Thursday, July 8, 2010

Finally, a Medicare/Medicaid Chief

Source: The New York Times
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Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Obama to name Berwick Medicare, Medicaid chief

Source: Boston Globe
President Obama will bypass a testy Senate and appoint Harvard professor and health care policy maven Donald Berwick today to run the nation’s Medicare and Medicaid programs, the White House confirmed last night.

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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

US Senate seeks compromise on states' Medicaid help

Source: Reuters
The U.S. Senate may find a compromise on helping cash-strapped states pay for healthcare, according to a proposal circulating through Congress on Tuesday, a week before the fiscal year begins in many states.

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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Conn. to expand Medicaid coverage to single adults

Source: The Boston Globe
Connecticut will soon receive federal funding to extend Medicaid services to low-income, uninsured adults. Read the Article>
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Wednesday, June 9, 2010

GOP Stalls Nomination For Leader of Medicare Agency

Source: NPR

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.

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Thursday, May 27, 2010

Medicaid Pain Might Be Less Than Governors Claim

Source: NPR

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.

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Thursday, May 27, 2010

Study of health-care law rebuts state protests on Medicaid costs

Source: The Washington Post

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.

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Friday, May 14, 2010

D.C. jumps at health-care savings in expanded Medicaid

Source: The Washington Post

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.

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Friday, May 14, 2010

Kerry comes to defense of nominee to run Medicare, Medicaid programs

Source: The Boston Globe

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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