The Florida legislature has approved an overhaul of the state's Medicaid program that includes shifting thousands of Medicaid beneficiaries into managed care and HMOs, according to a Kaiser Health News report.
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Vermont has passed a healthcare reform law authorizing a single-payor system, but it will take years to plan and launch the new system, called Green Mountain Care, according to a report by the Burlington Free Press.
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said the upcoming Independent Payment Advisory Board, authorized by the healthcare reform law, would be a better way to cut healthcare spending than the GOP proposal to turn Medicare into a voucher system, according to a…
Under heavy fire from Democrats and senior groups, another top Republican suggested the party may drop plans to turn Medicare into a voucher program, according to a report by the Washington Post.
The Internal Revenue Service is seeking public comment on healthcare reform's employer mandate, including a proposal for deciding which employers would be required to provide coverage, according to a release by the IRS.
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Written by Leigh Page Congressional Republicans have introduced a bill that would repeal the mandate in the healthcare reform law requiring states to expand their Medicaid rolls starting in 2014, according to a release by the House Energy and…
The House voted 238-183 to eliminate federal grant money to help states establish their own insurance exchanges, according to a report by the Hill.
With many state legislatures unwilling to spend funds to set up health insurance exchanges under the healthcare reform law, state governments are looking for alternative ways to set up the exchanges, according to a report by Politico.
President Obama has threatened to veto legislation that would eliminate grants to states for insurance exchanges as well as legislation that would eliminate funding for school-based health clinics, according to a The Hill report.
Forest Laboratories CEO Howard Solomon’s potential exclusion from federal health programs has triggered attention from industry experts, who say the event hints at a trend in white-collar litigation that may be on the rise. The Office of the Inspector General’s…