U.S. Curtailing Bids to Expand Medicaid Rolls
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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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Some Iowans may cut back on their coverage, and the state faces having to pay more for Medicaid, officials say. Sharply higher Medicare premiums announced last week by the Bush administration will have a double
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A major obstacle to the success of the new Medicare law has emerged in recent weeks: Private insurers have told the Bush administration they will not expand their Medicare role
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Tennessee's expanded Medicaid system will be replaced with a cheaper, more basic program, leaving 430,000 poor and disabled people without coverage, the governor said.
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U.S. Medicare officials sought a  compromise with private insurers on Monday by dividing the  country into more regions, a ruling that could encourage more  firms to broaden their health care plan offerings to the  elderly.
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Nearly six in 10 eligible children whose parents applied for Medicaid in Virginia went without health care for weeks or months because of a new federal rule intended to prevent undocumented immigrants from receiving coverage, according to a state survey of 800 low-income families.
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Gov. George Pataki's advisers are arguing over whether he should embrace efforts to limit the federal Medicaid program, which could help alter New York's costly program.
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Gov. Phil Bredesen announced Monday that he will drop 323,000 adults from the state's expanded Medicaid program to save about &#36;1.7 billion a year, but will preserve health coverage for children.
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The nation&#39;s governors on Wednesday urged President Bush not to shift additional Medicaid costs to the states in his effort to reduce the federal deficit.
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A study concludes the region's largest health insurer is shirking its legal obligation to support public health needs.
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The costs of the Medicare and  Medicaid health insurance programs are rising at unsustainable  rates that will force policy makers to adopt major changes to  curb spending, the head of the Congressional Budget Office  warned on Monday.
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The Bush administration issued proposed rules Friday to trim Medicaid payments to schools.
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The program is apparently in Tennessee&#39;s future because Gov. Bredesen plans to scrap TennCare to save money. [ TennCare to dissolve ]. It&#39;s been 10 years since Tennessee ran a Medicaid program.
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Senate Democrats are cutting back on their proposed expansion of a health insurance program for children, a Republican lawmaker involved in the discussions said Tuesday.
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O, CANADA: U.S. states are looking to countries other than Canada to get cheaper prescription drugs for their citizens, fearing Canadians may soon stop allowing such sales to their southern neighbors.
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Fearful that President Bush plans to shift more Medicaid costs to the states, the nation&#39;s governors are mounting a bipartisan lobbying effort to stave off new federal limits on the program.
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TUESDAY, Sept. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Some American seniors stop taking medications for chronic health problems such as high blood pressure and diabetes when they exceed spending limits in their Medicare prescription drug plans, new research shows.