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November 19, 2009
What's New in Medicaid
And Other Health Care Issues
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Health Care News
Under the recently approved House bill, more than 60 percent of uninsured individuals would gain access to health care through the expansion of Medicaid, but at a steep price, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Read more.
The House health bill would force young people to pay higher premiums so older people can pay less, similar to the Massachusetts plan. But this is simply taking from the poor and giving to the rich says Linda Gorman.
The expansion of Medicaid under health care reform will would strain state budgets, says Heartland Institute. Read more.
Heritage Foundation: A government health plan, even without a "public option," will still restrict private insurers' innovation and cost-effectiveness. Read more.
Update on State Reforms
Maine is trying to fix its health care problems. The state has some of the highest premiums in the nation, but reforms are elusive. Read more.
Texas: The proposed federal expansion of Medicaid under the House bill could hit Texas especially hard, at a cost of $3.4 billion a year. Read more in Heartland Institute's Health Care News.
More State News
- Alaska: More Kids with Medicaid May Qualify for Braces
- Connecticut: Nursing Home Percentage Too High
- Florida: State to Launch Medicaid Personal Health Record
- Indiana: State Trims Medicaid Payments to Hospitals
- Iowa: State's Health System Braces for Increase in Medicaid Patients
- Louisiana: State Hires Lawyers to Fight Medicaid Reduction
- Massachusetts: State Keeps Eye on Health Bill's Abortion Funding Ban
- Michigan: State Slashes Medicaid Fee for Doctors by an Additional 8 Percent
- Minnesota: State Falls Short on Medicaid for Nursing Homes
- Missouri: Finding Prescription to Rescue Medicaid State's Big Challenge
- Nevada: Medicaid Costs Fuel State's Budget Shortfall
- Oregon: Health Care Agencies Prepare for Changes
- South Carolina: Medicaid Targets Prescription Drug Abusers
- West Virginia Braces for Medicaid Deficit
- Wyoming: Medicaid is Surviving on Stimulus - for now
Be Prepared
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Take Advantage of the NCPA's Medicaid Service Center
The NCPA's Medicaid Service Center can help state-based think tanks with commentaries, policy papers and speakers for briefings. Those interested in exploring further should contact Devon Herrick at (972) 308-6470.
Links of Interest
- Center for Long-Term Care Reform, Inc.
- Center for Health Transformation
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Consumers for Health Care Choices
- MedlinePlus (National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health)
- National Association of State Medicaid Directors
What the Other Side Says
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Families USA - Medicaid and Children's Health
- The Commonwealth Fund
- The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured