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Texas Could Be Hit Hard By Medicaid Pressures

Rick Docksai

Health Care News / The Heartland Institute / November 06, 2009

Texas has a history of balancing its state budget during even the worst of economic times, but if a U.S. Senate Finance Committee proposal to expand Medicaid ... (read more)

Medicaid Expansion Would Strain State Budgets

Sarah McIntosh

Health Care News / The Heartland Institute / November 04, 2009

State governments are bracing for the effects of the most-prominent congressional health care proposals, all of which would expand Medicaid and increase ... (read more)

Hidden Assumptions in Baucus Health Plan Will Make Costs Jump

James Capretta

Health Care News / The Heartland Institute / November 03, 2009

The Congressional Budget Office’s preliminary cost estimate of the Senate Finance Committee’s health care legislation added up to $829 billion ... (read more)

Wisconsin Seeks More Medicaid Money to Heal Sick State Budget

Brien Farley

Budget & Tax News / The Heartland Institute / November 03, 2009

Wisconsin is the latest of 23 states to implement a mechanism to draw down additional federal money to bolster the state's Medicaid program.The Wisconsin ... (read more)

Improper Payments: Responses to Posthearing Questions Related to Eliminating Waste and Fraud in Medicare and Medicaid

Kay L. Daly

U.S. Government Accountability Office / July 20, 2009

On April 22, 2009, representatives of the U.S. Government Accountability Office testified before the Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government ... (read more)

President Delays Nomination for Crucial Post

Thomas Cheplick

Health Care News / The Heartland Institute / October 13, 2009

Nine months into his term, President Barack Obama has yet to nominate anyone to lead the nation’s primary health care agency, the Centers for Medicare ... (read more)

Patients Accept Incentives for Improvement

Tabassum Rahmani

Health Care News / The Heartland Institute / October 12, 2009

A review of the first two years of West Virginia’s alternative Medicaid program shows some positive results for patients willing to accept incentives ... (read more)

Colorado Cuts Medicaid Benefits

Krystle Russin

Health Care News / The Heartland Institute / August 06, 2009

The state of Colorado has cut Medicaid benefits to many low-income residents, with citizens classified as developmentally disabled taking the largest hit, ... (read more)

Ariz. Senate Debates Medicaid Expansion

Krystle Russin

Health Care News / The Heartland Institute / August 01, 2009

The Arizona Senate is debating a proposal to expand taxpayer-funded health care benefits for unemployed residents.The proposal includes extending unemployment ... (read more)

Hospitals Will Pay to Expand Colorado Medicaid

Sarah McIntosh

Health Care News / The Heartland Institute / August 01, 2009

Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter (D) has signed into law a bill expanding Medicaid and other health care programs by imposing new fees on hospitals. The law, House ... (read more)