The dire effects some ascribe to normalizing the FMAP and limiting federal Medicaid spending through per capita allocations are not supported by data, according to a new analysis by Doug Badger updated to reflect new CMS data.
CBO is detached from reality in its analysis of the House health reform bill.
Physicians face significant challenges in complying with a complex barrage of new federal payment rules for Medicare that threaten the survival of private medical practices and could compromise the quality of patient care.
During the heated debate over health care reform several years ago, some states jumped ahead of the rest in aggressively regulating their health insurance markets to speed reform. The data are now in, and they show that these attempts have backfired by harming the very citizens they were designed to help. Between 1990 and 1994, […]
During the heated debate over health care reform several years ago, some states jumped ahead of the rest in aggressively regulating their health insurance markets to speed reform. The data are now in, and they show that these attempts have backfired by harming the very citizens they were designed to help. Between 1990 and 1994, […]
President Clinton joined congressional Democrats recently to push his plan to pry open Medicare so the “near elderly” can buy into the program. They claim that only 300,000 to 400,000 Americans will take advantage of the offer and say the plan will be fully paid for by the premiums charged to participants. Brookings Institution Fellow […]
President Clinton joined congressional Democrats recently to push his plan to pry open Medicare so the “near elderly” can buy into the program. They claim that only 300,000 to 400,000 Americans will take advantage of the offer and say the plan will be fully paid for by the premiums charged to participants. Brookings Institution Fellow […]
November 14, 1997 A message to the states Re: Title XXI of the Social Security Act, the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, which provides $48 billion over 10 years for health insurance for targeted uninsured children. A broad-based group of leading health policy analysts from the major market-oriented think tanks has developed the attached statement […]
November 14, 1997 A message to the states Re: Title XXI of the Social Security Act, the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, which provides $48 billion over 10 years for health insurance for targeted uninsured children. A broad-based group of leading health policy analysts from the major market-oriented think tanks has developed the attached statement […]