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Medicaid

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Name: Medicaid
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 18 hours ago - 4 Documents
Mary Landrieu - Click to view image in its original context
Mary Landrieu
It's nice to be an undecided senator in a 60-vote Senate: Sen. Mary Landrieu's state of Louisiana is still ailing years after Hurricane Katrina devastated its largest city. So Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid could be killing two birds with one stone ... [Ezra Klein - 18 hours ago]
First Reported 21 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 3 Documents
For the second year in a row, Delaware Physicians Care has been selected as one of the top 25 Medicaid Plans out of hundreds in the nation by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) and U.S. News & World Report magazine. The ranking is based ... [News-Medical.Net - 7 hours ago]
First Reported 19 hours ago - Updated 22 mins ago - 3 Documents (in Politics)
by Mark SilvaAs the Senate nears a vote on advancing to debate over health-care, Republicans are holding ground against a bill which they insist will only grow the government and raise taxes.They don't accept the $848-billion price tag that the Congressional ... [Baltimore Sun - 22 mins ago]
Entities: Health Care, Taxes, Medicare
First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 13 hours ago - 8 Documents (in Politics)
From Alan Silverleib, CNNThe Senate is expected to hold a procedural vote Saturday night.STORY HIGHLIGHTSEven if Reid gets 60 votes Saturday, a long road lies aheadHealth care faces a tougher fight in the Senate than in the HouseHouse, Senate versions ... [CNN - 13 hours ago]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 5 Documents
Molina Healthcare Inc - Click to view 360-page
Molina Healthcare Inc
Molina Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:MOH), today announced that U.S. News and World Report has ranked all of Molina’s eligible subsidiary Medicaid health plans in California, Michigan, New Mexico, Ohio, Utah and Washington among “America’s Best Health Insurance ... [News-Medical.Net - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 38 mins ago - 3 Documents (in Politics)
Republican Party (US) - Click to view image in its original context
Republican Party (US)
On the day of the Senate’s first vote on healthcare reform legislation, Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) used the GOP’s weekly address to urge people to read the 2,074-page bill before forming an opinion.“Read the bill” has become a Republican rallying cry throughout ... [The Hill - 38 mins ago]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 4 Documents (in Politics)
Harry Reid - Click to view image in its original context
Harry Reid
Clerk may be forced to read entire bill aloud to floor.Calling it a tremendous step forward, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., unveiled the Senate health care bill that makes health care more affordable while reducing the federal deficit. According ... [Western Farmer-Stockman - 11/20/2009]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 5 Documents (in Politics)
WASHINGTON -- Digging in for a long struggle, Republican senators and governors assailed the Democrats' newly minted health care legislation Thursday as a collection of tax increases, Medicare cuts and heavy new burdens for deficit-ridden states.Despite ... [NewsMax.com - 11/20/2009]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 5 Documents (in Politics)
Most Recent Photos in the News& View More Photos WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (UPI) A healthcare package unveiled Wednesday by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., could extend coverage to more than 30 million Americans, Reid said.The price tag would ... [EcoWorld - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced the availability of up to $10 million in grants to help reach American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) children who qualify for, but are not yet enrolled, in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance ... [News-Medical.Net - 11/20/2009]
First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 2 Documents
Dr. Earl Sunderhaus, an Asheville eye doctor, has what might charitably be described as a brusque bedside manner.That much is not in dispute.But the N.C. Medical Board may decide Sunderhaus overstepped the bounds of decency when he recently told a patient ... [Individual.com - 6 hours ago]
Entities: Medicaid
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents
From NBC's Mark MurrayCEDAR CREEK, Tex. -- More than a dozen Republican governors held a press conference at the Republican Governors Association meeting here outside of Austin, TX, to argue that both the House and Senate healthcare bills would end up ... [MSNBC - 11/19/2009]

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"The legislation pushes 15 million people into the failing Medicaid system rather than giving them access to health insurance. And, in addition to forcing the neediest of the uninsured into a failing entitlement program, this expansion will result in $25 billion in unfunded Medicaid mandates on the states, which are already struggling financially. This mandate further jeopardizes state budgets as it forces them to drive up spending."
...A memorandum from the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has stated: "We estimate that in 2014, when the Medicare Advantage provisions would be fully phased in, enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans would decrease by about 64 percent (from its projected level of 13.2 million under current law to 4.7 million under the proposal)."
...And she said, "Unless something is done, annual health care costs for small firms over the next 10 years are expected to more than double to reach $339 billion in 2018." Landrieu can point to provisions in the legislation that are designed to attack all three problems
The Senate health care bill (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) was unveiled this week and, according to Senator Harry Reid (D - Nev), it "makes health care more affordable while reducing the federal deficit." He went on to say, 'We cant afford to overlook what this is really all about... we cant afford to overlook who this is all about...

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GOP: Growing gov't with health care [Baltimore Sun - 22 mins ago]
Senate health care bill an "enormous disap... [News-Medical.Net - 36 mins ago]
AANS and CNS oppose the “Patient Protection and... [News-Medical.Net - 36 mins ago]
Crapo: Read the Senate health bill yourself [The Hill - 38 mins ago]
Democrats Health Care Bills Would Adopt New Mam... [The Washington Independent - 1 hour ago]
Long-Term Data Confirm Findings of Heart Attack... [Doctors Guide - 2 hours ago]
DOI Announces Open Enrollment for Medicare Pres... [Louisiana Department of Insurance - 2 hours ago]
FACTBOX: Winners, losers in Senate health bill [Reuters - 3 hours ago]
Senate Bill: Two-thirds of Newly Insured in Pub... [TPMCafe - 3 hours ago]
A Lasting Victory? [America Magazine - 3 hours ago]
Senate vote may open debate on health care [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - 3 hours ago]
Senate vote today could clear way for healthcar... [Los Angeles Times - 3 hours ago]
Ruth Marcus: Fallacies on abortion coverage [Denver Post - 4 hours ago]
Senate readies for key healthcare vote [Los Angeles Times - 4 hours ago]
Senate edges closer to health care debate [Denver Post - 5 hours ago]
Blunt doctor gets in trouble [Individual.com - 6 hours ago]
Cha-ching: Landrieu hosts fundraiser for Reid [Politico - 6 hours ago]
Obama triumph ahead: Why hell win healthcare ba... [The Villager - 7 hours ago]
Universal Health Care Will Cover H1N1 Vaccine f... [Earthtimes.org - 7 hours ago]
Senate set for 1st vote on health care overhaul [Chicago Tribune - 7 hours ago]
Six pages to build a country; 4,000 for health ... [STLtoday.com - 7 hours ago]
Delaware Physicians Care selected as one of the... [News-Medical.Net - 7 hours ago]
The Breaking Point: Hospital Falters as Refuge ... [New York Times - 7 hours ago]
Senate edges closer to health care debate [SiliconValley.com - 8 hours ago]
Health care bill: LAHP warns of higher premiums... [News-Medical.Net - 8 hours ago]
FL: Cigarette tax boosts state b... [Stateline - 8 hours ago]
Obama's health-care budget-buster [Washington Post - 8 hours ago]
Alere Secures Prestigious NCQA Accreditation fo... [Ahip Hi-Wire - 8 hours ago]
Vital Data Technology Adds Nearly 735,000 Cover... [Ahip Hi-Wire - 8 hours ago]
Healthcare Solutions Joins VIIAD Health Ticket [Ahip Hi-Wire - 8 hours ago]
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Weekly remarks: Obama on Asia trip, Sen. Mike C... [Top of the Ticket - 2 hours ago]
Weekly Remarks by President Obama, as provided by the White HouseHi. I’m recording this message from Seoul, South Korea, as I finish up my first ...
Late Night: Let’s Make a Deal [Firedoglake - 9 hours ago]
I’ve been doing this all wrong. I have been dutifully showing up roughly every Friday night and delivering this post for months now, and I have asked for nothing ...
Bishops slam 'unacceptable' health care bill [CNN Political Ticker - 13 hours ago]
Bishops slam 'unacceptable' health care bill . Washington (CNN)– The US Conference of Catholic Bishops sent a strongly worded letter to members of the ...
Obama Administration: We (Heart) Senate Health ... [TPM Election Central - 14 hours ago]
The White House has released a statement of administration policy about the Senate health care bill that will receive its first test vote tomorrow. If the headline ...
Mary Landrieu gets $100 million from health-car... [Ezra Klein - 18 hours ago]
It's nice to be an undecided senator in a 60-vote Senate: Sen. Mary Landrieu's state of Louisiana is still ailing years after Hurricane Katrina devastated its ...
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G.O.P. Blasts Senate Health Bill [CBS News Online - YouTube - 11/20/2009]
G.O.P. Blasts Senate Health Bill [CBS - YouTube - 11/20/2009]
McHenry Video Blog 11/20/09 [Rep. Patrick McHenry - YouTube Channel - 11/19/2009]
McClellan Says `Big Fight' Still Ahead for Heal... [Bloomberg - YouTube - 11/19/2009]
Harry Reid's Strip Tease [Slate Magazine - 11/19/2009]
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