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Medicaid - Former HHS Secretary Thompson Expected To Release Paper Suggesting Changes to Medicaid
Former HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson on Friday plans to release a 'white paper' in which he recommends that the responsibility for long-term care of elderly Medicaid beneficiaries shift from joint state and federal funding to the federal government, the Washington Post reports. Thompson, who will speak to the
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2006-08-03

Medicaid - Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Highlights Recent Medicaid News in Six States
Summaries of recent news about Medicaid programs in Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, Mississippi, South Carolina and West Virginia appear below. Florida Three insurance companies that cover 60% of people enrolled in Florida 'Medicaid Reform' plans have said they will leave the project and have asked to be
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2008-08-29

Administration News - Thompson To Announce Medicaid Reform Proposals This Week
HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson on Jan. 31 will likely announce a set of principles for Medicaid reform in response to a letter sent last week to Thompson and President Bush by three Republican governors that called for reforms to the program, CongressDaily/AM reports. In the letter, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R),
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2003-01-29

Medicaid - Medicaid Reform Efforts Not Likely To Pass This Year
With the chances of Congress approving a Medicaid reform bill this year 'dim,' governors and federal legislators 'anticipate returning to Medicaid reform efforts next year,' CongressDaily/AM reports. Reform efforts 'stalled' this year because of disagreement among governors about which Medicaid changes to en
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2003-09-08

Capitol Hill Watch - Former CMS Administrator Scully Says Medicaid Reform Plan Unlikely This Year
Congress is unlikely to develop a plan to reform Medicaid this year, despite the fact that the program's problems are '100 times' worse than those of Medicare, former CMS Administrator Tom Scully said Wednesday, CQ HealthBeat reports. Speaking at a meeting of the American Association for Homecare, Scully sai
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2005-06-10

Administration News - Thompson Expected To Detail Administration's Medicaid Reform Plans Today
HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson is expected on Jan. 31 to announce the Bush administration's plans to reform Medicaid (HHS release, 1/31). As reported by CongressDaily earlier this week, the anticipated reforms are thought to be in response to a letter from Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R), Connecticut Gov. John Rowla
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2003-01-31

Medicaid - CQ HealthBeat Examines Debate Over Medicaid Reform
CQ HealthBeat on Tuesday examined the debate over Medicaid cost reductions and the '[s]harpen[ing] appraisals made in recent days by key players in the debate over the Bush administration's Medicaid overhaul plan.' During an Alliance for Health Reform briefing on Friday, Gail Wilensky, former administrator o
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2005-02-23

Medicaid - Florida Legislature Approves Plan To Reform State's Medicaid Program
The Florida Legislature this week approved Gov. Jeb Bush's (R) Medicaid reform plan, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reports (Dunkelberger, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, 12/9). HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt in October approved a waiver for the plan, which will shift many Medicaid beneficiaries to managed care and cap pe
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2005-12-09

Opinion - Proposed Medicaid Changes in Florida, South Carolina Could Lead to Larger, National Reform Efforts, Opinion Piece Says
'Ironically, for the past decade, most governors have been trying to get people off the welfare rolls and into productive private-sector jobs. So why isn't the goal to get people off the Medicaid rolls and into private-sector insurance?' Merrill Matthews, director of the Council for Affordable Health Insuran
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2005-12-05

The Latest Reports in Health Policy - Reports Examine Medicaid Reform, Drug Safety, Health System 'Flaws'
'Medicaid Coverage for Poor Adults: A Potential Building Block for Bipartisan Health Reform,' Economic and Social Research Institute: The paper by Stan Dorn, a senior policy analyst at ESRI, examines whether allowing states 'a simple, new eligibility option' to cover under Medicaid adults or households with
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2004-12-01