Ga. finds way to fund kids' insurance
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Gov. Sonny Perdue and Republican legislative leaders agreed Tuesday to a temporary fix that would keep a health insurance program for poor children running in spite of dwindling federal funding.
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The state&#39;s largest insurer, with handles claims for about 700,000 of TennCare&#39;s 1.3 million members, would be a likely bidder to administer all of a revised Medicaid program next year, Gov.
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For a monthly fee as low as $50, working-poor residents of Howard County would get access to health services ranging from immunizations and checkups to mental health and hospital care under a plan that county officials say could provide a template for jurisdictions across the nation.
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WASHINGTON -- The modest spending increase that Congress approved for a popular children's health insurance program will maintain coverage for those already enrolled. But many lacking insurance will have to look elsewhere.
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October 22, 2004 -- ALBANY - The multibillion-dollar health-care program that helps fund everything from medical colleges to insurance for poor children may run a shortfall by the end of the state fiscal year, Comptroller Alan Hevesi warned yesterday.
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Senate Democrats unveiled a spending blueprint yesterday that envisions a massive expansion of the nation's health-insurance program for children, as well as billions of additional dollars for other domestic priorities such as public education, veterans' health care and local police.
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The federal government is using money that was intended for vaccinating children to pay for experimental flu vaccines for adults, federal health officials said yesterday.
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In the year since a Prince George's County boy died of a dental infection, lawmakers say Maryland has begun addressing the structural problems and funding shortages that are blamed for breakdowns in the state's Medicaid system.
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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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A Senate commission studying Maryland's medical malpractice crisis gave some ground yesterday on legal changes sought by Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R) and endorsed the creation of a state fund that would subsidize doctors' insurance costs for the next four years.
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President Bush and other critics of a $35 billion spending increase for children's health insurance say they'll support expanding coverage to families of four making as much as $62,000 a year, but they want to limit states' ability to go beyond that level.
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ATLANTA - A massive corporate merger between two health-care giants will result in $126.5 million of new funding and equipment for Georgia&#39;s medical schools and rural hospitals, Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine announced Tuesday.
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As Congress edges closer to renewing a health insurance program for children, state officials have made it clear that they have a much different vision for the program's future than the Bush administration.
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Six months ago, the death of a 12-year-old Prince George's County boy from untreated dental decay shed a grim spotlight on gaps in federal and state medical assistance programs charged with providing care to 30 million poor children.
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Some states are warning that hundreds of thousands of poor children could lose their health insurance if Congress doesn't act soon to come through with more money for the program.
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By Tiffany Erickson Deseret Morning News  Schools in low-income areas could be getting some extra money that would help make up for fee waivers granted to students coming from poverty-stricken homes.
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Governor Ed Rendell says the state has averted disaster by winning federal approval of more than $1,000,000,000 in additional Medicaid funding over the next four years.