Tag: Medicare and Medicaid

Medicare and Medicaid at 50: Time to Check Fiscal Health

The president stated on August 1, Saturday that all Americans deserve a health care system…

Wisconsin health care leaders say taking federal money for Medicaid expansion

August 5, 2015

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Wisconsin health care leaders say taking federal money for Medicaid expansion

Phase I established the Rhody Health Options Medicaid managed care program, in which people eligible…

August 5, 2015

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Medicare has proved greatly helpful

Rhode Island has been given the green light for a pilot program to coordinate health…

August 4, 2015

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Obama: There is no entitlement crisis

On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicaid into law along with the…

CMS Actuary Finds Health Care Spending Outpacing GDP Growth

August 3, 2015

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CMS Actuary Finds Health Care Spending Outpacing GDP Growth

As per reports, most of the spending growth is a result of gain of insurance…

Health Care Spending Expected To Increase

August 2, 2015

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Health Care Spending Expected To Increase

At rear are Lady Bird Johnson, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, and former first lady Bess…

Healthcare Spending Growth Expected to Remain Slow Until 2024

August 2, 2015

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Healthcare Spending Growth Expected to Remain Slow Until 2024

Yet, it took nearly two decades for his ideas to come to fruition: On July…

Health care spending to increase moderately

August 1, 2015

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Health care spending to increase moderately

In 2014, health spending in the United States is projected to have reached $3.1 trillion,…

Delaware CEO of UnitedHealthcare reflects on 50 years of Medicare and Medicaid

July 31, 2015

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Delaware CEO of UnitedHealthcare reflects on 50 years of Medicare and Medicaid

In the letter, the signers call on policymakers to “preserve and strengthen this program for…