Table: States Cutting Back On Medicaid Benefits
September 30, 2010
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STATES SERVICES ELIMINATED: Fiscal Year 2010 Arizona Denture coverage and specified dental services California Multiple optional services for non-pregnant, non-institutionalized adults including acupuncture, dental (with exceptions), audiology, speech, optometry, podiatry, psychology services and chiropractic services and incontinence creams and washes Connecticut Over-the-counter drugs (OTCs) except insulin, insulin syringes, and nutritionals for tube fed individuals Hawaii […]
Table: States Cutting Back On Medicaid Benefits
September 30, 2010
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STATES SERVICES ELIMINATED: Fiscal Year 2010 Arizona Denture coverage and specified dental services California Multiple optional services for non-pregnant, non-institutionalized adults including acupuncture, dental (with exceptions), audiology, speech, optometry, podiatry, psychology services and chiropractic services and incontinence creams and washes Connecticut Over-the-counter drugs (OTCs) except insulin, insulin syringes, and nutritionals for tube fed individuals Hawaii […]
Table and Map: Government-Backed Loans To Health Care Businesses
May 26, 2010
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<< Go Back: “Experts Worry: Could Government Loans To Doctors Raise Health Costs?” Here is a state-by-state breakdown of Small Business Administration-backed loans under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the stimulus program, to health care-related businesses from February 2009 to April 2010. View Government-Backed Loans To Health Care Businesses in a larger […]
Doctors Fear Reform Angst Is Tainting Medicare Payment ‘Fix’
By Christopher Weaver
November 17, 2009
KFF Health News Original
Physicians’ lobby says fixing the 12-year-old formula that sets Medicare payments would prove lawmakers’ commitment to reform health care.
Seven Things You Didn’t Know Were In The Senate Health Bill
By Mary Agnes Carey Laurie McGinley Phil Galewitz
November 30, 2009
KFF Health News Original
While much of the attention paid to the Senate health reform bill has been about the public option or financing, there are many lesser-known provisions that would affect consumers.
Not Enough Insurance And Swimming In Medical Bills
By Richard Knox, NPR News
September 28, 2009
KFF Health News Original
Between the two of them, Martha Martin and her husband Jim work five part-time jobs, but still can’t afford health insurance. Last year, the Martins spent 45 percent of their $44,500 income on health insurance premiums and medical bills. Part of our series “Are You Covered?” co-produced with NPR.
Medicaid: True Or False?
By Phil Galewitz
July 1, 2009
KFF Health News Original
Medicaid is front and center in the debate on overhauling the U.S health system and expanding coverage to the uninsured. With 60 million enrollees, Medicaid dwarfs other insurance programs, including its cousin, Medicare, which covers 44 million elderly and disabled people. Here’s a chance to test your knowledge of Medicaid.
How Congress Might Tax Your Health Benefits
By Julie Appleby
June 8, 2009
KFF Health News Original
Lawmakers are considering varied approaches to taxing employer-provided health insurance as a means of paying for an overhaul of the health system, Kaiser Health News reports. Proposals include taxing benefits above a certain premium amount, taxing the benefits only of high-income earners, or combining both approaches.
Battle Over Proposal To Disclose Drug Price Deals
August 19, 2009
Morning Briefing
“Some Democratic lawmakers looking for ways to overhaul the nation’s health-care system are targeting the companies that handle drug benefits for more than 210 million Americans, setting off a lobbying battle over how much pricing information the companies should disclose,” The Wall Street Journal reports.
