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SPN Medicaid Exchange - Issue 61
Published on Wednesday, September 17, 2008
MEDICAID EXCHANGE
SPN Medicaid Exchange - Issue 61
What's New in MedicaidAnd Other Health Care Issues
John McCain's health plan
Barack Obama's health plan
The number of uninsured declined in 2007, despite claims there is a health insurance crisis in the United States, says NCPA's Devon Herrick. Read here.
Telemedicine - the use of information technology in diagnosing, treating and monitoring patients - is adding a new dimension to modern health care. Read here.
"Use it or lose it" health insurance is causing uncontrolled health care spending, says John Goodman. Read his Health Alert.
How can we insure the uninsured? Read Goodman's op-ed.
Update on State Reforms
SCHIP Authorization: After a failed attempt at reauthorizing SCHIP last year, Congress may soon debate the issue again. Read "How Congress Can Avoid Repeating Last Year's Mistakes" From the Heritage Foundation.
Maine: The state's Dirigo program is short $20 billion with no solution yet. Read more here.
Pennsylvania: Medicaid is consuming 26 percent of the state's budget? Read Michael Bond's, "Fixing Pa's. Medicaid Problems."
Rhode Island: Governor Donald Carcieri has requested a CMS waiver to give the state greater flexibility in designing its Medicaid program while limiting it to 23 percent of the state's budget. However, critics claim it will reduce access and hurt the poor.
Be Prepared
Order a copy of the NCPA Handbook on State Health Care Reform here.
Sign up for John Goodman's health policy blog at: http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/
Take Advantage of the NCPA's Medicaid Service Center
- The NCPA's Medicaid Service Center canhelp state-based think tanks with commentaries, policy papers and speakers for briefings.Those interested in exploring further should contact Devon Herrick at (972) 308-6470.
Other News:
- FYI: Health Savings Accounts are Growing
- National Journal: McCain on Health Care
- National Journal: Obama on Health Care
- States Lobbying Congress for Medicaid Relief
- Flint Hills Center for Public Policy: A Paradigm Shift for Health Care
- Florida: Conned out of Health Choices
- Massachusetts: State's Health Plan Looking Ill-Advised
- Massachusetts: Universal Health Coverage is No Silver Bullet
- Michigan: Hospitals' Uncompensated Care Load Increasing
- Oklahoma: Enrollment Up at Insure Oklahoma
- Texas: State's Medicaid Plan May Not be Broad Enough
Links of Interest
- Center for Long-Term Care Reform, Inc.
- Center for Health Transformation
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Consumers for Health Care Choices
- MedlinePlus (National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health)
- National Association of State Medicaid Directors
What the Other Side Says
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Families USA - Medicaid and Children's Health
- The Commonwealth Fund
- The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
The NCPA welcomes submissions of Medicaid-related research for inclusion in future editions.
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