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With Medicaid cuts, doctors and patients drop out
With states squeezing Medicaid payments to providers even as the economy fuels explosive growth in enrollment, patients...
AMA president-elect discusses proposed physician pay cut
In this video presented online from C-SPAN, AMA President-Elect Cecil Wilson, MD, talks about the budget for Medicare...
As costs rise, Florida lawmakers eye HMOs
As Medicaid swells in cost and number of recipients, some Republican legislative leaders in Florida are increasingly...
HMO plan for Medicaid patients draws fire from Illinois lawmakers
Some Illinois lawmakers are pushing for a delay in a pilot program that would place some elderly and disabled Medicaid...
Economy forces states to reduce Medicaid spending
More than half the states are reducing Medicaid services and payments to healthcare providers in 2010 year as the...
Medicaid enrollment rises nationwide, analysis finds
The recession has fueled the greatest influx of Americans onto Medicaid since the earliest days of the public insurance...
Disabled advocates oppose Illinois Medicaid HMO plan
An advocacy group for the disabled is urging Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn's healthcare team to abort a plan requiring 40,000...
Texas healthcare providers could see Medicaid fees reduced
Texas healthcare providers would see their Medicaid fees trimmed by at least 1% under possible budget reductions...
Web Exclusive: Report: Medicaid Program Struggles to Get Long-term Care Patients Back Home
Economic and bureaucratic barriers have thwarted an ambitious $1.7 billion Medicaid demonstration project, "Money...
Children suffer as states cut health budgets
As the recession forces more hospitals and doctors to pare costs, the cutbacks are especially affecting children...