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Medicaid is the United States health program for eligible individuals and families with low incomes and resources. It is a means-tested program that is jointly funded by the states and federal government, and is managed by the states.

Viewpoints: Obama's budget, birth control choices; Planning hospital readmissions to save

In poll after poll, the public has made clear that it prefers the president's approach of rebuilding the economy now and tackling the deficit when the fundamentals are stronger. While Republicans have counted on voters blaming Mr. Obama for the hard times, some are beginning to worry that they will be blamed for their obstructionism.

15 Feb 2012

State roundup: Mass. small biz co-ops start, Miss. Medicaid changes, R.I. hospital overbilling Medicare

Thousands of small businesses will be offered discounts of at least 20 percent on health insurance rates under a new group purchasing cooperative, formed by the Retailers Association of Massachusetts, that will begin enrolling members this week. The co-op is the first permitted to do business under a 2010 Massachusetts law that allows small employers to band together in large groups and negotiate for better-priced health coverage.

14 Feb 2012

Juvenile arthritis affected kids are at a high risk of cancer: Study

A new study shows that kids with juvenile idiopathic arthritis develop cancer four times more often than children without the disease, but the treatments they receive - including biologic treatments like Enbrel - may not explain their increased risk. If confirmed, researchers say the findings should ease fears that biologic treatments known as TNF inhibitors cause cancer in children and young adults.

14 Feb 2012

Examining Romney's 'shift' on birth control mandate, other campaign news

Mitt Romney's conservative credentials on birth control are examined through the lens of a Massachusetts state law similar to the birth control mandate President Obama has proposed. In other campaign news, Rick Santorum continues his "Romneycare" assault, and The Associated Press analyzes how Obama's birth control compromise affects the campaign.

14 Feb 2012

First Edition: February 14, 2012

Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations include news on congressional package to payroll taxes and stop a Medicare payment cut and analysis of President Barack Obama's budget.

14 Feb 2012

Administration brief defends Medicaid expansion

Administration attorneys defended on Friday the part of President Barack Obama's healthcare law that expands the Medicaid program for the poor and disabled and said Congress has the power to set the terms under which it will disburse funds to the states.

14 Feb 2012

Tax increases, Medicare cuts expected in Obama budget

President Obama will release his budget plan Monday, which is already getting its share of Republican detractors. In it, Obama will propose tax increases on the wealthy and $360 billion in cuts to Medicare and Medicaid, mostly in the form of payment cuts to providers and drug companies.

14 Feb 2012

Hospitals: N.Y. Times finds aggressive debt collection despite charity care rules

New York's charity care system, partly financed by an 8.95 percent surcharge on hospital bills, is one of the most complicated in the nation, but many states have wrestled with aggressive debt collection by hospitals in recent years. Like New York, several passed laws curbing hospitals' pursuit of unpaid bills, including Illinois, California and Minnesota.

14 Feb 2012

States' Medicaid spending on target; Feds deny further Fla. Medicaid privatization

A survey says most state Medicaid budgets are on target through a series of program changes. In the meantime, CMS has denied a Florida proposal to expand Medicaid privatization there.

14 Feb 2012

President's budget adds to CMS for health law implementation, cuts Medicare/Medicaid

President Barack Obama on Monday proposed more aggressive deficit reductions through savings from Medicare, Medicaid and other federal healthcare programs than the White House put forward just five months ago.

14 Feb 2012

Insight into factors that affect Medicare decisions on CMS's coverage of medical technology

A new study by researchers at Tufts Medical Center provides unique insight into factors that affect Medicare decisions on whether to pay for medical technologies.

14 Feb 2012

InComm announces acquisition of Medagate

InComm, a leading prepaid product and transaction services company, announced today that it has acquired Medagate Corporation, the company that powers OTCNetwork, the only national closed loop over-the-counter (OTC) healthcare benefits payments platform.

13 Feb 2012

Premier healthcare alliance awards new agreements for feeding pumps, sets, tubes and devices

The Premier healthcare alliance today announced new agreements for feeding pumps, sets, tubes and devices have been awarded to Abbott Nutrition of Columbus, Ohio; CORPAK MedSystems Inc. of Buffalo Grove, Ill.; Covidien of Mansfield, Mass.; Kimberly-Clark Global Sales LLC of Roswell, Ga.; and Moog Inc. Medical Devices Group of Salt Lake City, Utah.

13 Feb 2012

Progesterone vaginal gel 8% NDA transferred to Watson

Columbia Laboratories, Inc., and Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., today announced that Columbia has transferred the new drug application for progesterone vaginal gel 8% for use in the reduction of risk of preterm birth in women with a singleton gestation and a short uterine cervical length in the mid-trimester of pregnancy (NDA 22-139) to Watson.

13 Feb 2012

President's budget to call for Medicare, Medicaid cuts - but no major changes

News organizations got a preview of the multi-trillion-dollar federal budget President Barack Obama is expected to propose on Monday.

13 Feb 2012

First Edition: February 13, 2012

Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations preview President Barack Obama's budget, which will be released today, and examine the lingering controversy over mandates on contraceptive coverage.

13 Feb 2012

Health plans must provide consumer-friendly health plan summaries by this fall

Moving to implement one of the new consumer protections in the health law, the Obama administration issued regulations Thursday requiring insurers to describe costs and benefits in clear, standardized language.

13 Feb 2012

State roundup: Fraud crackdowns, searching for more doctors, immigrant health care

Illinois Democrats running state government have waited more than a year to win federal approval for a new plan to fight fraud in the health program for 2.7 million of the state's poorest residents. Facing increasing Republican pressure to put reforms in place, this week Quinn's team told the Obama administration that Illinois will wait no longer.

13 Feb 2012

Lew defends adminstration on contraception, McConnell calls for president to 'back down'

The Republican battle against the President Obama's new birth-control mandate will continue until the policy is reversed, the top GOP senator warned Sunday. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Obama's rule requiring employer-based healthcare plans – even those sponsored by faith-based groups – to cover contraception infringes on the religious freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution.

13 Feb 2012

President's budget not expected to tackle entitlement costs

President Barack Obama's budget proposal Monday will offer several measures to trim the federal deficit in the next 10 years. But it would leave largely unchanged the biggest drivers of future government spending: the Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security programs that are expanding rapidly as the baby boom turns into a senior boom. Calling for major changes in the popular programs would be politically treacherous in an election year because of fierce opposition from seniors, who vote in large numbers.

13 Feb 2012

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Viewpoints: Obama's budget, birth control choices; Planning hospital readmissions to save

State roundup: Mass. small biz co-ops start, Miss. Medicaid changes, R.I. hospital overbilling Medicare

Juvenile arthritis affected kids are at a high risk of cancer: Study

Examining Romney's 'shift' on birth control mandate, other campaign news

First Edition: February 14, 2012

Administration brief defends Medicaid expansion

Tax increases, Medicare cuts expected in Obama budget

Hospitals: N.Y. Times finds aggressive debt collection despite charity care rules

States' Medicaid spending on target; Feds deny further Fla. Medicaid privatization

President's budget adds to CMS for health law implementation, cuts Medicare/Medicaid

Insight into factors that affect Medicare decisions on CMS's coverage of medical technology

InComm announces acquisition of Medagate

Premier healthcare alliance awards new agreements for feeding pumps, sets, tubes and devices

Progesterone vaginal gel 8% NDA transferred to Watson

President's budget to call for Medicare, Medicaid cuts - but no major changes

First Edition: February 13, 2012

Health plans must provide consumer-friendly health plan summaries by this fall

State roundup: Fraud crackdowns, searching for more doctors, immigrant health care

Lew defends adminstration on contraception, McConnell calls for president to 'back down'

President's budget not expected to tackle entitlement costs

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