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Medicaid’s humble beginings by Jason S. Patient Expert

Posted Sun 11 Jul 2010 10:51pm Although Medicaid is currently one of the largest programs in any state’s budget, Congress enacted this welfare health insurance scheme as almost an afterthought. Consider the news coverage for Medicaid at the time. According to the chart below, the New York Times didn’t even mention Medicaid an any article in 1965 and Medicaid was mentioned Read on »

Medicaid Cuts Being Felt in All States – Fewer Doctors Take Medicaid than Medicare by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Mon 15 Mar 2010 9:37pm This video talks about Michigan, but it’s alive and well in California as well with a very limited number of physicians that see Medicaid (MediCal) patients. We see millions spent on research, but what good is all the research if there are not enough individuals to have access. BD Read on »

While Medicaid Enrollment Rates Increase, States Face Financial Pressure to Decrease State Medicaid Spending by HealthReformWatch.com Posted Wed 24 Feb 2010 12:00am Last week, the Kaiser Family Foundation released a report indicating a large jump in state Medicaid enrollment from June 2008 to June... crash, more individuals turned to Medicaid for health coverage. However, because the economic downturn meant less revenue entering into state budgets, state Medicaid programs Read on »

Is Medicaid a Right? Are Medicaid Rate Cuts Unconstitutional? by HealthReformWatch.com Posted Wed 21 Apr 2010 12:00am By: Matt McKennan Photo by rpscott123 Seton Hall Law Class of 2011 Expanding Medicaid Rolls and Limited Access to Care Medicaid... for Medicaid beneficiaries is a growing problem. Notably, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) will likely add approximately 16 million beneficiaries to state Medicaid Read on »

Arizona Gov. Brewer wants Medicaid Waiver To Reduce Medicaid Rolls To Lower Costs by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Fri 10 Dec 2010 3:21pm they are looking for relief somewhere along the line here to reduce it in another fashion. We are probably all aware of the Medicaid transplant rules which were all over national news... the time to full explore and evaluate as it is above the understanding of most who are doing budgets. We can’t continue to support all the systems that exist today Read on »

Medicaid Programs: State Flexibility for Medicaid Benefit Packages by HealthReformWatch.com Posted Tue 11 May 2010 12:00am to further an understanding of 42 CFR 440 (“The Rule”), State Flexibility for Medicaid Benefit Packages. Specifically, it will provide (1) an overview of what rulemaking is about, (2.... Generally, The Rule provides states with increased flexibility under an approved Medicaid plan to define the scope of covered medical assistance. Medicaid is a federally and state Read on »

Join Us Next Week's Medicaid Managed Care Congress by HealthCare Posted Thu 13 May 2010 12:00am & Human Services * Sellers Dorsey * South Carolina Department of Health & Human Services * State of Indiana * State of Maryland Medicaid * Superior Healthplan Inc * Tejashrri... The 18th Annual Medicaid Managed Care Congress which is taking place next week, May 17-19 in Baltimore, Maryland. States and Plans Bending the Cost Curve Together Read on »

Medicaid Managed Care Congress this week! by HealthCare Posted Fri 25 Sep 2009 3:30pm This week, the 17th Annual Medicaid Managed Care Congress takes place in Baltimore, Maryland. The conference kicked off this morning. Some of the highlights of the today's events are: - A packed room of over 50 Medicaid Managed Care executives attended an intensive primer on Medicaid Managed Care including Jim Frizzera, Principal, Health Read on »