Nassau resists Medicaid reform
Florida Times-Union - TALLAHASSEE - Just days into the second phase of Florida’s landmark Medicaid reform project, some Northeast Florida officials are pushing back against the state experiment in their area by warning the health of 23,000 patients could be jeopardized

Insuring All Children The New Political Imperative
New England Journal of Medicine - to encourage people to purchase private health insurance. 8 Two weeks later, however, when the administration’s 2008 budget was released, it called for marked reductions in the growth of the two largest public insurance programs Medicare and Medicaid

I’m right choice to clean up D.C., Clinton tells Iowans
Des Moines Register - Muscatine resident Harold Lloyd, a maintenance worker at Monsanto, said he wished she had talked more about minority issues, Medicaid and Medicare. State Rep. Phil Wise, a Democrat from Keokuk, said he was listening for Clinton’s thoughts on education

Income growth rate lags in Maine
Portsmouth Herald - Of the personal income growth that Maine experienced, the fastest area of growth was “transfer receipts,” which are direct payments to individuals from the government (Social Security, Medicaid/Medicare, welfare, etc.). Transfer receipts grew at 3.7

State Watch | Missouri Governor Signs Bill To Enact New State Health
Kaisernetwork.org - Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt (R) on Monday signed legislation ( SB 577 ) that establishes MO HealthNet, which will replace the state’s Medicaid program, the Springfield Business Journal reports. The goal of the $6 billion program is to shift the focus of

Columbus commissioners dissolve Medicaid board
Fayetteville Observer - What happened: The board Monday dissolved a Medicaid advisory committee it had appointed in December. The board made its decision after the committee chairman reported that state and federal laws make the local group ineffective. Why it matters

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