Medicaid

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Submitted by Robert P. on Fri, 08/11/2006 - 5:29am

Bill Killing = People Killing

Submitted by Robert P. on Tue, 07/25/2006 - 1:48pm

From the News & Observer, a story that a bill to insure North Carolina's high-risk population has been killed in the Senate. The idea came from a N.C. Institute of Medicine task force, which included such varying interests as business owners, health insurnace executives, hospital admins, docs, consumer advocates, and lawmakers themselves.

The bill was so finely crafted by this task force of experts that it passed the House 95-10 just yesterday. But, it has been killed in the Senate.

What is a high-risk person?

Medicaid Reform in Trouble in NC Senate

Submitted by Lance on Mon, 05/22/2006 - 10:53am

The problem may be too much of a good thing. The House had a plan to cap counties' contributions to medicaid and to appropriate millions of dollars to provide targeted relief to some counties, and eventually to phase out county contributions. (Details of that plan are here). Now Senate Majority Leader Tony Rand has added a provision that has split the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners and made passage seem like something less than a sure thing.

NC Health Care Recommendations: Medicaid

Submitted by Lance on Fri, 04/14/2006 - 10:55pm

On April 11, 2006, the North Carolina House Select Committee on Health Care released recommendations for the 2006 legislative short session. Many of them will be controversial, and taken together they have the potential to significantly change the way that North Carolinians access health care and insurance (and how much we pay). Some of these topics are pretty technical, but no less important for their difficulty. I'm hoping that these posts will begin a conversation on the best course for North Carolina's efforts at healthcare reform.

I'll publish the recommendations of the six subcommittees in six posts, along with some of the background information from each report. The subcommittees are:

The Gutting of Medicaid

Submitted by Betsy Muse on Fri, 03/03/2006 - 12:31pm

Robert started our week with his piece on Medicaid. I thought I would include my take on it to start our weekend.

A program essential to the health, even the survival of many of our most vulnerable citizens has been targeted for massive cuts by the Bush administration and the Republicans in congress. The poor, the elderly and disabled children will be particularly affected by these cuts and in many states are in a more tenuous situation than ever before. These groups may fare a bit better in North Carolina than in other states, but the possibility of a negative impact looms in the future.

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