States argue against Medicaid expansion in healthcare reform law challenges
Jan 12, 2012
Twenty-six states filed a brief Tuesday encouraging the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down a provision of the healthcare reform law that calls for a major expansion of Medicaid.
Increasing Medicare eligibility age would save money, increase Medicaid spending, budget office says
Jan 12, 2012
Increasing the Medicare age to 67 would save the federal government $148 billion between 2012 and 2021, but the savings would be offset by an increase in Medicaid spending, the Congressional Budget Office...
Current healthcare costs can’t be maintained, administration official says
Sep 12, 2011
Current U.S. healthcare costs are unsustainably high for the relative value being provided — particularly for low-income individuals —Donald Berwick, M.D., administrator of the Centers for Medicare...
GOP governors: Give states more oversight on Medicaid spending
Sep 01, 2011
Republican governors are pressuring the federal government to give states more control over Medicaid programs in anticipation of the program’s expansion under healthcare reform, according to a report...
Federal appeals court upholds Affordable Care Act challenge
Jun 30, 2011
A U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati upheld President Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Wednesday. The circuit court affirmed a Michigan federal judge’s previous...
House committee passes bill that allows Medicaid beneficiary cuts
May 16, 2011
The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health on Thursday voted along party lines on legislation that would let states cut individuals from Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program....