States’ Customized Efforts To Expand Medicaid Could Complicate Reform
Some conservative states have won concessions from the administration in exchange for moving forward on expansion, and other states are carefully weighing those choices.
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Some conservative states have won concessions from the administration in exchange for moving forward on expansion, and other states are carefully weighing those choices.
A selection of health policy stories from California, North Carolina, New York and Texas.
That's most true among low-income consumers who receive subsidies to help pay their premiums, according to the Commonwealth Fund survey.
The Kansas City Star reports that some uninsured patients fall through the cracks as hospitals cut back on charity care to persuade people to sign up for coverage. Some schools, meanwhile, are turning to private substitutes to avoid having to pay for their health coverage next year. In Colorado, Denver Health is back in the black, partly due to a dramatic decrease in uninsured patients.
Each week, KHN's Shefali Luthra finds interesting reads from around the Web.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including details of a report by the Institute of Medicine on how end-of-life care should be overhauled.
Despite improvements, the federal health insurance website has continuing security holes that put consumers' personal information at risk, the nonpartisan watchdog agency said in a report Tuesday.
Maryland officials are planning a gradual rollout of the state's health insurance website to avoid problems, and Vermont officials cite security concerns as part of the reason for taking down Health Connect. Developments in Minnesota, Connecticut and Oregon are also covered.
With the continuing downward trend of federal funding for biomedical research, top scientists offer their own ideas.
The health system will allow patients to see doctors using their cell phones, computers or tablets. Meanwhile, the American Medical Association proposes an action plan to boost the quality of electronic health records and asks the Obama administration to abandon its "all or nothing approach" to the shift to digital records.
And, on the House side, Ways & Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, expresses displeasure with a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services plan to clear a hospital appeals backlog.
The former secretary of state and member of the Senate pressed union members at a fundraiser to mobilize and push for an extension of the legislation that supports compensation for first responders who got sick at ground zero.
Republicans are moving beyond their criticisms of the law in the midterm fights. Also, news outlets examine what a Republican-controlled Senate might focus on and how expanded health coverage is not working to the Democrats' advantage in Kentucky.
Meanwhile, Michigan's expansion of the health insurance program for low-income people is a topic in the gubernatorial campaign, and in Ohio, Medicaid picks up some inmate health care costs.
Some say the move, which will include UCLA Health and Cedars-Sinai, is aimed at Kaiser Permanente and is being made to hold down health costs.
A selection of health policy stories from New Jersey, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Illinois, California and Wisconsin.
The state was already projected to have a budget gap of $1.8 billion. Elsewhere, North Carolina plans a Medicaid reorganization.
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reported that 64 of 243 accountable care organizations -- a new health care delivery model created by the health law -- earned bonuses by saving the Medicare program money. Four ACOs overspent and now owe the government money.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations, including reports that the Government Accountability Office has raised questions about the possible security risks associated with Healthcare.gov.
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