Medicaid Blend Rate Misses the Point
Conservatives should beware of policies that simply meet a budget target number without considering whether the underlying policy changes move a program in the right… Read More
Conservatives should beware of policies that simply meet a budget target number without considering whether the underlying policy changes move a program in the right… Read More
In the wake of the White House’s health care summit, reconciliation is still seen as the likely route that congressional leaders and their liberal allies… Read More
Media reports that Obamacare is near death are premature. And, if the past is any guide, flat out wrong. It is possible for the Administration… 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
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
Speaking to a celebrity studded fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee in Beverly Hills last night, President Barack Obama humbly proclaimed he “would put these… Read More
It took President Barack Obama all of 15 days to break one of his most fundamental campaign promises. Even in these fast-paced times, that has… Read More
State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) is the federal-state welfare program to provide health insurance for poor children. The House recently passed a major expansion… Read More
Efforts in Congress to fast-track passage of an economic stimulus package and expansion of the children’s health care program, if successful, would give liberals a… Read More
Last week, after the Congressional Budget Office report showed that the pre-stimulus budget deficit would reach $1.2 trillion in FY 2009, President-elect Barack Obama reiterated… Read More
The news from Hawaii that the state is ending its experiment in universal health coverage for children may well be the timely warning that Washington… Read More
Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama are offering ambitious, comprehensive and expensive health care reform plans. Both would greatly expand health insurance coverage for… Read More
This week’s debate over the Medicare bill (H.R. 6331) ranks as the biggest battle over health care policy since last year’s bitter debate over the… Read More
There is good and bad in President Bush’s fiscal 2009 budget when it comes to Medicaid. First the good: The President’s budget proposal takes modest… Read More
