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Illinois leaders must make unpopular decisions
Thanks to Julie Hamos, head of the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, for dealing forthrightly with the state's runaway Medicaid costs that now consume about 20 percent of state spending. According to an analysis released last year...Tags: Health Insurance, Government Health Care
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Snyder: Michigan could still get Medicaid expansion
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Republican Gov. Rick Snyder said Wednesday he is hopeful he can still broker an agreement with the Republican-led Legislature to expand government health insurance for low-income adults, despite the state's tentative budget...
Tags: Rick Snyder, Health Insurance, Parties and Movements, Budgets and Budgeting, Government Health Care
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California picks 13 health plans for state-run insurance market
After weeks of negotiations, California said it has selected 13 health plans for a new state-run insurance marketplace where as many as 5 million people will shop for coverage next year. Officials at Covered California, the state agency implementing the...
Tags: Health Insurance, Aetna Inc., Molina Healthcare Incorporated, Cigna Corporation, Crime, Law and Justice
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John Morgan talks Casey Anthony, Tim Tebow
Staff writerIn local public-affairs programming this weekend: Prominent Orlando attorney John Morgan and his wife, Ultima, are Lauren Rowe's guests on "Flashpoint" at 8 a.m. Sunday on WKMG-Channel 6. They discuss everything from politics and Casey Anthony to...Tags: Health Insurance, Medical Marijuana Therapy, Altamonte Springs, U.S. Senate, Orlando
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Editorial: A bizarre blame game played by two senators
In a letter to Gov. Pat Quinn last week, two Illinois Senate leaders called for the ouster of Julie Hamos, who heads the state's biggest public aid agency. Appointed in 2010, Hamos holds one of state government's most complicated, thankless jobs. She...
Tags: Health Insurance, Hospitals and Clinics, Illinois Governor, Illinois General Assembly, Government Health Care
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UnitedHealth, Aetna and Cigna opt out of California insurance exchange
Some prominent health insurers, including industry giant UnitedHealth Group Inc., are not participating in California's new state-run health insurance market, possibly limiting the number of choices for millions of consumers. UnitedHealth, the nation'...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Aetna Inc., Bloomfield (Hartford, Connecticut), Cigna Corporation, Healthcare Policies
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Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment
DROUGHT Recent rains lift spirits of SD farmers, ranchers PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — State Climatologist Dennis Todey (TAH'dee) says recent rains across much of South Dakota have improved the outlook for farmers and ranchers hurt by a year-long drought....Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Movies, Dennis Daugaard, Crime, Law and Justice, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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SD Gov. Dennis Daugaard appointed to National Governors Association task force on health care
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard is part of a National Governors Association task force looking at ways states can improve the quality of health care and cut the cost of public health programs. The task force of a dozen...Tags: Government, Dennis Daugaard, Personal Income, Executive Branch, Health Insurance Cost
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UPDATED: Gov. Snyder, GOP lawmakers agree to budget targets
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Republican Gov. Rick Snyder and leaders of the GOP majority in the Legislature reached a budget agreement Tuesday for next fiscal year that doesn't include an expansion of government health insurance for low income-adults and...
Tags: Government, Budgets and Budgeting, Crime, Law and Justice, Government Health Care, Economy, Business and Finance
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Why the medical device tax needs to stay
The chief drawback of a law as complex as the Affordable Care Act, the health insurance reform measure passed in 2010, is that it provides self-interested opponents a multitude of places to stick a wedge in and hammer away. But you'd be hard-pressed...Tags: Barbara Boxer, Dwayne Johnson, Invention and Innovation, Medical Research, Dianne Feinstein
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'Dual-eligibles' (Medicare/Medicaid) can join pilot program in Feb. 2014
This week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that Virginia will partner with CMS to test a new model for providing Medicare-Medicaid enrollees with a more coordinated, person-centered care experience. There are approximately...
Tags: Health Insurance, Mental Health, Government Health Care, Medicare
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David Chaffee: Medicaid expansion for Michigan saves money, lives
The following guest commentary was written by David Chaffee, of Petoskey, former Title XX Social Services Administrator, Office of Planning, Budget, and Evaluation, State of Michigan. Gov. Snyder's bold lead to expand Medicaid to 133 percent of the...Tags: Health Insurance, Hospitals and Clinics, Substance Abuse, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Dentistry and Dental Health
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