First published on MedCityNews.com. First published on MedCityNews.com. When Pennsylvania got the Obama administration’s signoff on its Medicaid expansion plans last week,…
State lotteries result in the voluntary transfer of wealth by the poor to the rich. It seems the Affordable Care Act is having a similar impact. In…
Medicaid beneficiaries deserve the same access to healthcare services and products as people with commercial insurance or Medicare. But since Medicaid pays doctors and hospitals 27…
Drug Utilization Review Drug Utilization Review One of the most costly and complex elements of today’s healthcare system is prescription drugs. For…
Medicaid Expansion Rejection Starts to Bite
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In its ruling upholding the Affordable Care Act, the Supreme Court did allow states to opt out of the expansion of the Medicaid…
What is Dual-Eligibility? What is Dual-Eligibility? 9 million Americans are covered by both Medicare and Medicaid and are part of a unique…
So far, Maine has resisted the temptation to grab new federal Medicaid dollars dangled by ObamaCare. So far, Maine has resisted the…
Long Term, Health Spending on State and Local Government Workers Outpaces Medicaid
By John Graham
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In a previous post I reported that health benefits for government workers cost 40 percent more than benefits for private-sector workers. This extra…
Adults who are insured under Medicaid visit emergency rooms 40 percent more often than those in similar circumstances who do not have…