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- Governor's Medicaid Budget Targets Older New Yorkers in Need of Long- Term Care
- ALBANY, N.Y., Feb. 23 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Governor's Budget proposals to restrict Medicaid eligibility for long-term care would come as a blow to older New Yorkers already struggling with the high costs of health care, AARP New York announced today. TALBANY, N.Y., Feb. 23 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The...
- Research articles 2005-02-23
- AARP Launches Grassroots Campaign to Stop Medicaid Eligibility Changes; Pataki's Budget Proposes to Cut Access to Health Care
- ALBANY, N.Y., March 23 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today AARP announced an aggressive grassroots campaign to garner support from the public and in the State Legislature to stop Governor Pataki's proposed restrictions to access Medicaid long-term care services. ThALBANY, N.Y., March 23 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today AARP announced an aggressive...
- Research articles 2004-03-23
- Cheating on long-term care.(Viewpoint)
- Byline: Alair Townsend People who would be mortified to admit their families were taking welfare benefits abandon all shame when it comes to welfare in the form of long-term care for their parents. Adult children are encouraging their parents to Byline:...
- Research articles 2005-07-11
- New York AARP Members Lobby to Save Medicaid; Survey Reveals AARP Members Oppose Medicaid Cuts/Changes to Long-Term Care
- ALBANY, N.Y., March 31 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today AARP volunteers from across New York lobbied their state legislators to stop Gov. Pataki's proposed changes to Medicaid long-term care services. Members, armed with a recent AARP survey, let legislators knoALBANY, N.Y., March 31 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today AARP volunteers from...
- Research articles 2004-03-31
- Congress kills measure to boost private LTC. (long term care)
- Congress Kills Measure To Boost Private LTC WASHINGTON--In the last days of its chaotic session, Congress killed a proposal which would have allowed 10 states to participate in a long-term care demonstration project that could have stimulated the maCongress Kills Measure To Boost Private...
- Research articles 1991-02-04
- The Interaction of Public and Private Insurance: Medicaid and the Long-Term Care Insurance Market
- The paper shows that the provision of even incomplete public insurance can substantially crowd out private insurance demand. It examines the interaction of the public Medicaid program with the private market for long-term care insurance and estimate that Medicaid can explain the lack of private insurance purchases for at least...
- White papers 2004-12-01
- The Medicare Prescription Benefit: Implications for Long-Term Care Residents
- About two-thirds of nursing facility residents are Medicaid beneficiaries, due to low income or having spent down their assets. Their medications are currently paid for by the Medicaid programs of the various states. Another 8-10% of nursing facility residents are covered by Medicare Part A, which pays for medications along...
- White papers 2002-08-13
- Governor and Senate Medicaid Proposals Opposed by AARP Members; AARP Releases Member Survey Results on Long-Term Care
- "Stopping these proposed changes is a top priority for AARP New York this session," said Lois Aronstein, state director for AARP New York. "AARP members don't want Medicaid proposals hurting the very people the program should help." "Stopping these proposed changes is a top priority for AARP New York this...
- Research articles 2004-04-13
- The Effects of State Medicaid Policies on the Dynamic Savings Patterns of the Elderly
- This paper investigates the influences of health and the variation in state Medicaid policies on the savings patterns, insurance coverage, and long-term care decisions of elderly persons who anticipate the need for long-term care. States have considerable flexibility in determining policies that affect the attractiveness of receiving Medicaid coverage for...
- White papers 2006-04-01
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- Breaking Down Obama's Health Care Cuts
- Under President Obama’s budget proposal, about half of the money required to fund his $634 billion “reserve fund†for health reform would come from changes in Medicare and Medicaid spending. Jacob Goldstein of the WSJ Health Blog has dug up a detailed list of these projected savings from 2010-2019 in...
- Blog posts 2009-02-27
- The Health Care Safety Net and Crowd-Out of Private Health Insurance
- There is an extensive literature on the extent to which public health insurance coverage through Medicaid induces less private health insurance coverage. However, little is known about the effect of other components of the health care safety net in crowding out private coverage. This paper examines the effect of Medicaid...
- White papers 2003-05-01
- Healthcare Roundup: Aetna-Microsoft Tie-Up, HCS Buys TMG Health, Navigenics Does Sequencing, and More
- Aetna ties up with Microsoft online-health records -- The big health-insurance firm Aetna said it will start allowing many of its members to transfer medical records kept by the insurer to Microsoft's HealthVault, a portable online health-record system. The information in question includes claims, diagnoses, test results and prescriptions. [Source:...
- Blog posts 2008-10-22
- Can Pay-For-Performance Work in Health Care? You Bet.
- A nationwide health care study is finding that tying bonuses to certain medical steps can save millions of dollars and thousands of lives. The downside: More paperwork! ...
- Articles 2009-09-21
- Vladeck takes over as Health Care Financing Administration chief - Bruce C. Vladeck
- Bruce C. Vladeck, former president of the United Hospital Fund of New York, recently took office as Administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration HCFA, which runs the country's Medicare and Medicaid programs. Dr. Vladeck was president of the United Hospital Fund, a non-profit philanthropy and health services research...
- Research articles 1993-03-22
- Recession Boosts United's Medicaid Business
- Buoyed by its AmeriChoice acquisition several years ago, as well as by the recession, UnitedHealth Group is rapidly growing its Medicaid business. In a presentation May 19 at Deutsche Bank’s annual health care conference in Boston, AmeriChoice CEO Rick Jelinek outlined how United is “fostering growth in a reform environmentâ€â€"the...
- Blog posts 2009-05-20
- Pfizer - Bextra: DOJ press conference
- Justice Department Announces Largest Health Care Fraud Settlement in Its History Pfizer to Pay $2.3 Billion for Fraudulent Marketing WASHINGTON – American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. and its subsidiary Pharmacia & Upjohn Company Inc. (hereinafter together "Pfizer") have agreed to pay...
- News items 2009-09-02
- The House Health Reform Bill: An Abortion Funding Ban And Other Late Changes
- Editor's Note: This is Tim Jost's fourth post examining HR 3962, the House's health reform legislation. Previous posts focused on measure's health care financing reforms, the legislation's provisions for an insurance exchange and a "public option," and HR 3962's delivery system reforms and other provisions. How did HR 3962 change on Saturday night? As everyone...
- News items 2009-11-09
- Hospital Industry Pledges Cuts to Help Cover Uninsured
- The industry players are bargaining with the Obama Administration for financial deals in return for their qualified support of whatever reform legislation comes out of Congress. First, it was the pharmaceutical industry, which promised $80 billion in lower costs over 10 yearsâ€"mainly to help seniors who wind up in the...
- Blog posts 2009-07-09
- Medicaid Reform: A Preliminary Report From the National Governors Association
- Medicaid now covers 53 million Americans and the program is expected to spend a total of $329 billion in combined state and federal funds in 2005. While the Medicaid program is extremely cost effective compared to private sector health care, the existing program structure is inflexible and the benefits are...
- White papers 2005-06-15
- The Boston Globe David Warsh Column.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- Jan. 30--WAKE-UP CALL: Health care in America seems to be in nearly permanent crisis -- a staple feature of the front page and political campaigns since Medicare and Medicaid made their debut in 1965. Thirty-five years of perpetual struggle is a long Jan. 30--WAKE-UP CALL: Health...
- Research articles 2000-01-31
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