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GOP Senator Slams White House for ‘Intentionally Misleading’ on Controversial Recess Appointment
Finally, a Medicare/Medicaid Chief
Obama to name Berwick Medicare, Medicaid chief
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US Senate seeks compromise on states' Medicaid help
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Conn. to expand Medicaid coverage to single adults
GOP Stalls Nomination For Leader of Medicare Agency
Dr. Donald Berwick is President Obama's pick to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. It's not only the agency that oversees the nation's two largest health care programs, but the one that will play a pivotal role in implementing the new health care law.
Read the Article>Medicaid Pain Might Be Less Than Governors Claim
A new study suggests that the Medicaid expansion might cost states less than they think, and some states might actually make money on the deal.
Read the Article>Study of health-care law rebuts state protests on Medicaid costs
The federal government will bear virtually the entire cost of expanding Medicaid under the new health-care law, according to a comprehensive new study by the Kaiser Family Foundation that directly rebuts the loud protests of governors warning about its impact on their strapped state budgets.
Read the Article>D.C. jumps at health-care savings in expanded Medicaid
The District asked the federal government Thursday for permission to add thousands of low-income adults to the Medicaid program, becoming one of the first jurisdictions to respond to an expansion of Medicaid eligibility in the new federal health-care law.
Read the Article>Kerry comes to defense of nominee to run Medicare, Medicaid programs
Senator John F. Kerry rose to the defense of Harvard professor Donald Berwick yesterday, deriding Republicans who have used what Kerry called "phony assertions" to damage Berwick's nomination to run the country's Medicare and Medicaid programs.
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