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June 30 was the day when Medicaid's enhanced federal matching rates expires, leaving states struggling to sustain health care's safety net. A sensible solution would be for Congress to simply extend the supplemental funds.
KHN's Mary Agnes Carey talks to Sen. Rockefeller about his efforts to defend the Medicaid program.
W.Va. senator is working to raise defenses against efforts in the deficit reduction talks to reduce funding for the health care program that covers the poor and disabled.
Utah senator says he wants to "modernize" the system following the model of the 1996 welfare reform.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Donald Berwick discusses the GOP proposals for controlling the costs of Medicare and "the way out of this Medicaid dilemma."
Obamacare's number-one idea for improving health care quality and reducing costs is to promote something called "accountable care organizations" in Medicare is sinking like a stone because it is premised on the notion that government experts can direct the market better than consumers.
Even critics of managed care are warming to the idea of including nearly 400,000 seniors and disabled person now receiving health care through the traditional Medi-Cal program. The shift to managed care begins today and will be phased in.
Many states have such a nonpayment policy in place already. The 2010 federal health law, in effect, expands the ban nationwide.
Dr. Joshua Sharfstein says his state, which is well ahead of many in implementing the overhaul, is eager to leverage federal help to improve health options.
Kaiser Family Foundation survey finds about 60 percent of Americans want Congress to keep Medicaid in its current form.
Mark Parkinson, head of the largest nursing home lobby, says some nursing homes will be hurt by the law's requirement to offer workers insurance but they still favor the overhaul to bring health care costs under control.
Forget about Medicaid block grants. The GOP says states should be allowed to make it harder to qualify for the health program for the poor. Will Democrats go along?
The cost of unintended pregnancies is large, and much of the bill - about $11 billion per year - is ultimately picked up by the government, a new study finds.
Howard Gleckman wonders how society will provide care to the frail elderly people who rely on the program and account for one-third of its budget.
KHN's Mary Agnes Carey talks with The Fiscal Times' Eric Pianin about the Gang of Six, negotiators seeking consensus on deficit reduction plans.
Martha Roherty, who represents officials running state programs, says that "things that allow people to keep their family members at home longer" are often being cut.
Dr. Herbert Smitherman talks about the Voices of Detroit Initiative that tracked 33,000 uninsured people and helped get more than half of them into coordinated care systems.
Located in one of the nation's most medically underserved areas, St. John's Well Child and Family Center is bracing for GOP-backed Medicaid cuts that the facility's director says would be disastrous.
When it comes to controlling rising health care costs, we face an urgent problem that leads to a simple question: Is there a smart idea that can be done now? Yes. It's called "Paying for Outcomes."
Arguing that the proposal will save tax dollars and improve patient care, Republican lawmakers Friday approved a massive overhaul of Florida's Medicaid system.
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