Tennessee to End Expanded Medicaid Program
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The governor announced plans Wednesday to dissolve Tennessee&#39;s expanded Medicaid system and drop 430,000 poor and disabled people from the rolls of the health-care program
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The U.S. Medicare health insurance  program said on Friday it would reduce payments for anemia  drugs when used to treat elderly and disabled patients who are  undergoing kidney dialysis.
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Governor Bredesen today pulled the plug on TennCare -- the expanded Medicaid program that covers 1.3 million residents. Calling TennCare &quot;a noble and worthwhile initiative,&quot; Bredesen
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New Health and Human Services  Secretary Mike Leavitt on Tuesday called for changes in the  Medicaid program for the poor, including an end to overpayment  for some prescription drugs.
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Dozens of popular health, housing and education programs would be eliminated or sharply reduced under the budget that President Bush plans to announce on Monday.
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The Bush administration demonstrated Friday it will strictly adhere to new guidelines that limit the scope of a popular children's health insurance program. It rejected an application from New York to let more middle-income families participate.
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The multi-billion-dollar health care programthat helps fund everything from medical colleges to insurance for poor children may run a shortfall by the end of the state fiscal year.
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A major bombshell Wednesday from Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen. The Governor announced he&#39;s axing TennCare. Bredesen announced the state will dissolve TennCare and return to a traditional Medicaid program.
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Federal authorities have announced that a Bethesda nursing home already under scrutiny by state officials in connection with the deaths of two patients could lose its Medicaid certification this month because of concerns about the care it provides.
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A Minnesota psychiatrist who received more than $350,000 in speaking and consulting fees from pharmaceutical companies will quit a panel that advises the state on drugs for low-income Medicaid patients.
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Medicare is going to stop paying for treatment related to preventable hospital errors.
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The bill will be the basis for House efforts to reshape the Childrenâs Health Insurance Program, which expires Sept. 30, and will be a building block of Senator Hillary Rodham Clintonâs presidential campaign platform.
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While all the details have yet to be worked out, Gov. Phil Bredesen says his plan is to set up a Medicaid program with specific limits on benefits, such as the number of adult hospital stays
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. Health care advocate Gordon Bonnyman received angry e-mails as word spread that Governor Bredesen was ending TennCare.
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The Bush administration is restricting the ability of states to expand Medicaid in an effort to prevent them from offering coverage to families of modest incomes.
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Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen announced this afternoon at a Nashville news conference that he has begun the process of pulling the plug on TennCare.
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The Bush administration's point person for the giant Medicare and Medicaid health programs, Dr. Mark McClellan, is stepping down, the White House said on Tuesday.