Health CareNews
Trump Administration Takes on Unions Over ‘Skimming’ Medicaid Funds
Sally Coomer of Seattle, who cares for her disabled adult daughter at home, doesn’t like the fact that union dues are deducted from the Medicaid… Read More
Health CareNews
California Lawmakers Look to Extend State Medicaid to Illegal Immigrants
Both houses of the California Legislature have voted to lift the requirement of legal residency in the state to be eligible to receive the state… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Some Virginia Lawmakers Want to Expand Medicaid. Why That’s a Bad Idea.
Every year, we see renewed efforts to push states to adopt Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion. Virginia drew national attention this year when its House of Delegates… Read More
Health CareCommentary
This Child Health Care Program Ties the Hands of Parents. Now Is Congress’ Chance to Make a Change.
If you’re a parent, you want your child to be healthy. You’ll do whatever it takes to get your child the care he or she… Read More
Health CareCommentary
We Hear You: The Failure of Republicans to Repeal or Replace Obamacare
Editor’s note: It’s hard to think of a topic that drives more comments from The Daily Signal’s audience than the fate of Obamacare. With a… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Senate Health Care Bill Could Be Greatest Entitlement Reform in a Generation
The Senate health care bill (the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017) would fundamentally reform federal Medicaid payment. As Washington Post columnist George Will has… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Why the Revised Senate Health Care Bill Is a Major Improvement Over the Status Quo
On Thursday, the Senate Republican leadership unveiled an updated version of the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017. While it is an imperfect legislative product,… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Democrats’ Fearmongering Over Medicaid Ignores Just How Bad the Program Is
Die-hard Obamacare defenders are out in force to protest Republican repeal efforts. The protesters are falsely claiming the repeal will gut Medicaid, causing frail, indigent… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Obama Says Health Bill Will ‘Ruin’ Medicaid. Here’s Why the Program Needs Reform.
The much-anticipated Senate health care bill dropped Thursday morning, and the hot takes poured in. While analysts are scrambling to understand the details of the… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Trump’s Budget Puts Medicaid on a Path to Long-Needed Reform
Medicaid, the huge government health program for the poor and the indigent, is broken. Both the Trump administration’s recent budget submission and the House-passed American… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Key Takeaways From CBO Score of the Republican Health Care Bill
The Congressional Budget Office updated its score of the House-passed American Health Care Act this week, prior to its being sent over to the Senate. This budgetary… Read More
Health CareCommentary
The House Acts on Obamacare. Time for the Senate to Follow Suit.
By passing the American Health Care Act by a vote of 217-213, the U.S. House of Representatives has taken a major step in the process… Read More
EconomyNews
Home Caregivers Identify Evidence of Voter Fraud in Bid to Oust Union
EDINA, Minn.—An in-home caregiver named Edison is supposed to live in a unit on the seventh floor of the Cedars of Edina apartment complex, according… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Kansas Almost Voted to Expand Medicaid. What Other States Should Learn From This Near-Mistake.
To expand Medicaid or to not expand Medicaid? That’s still the question facing lawmakers in Kansas and 18 other states. Though the Kansas Legislature voted… Read More
EconomyNews
She Never Joined a Union. But Union Fees Got Deducted From Her Paycheck.
ST. PAUL, Minn.—Patricia Johansen has worked as a home caregiver for her two special-needs grandchildren for about 10 years. Since she never agreed to join… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Work Requirements in Medicaid Won’t Work. Here’s a Serious Alternative.
Recent reports indicate that the Trump administration and House Republicans are considering “work requirements” in Medicaid as part of their overall health care reform package…. Read More
EconomyNews
Home Caregivers, Alleging Fraud, Push to Decertify Union That Deducts Dues
ST. PAUL, Minn.—When the union representative came to her door last month, Mary Barton invited the cheerful young woman in because she seemed friendly, and… Read More
Health CareNews
Debate on Obamacare Repeal Centers on Medicaid. Here’s How States That Expanded It Are Doing.
As lawmakers begin to debate a GOP bill to replace Obamacare, both Republicans and Democrats say they worry that Americans who gained insurance under the… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Big Challenges Await Seema Verma, Trump’s Choice to Oversee Medicare, Medicaid
The Senate Finance Committee has completed nearly four hours of confirmation hearings for Seema Verma, President Donald Trump’s nominee for administrator of the Centers for Medicare… Read More
Health CareAnalysis
MACRA Implementation Should Reflect the Original Intent of the Legislation
On April 27, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its proposed rule regarding the implementation of the provisions outlined in the… Read More
Health CareNews
Lawmakers Say Congress Should Investigate Millionaires Enrolling in Medicaid
Conservative lawmakers say Congress should investigate the number of millionaires who qualify for and enroll in government-sponsored health insurance under Obamacare, a trend exposed in… Read More
Health CareNews
Millionaires Are Qualifying for Medicaid Under Obamacare
Millionaires living in states that expanded Medicaid are benefiting from government-sponsored health insurance, and taxpayers are footing the bill for it. In states that expanded… Read More
Health CareCommentary
A Medicaid Budget Gimmick That’s Defrauding Taxpayers
The Washington Post editorial board has long considered itself the “adult in the room” on fiscal matters, all but endorsing the Simpson-Bowles plan and other… Read More
Health CareNews
Colorado Medicaid Rolls Double After Expansion
Colorado’s Medicaid caseload nearly doubled in the past two years after the state expanded coverage, surprising state budget officials and putting more pressure on state… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Census Confirms Health Care Coverage Expanded in 2014, but Misses That Most Expansion Was Through Medicaid
The limitations of survey data are reflected in the political adage that, “the only poll that counts is on Election Day.” In other words, real… Read More
Health CareNews
Alaska Legislature to Sue Governor Over Unilateral Medicaid Expansion
The Alaska Legislature will sue Gov. Bill Walker in an effort to prevent him from unilaterally expanding Medicaid in the state. Christie Herrera, a senior… Read More
Health CareNews
The Latest Federal Mandate Threatening Doctor’s Offices
Gerald Harmon, a member of the American Medical Association’s Board of Trustees, owns a small, family medical practice in coastal South Carolina. A doctor for… Read More
Health CareNews
Florida House Rejects Medicaid Expansion
During a special session in the Florida Legislature, the state’s House of Representatives voted down a proposal last week that would have expanded the state’s… Read More
Health CareNews
How Schools Use Medicaid Money to Pay for Truancy Officers, Deans and Healthy-Eating Magnets
At a school board meeting in Henrico County, Va., two months ago, a panel of school district officials and board members had been left speechless…. Read More
Health CareCommentary
Why Expanding Medicaid Isn’t Compassionate
We’ve heard a lot about how Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion will be costly to states in the long run. Yet this hasn’t stopped some governors, who… Read More
