that revenue or cash is not recognized until it is received.
Broder: ObamaCare Will Bust BudgetQuestion: ""President Obama has pledged that health insurance reform will not add to our federal budget deficit over the next decade.
Permanent 'doc fix' unlikely The American Medical Association gave Speaker Nancy Pelosi a huge boost earlier this month by endorsing her health care bill just days before the big vote. But it doesn't look as if she'll be able to return the favor.
Some key Obama administration jobs still unfilled - USATODAY.comWASHINGTON — Medicare may be cut and Medicaid expanded as part of President Obama's health care plan, but there's no one permanently in charge of the two federal programs.
Paterson Paints Grim Picture of N.Y. Budget CrisisNew York Gov. David A. Paterson took the rare step Monday afternoon of addressing a joint session of the Legislature during its traditional off-season and used the speech to underscore the increasing grimness of New York's financial outlook. Mr.
Healthcare: Who Are the Know-Nothings?As Tuesday's vote revealed, Americans are strongly devoted to individualism, one happy aspect of which is that they are possessed of an abhorrence to being told what to think, a truth that explains why people are drawing their own conclusions regarding this question: Which Amer …
Fraud Plagues Government HealthcareTwo recent headlines convey a disturbing contradiction: "Medicare fraud: A $60 billion crime" ("60 Minutes"), and "Reid to announce push for public option" (Politico).
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