Congress Versus the States: The Latest Chapter in the Medicaid Saga
Eleven months ago, the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) was created by Congress. The Commission is supposed to review the policies, including… Read More
Eleven months ago, the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) was created by Congress. The Commission is supposed to review the policies, including… Read More
Christmas is coming early for a few lucky states including Hawaii, Massachusetts, Nebraska and Vermont. But their good fortune will come at the expense of… Read More
Confronted by discrepancies in the number of jobs created by the stimulus bill, officials in the Obama Administration eventually were forced to concede that their… Read More
In an arrogant and somewhat bizarre display of disinformation, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is feeding local news sources with “new… Read More
The House and Senate health care legislation resembles a game show more than deliberate exercise in public policy. As confusing and confused legislation language is… Read More
The 2074 page Reid Health Bill (H.R. 3590) generally follows the Senate Finance and HELP versions on Medicaid and in the creation of a new… Read More
Ironically, the very first group to feel the effects of the pending federal government takeover of the health care system are among the closest political… Read More
In his September address to the joint session of Congress, President Obama stated he would be the last President to take on health care. Perhaps,… Read More
AARP has endorsed the Pelosi health bill, H.R. 3962, but in reviewing the list of ten reasons it has given for its support and comparing… Read More
Last week, Speaker Pelosi and the House leadership introduced their 1,900 page health care monstrosity, H.R. 3962. But they have not taken the bill to… Read More
On the campaign trail, then Senator Obama set a course for universal coverage of children through the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and opposed… Read More
Speaker Pelosi’s mammoth health legislation, H.R. 3962, includes the largest Medicaid expansion in history, adding as many as 18 million people to the program. Not… Read More
In the desperate attempt to portray their massive new spending bill as “budget neutral,” Congress and the Obama Administration are relying on more desperate measures… Read More
Members of Congress too often just forget: Medicaid is a welfare program. It is also one of the most poorly performing of all the federal… Read More
Very soon, the House of Representatives is expected to vote on legislation ( H.R. 3962). That 1990 page bill, if enacted, will have an unprecedented… Read More
Now that the Baucus Plan has been introduced as actual legislative language, it is clear more time is necessary to have a full understanding of… Read More
The House and Senate are clearly divided over how to pay for the massive new spending commitments the federal government is taking on. Right now,… Read More
The Congressional Budget Office preliminary estimate of the Senate Finance Committee’s work is a devastating revelation. The bill is a platform for an enormous jump… Read More
An important part of a magician’s trick is to keep the audience’s focus away from what he is actually doing. In the case of health… Read More
Just hours after the Senate Finance Committee completed its mark-up of its version of health care reform, Committee staff released a statement that announced, “[i]n… Read More
After watching the Senate Finance Committee work its will on health care reform, it is clear that the final stretch will have little to do… Read More
The Committee on Finance has issued a press release that claims under Chairman Baucus’ health care plan, now being marked up and amended in full… Read More
President Obama gave a nice, thematic speech Wednesday night. But that was the speech he should have given in April or May at the latest…. Read More
You hear or read the number all the time. The New York Times breathlessly reports there are 46 million uninsured Americans and President Barack Obama… Read More
On August 6th, Michigan resident Mike Sola confronted Rep. John Dingell (D-MI) at a health care townhall about H.R. 3200’s effect on his son Scott…. Read More
The White House public relations team has a problem. Where on earth did people get these ideas about government rationing health care? They ask. Why… Read More
President Barack Obama is visiting North Carolina and Virginia today looking to shift the debate away from the massive new spending and government control in… Read More
In his July 25 Radio Address, President Obama offered a new goal to health care reform—“And we’ll limit the amount your insurance company can force… Read More
The gripping health care reform drama unfolding on Capitol Hill has a surprising ending—Medicaid dies. At least Medicaid as you have come to know it…. Read More
Under increasing pressure to find unconventional ways to pay for the cost of health reform (which was supposed to save money for American families), the… Read More
