State Health Watch Archives – June 1, 2005
June 1, 2005
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Cut the uninsured to 8%? Yes, but opinions on how are varied
A Commonwealth Fund survey of health care opinion leaders shows the proportion of Americans without health insurance can be cut to 8% over 10 years, less than half the current rate. But the way the experts say that goal can be accomplished sometimes is far different from the direction currently being taken. -
Fiscal Fitness: How States Cope - Simplified renewal process could save California millions lost to churning
Medi-Cal, Californias Medicaid program, could save an estimated $100 million a year by reducing the number of eligible children who are disenrolled and then re-enrolled a short period later. -
Florida hospital promotes drug savings
Miamis Mercy Hospital says participants in its self-sustaining preventive care program are seeing average savings of $140 per prescription, often putting the cost of their drugs below what it would be if they bought them in Canada or Mexico. -
States may be creating long-term care problems
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a conservative think tank for state legislators, says that by making Medicaid nursing home benefits routinely available to virtually anyone since 1965, the United States has created a nursing-home based, welfare-financed, long-term care system that fails everyone, especially the poor. -
Texas hospitals want Medicaid/SCHIP funds restored
Texas hospitals say funding cuts for the states Medicaid and SCHIP programs are shortsighted and counterproductive public policy given the current national framework for indigent care. -
HHS funds three state programs for the disabled
The Department of Health and Human Services has funded programs in three states to help the disabled maintain employment and also is supporting a state program to help SCHIP families buy employer-based insurance. -
Clip files / Local news from the states
RICHMOND, VAVirginia Gov. Mark R. Warner has signed a measure that tightens laws prohibiting illegal immigrants from receiving public benefits, including Medicaid and public assistance.