Posts Tagged ‘Medicaid’

Greenstein: ObamaCare Will ‘Cannibalize’ Private Insurance By 2014

Greenstein: ObamaCare Will ‘Cannibalize’ Private Insurance By 2014

‘Government-financed health care does not have to be government-run.’

Doctors in the House: Cassidy and Fleming Call for “Price Transparency”

Doctors in the House: Cassidy and Fleming Call for “Price Transparency”

Republicans did not do enough to advance free market reforms within the health care system when they last controlled both houses of Congress, some of the medical doctors who now serve in the House have said. Rep. Fleming and Rep. Cassidy are both calling for reforms built around “price transparency.”

Commentary: Louisiana One Step Closer to Coordinated-Care Networks for Medicaid

Commentary: Louisiana One Step Closer to Coordinated-Care Networks for Medicaid

Gov. Jindal estimates that transitioning towards coordinated-care will save the state $135 million annually. It would also lead to improved health care quality.

Commentary: Kansas Becomes Second State To Reject ObamaCare Implementation Grant

Commentary: Kansas Becomes Second State To Reject ObamaCare Implementation Grant

Kansas officials also noted that the Early Innovator grant does nothing to slow the explosive growth of health care and health care costs.

ObamaCare Opponents Differ Sharply Over Strategy at ALEC Conference

ObamaCare Opponents Differ Sharply Over Strategy at ALEC Conference

A dispute over the merits and potential defects of health care exchange systems continued to rage last week at the American Legislative Exchange Council’s (ALEC) annual meeting in New Orleans as state officials expressed concern over ObamaCare’s Medicaid mandates.