Insurers See Growing Risks As Well As Revenues In Medicaid Managed Care
At least 20 states are expanding their Medicaid managed-care programs in an effort to contain health spending and prepare for a huge expansion of the program beginning in 2014.
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Workers Squeezed As Employers Pass Along High Costs Of Specialty Drugs
Employers struggling to keep down insurance costs are increasingly requiring workers to pay a percentage of high-cost drugs rather than a modest co-pay.
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Children’s Hospitals May Face Leaner Future
Cuts in Medicaid lead list of threats to the growth and profitability of children's hospitals.
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Talking Building Ambitions: The Big Money World Of Kids’ Care
Jackie Judd talks with Gil Gaul about his series, Building Ambitions, which looks at the big money world of children's hospitals in the United States. Gaul discusses his series and says big costs, amassed wealth and children's hospitals' unique place in health care in America make it a growing power player in providing health care in America.
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Sweating The Details: Health Reform Supporters Fret Over HHS Rules
Some consumer and patient advocates worry that the administration is bending too much toward insurers and employers when it issues new health regulations.
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Health On The Hill Transcript: Sen. Frist: ‘Super Committee’ Has ‘A Shot This Time’ At Reining In Debt Through Medicare Spending
Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist says the "super committee" has a chance at tamping down the nation's debt and slowing Medicare spending growth because the American public understands the stakes - the American Dream.
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Transcript: Analyzing The GOP Presidential Field’s Promise To Repeal The Health Law
Jackie Judd talks with PBS NewsHour's David Chalian about the GOP presidential candidates' health law repeal rhetoric, the varying level of nuance among their viewpoints and how each is attacking the President's
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Health Industry Could Feel Pinch, Then Pain From Default
Within a few weeks of a shutdown of Medicare and Medicaid money, health care providers could be in financial trouble. No one knows how to plan for it.
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Gang Of Six Deficit Plan: Executive Summary
The bipartisan group of senators' plan to reduce the deficit calls for major changes to health care programs, including Medicare, Medicaid and the CLASS act for long-term care.
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Portman May Be Pivotal to ‘Super Committee’ Success
Even as skeptics dismiss the "super committee" as a prescription for more gridlock, Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, is seen by many seasoned observers as a key figure in helping bridge the partisan divide and facilitate the chance for a deal.