Medicaid

Some could have gaps in medical coverage under new law

2013-05-20 04:37:00

When the national healthcare law takes full effect next year, millions of Americans risk disrupted health coverage because of common life events: getting married or divorced, having children or taking on a second job. As their family incomes change,...

Medicaid opposition underscores states' healthcare disparities

2013-05-18 22:06:00

WASHINGTON — Republican opposition in many statehouses to expanding Medicaid next year under President Obama's healthcare law — opposition that could leave millions of the nation's poorest residents without insurance coverage — will...

How to avoid a return to the hospital

2013-05-17 20:09:00

The only thing less pleasant than a stay in the hospital is having to go right back there to deal with complications. And experts say it happens all too often. One in 8 elderly patients is readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of being discharged...

House Republicans repudiate Obama healthcare program -- again

2013-05-16 15:39:00

WASHINGTON – House Republicans voted for the 37th time Thursday evening to repeal all or part of President Obama’s healthcare law, underscoring once again the deep partisan divide over the landmark 2010 legislation. The bill to roll back the...

Senate approves Obama choice to head Medicare

2013-05-15 14:50:00

WASHINGTON – In an unusual break in the partisan warring over healthcare, the Senate on Wednesday confirmed President Obama's choice to oversee the mammoth Medicare and Medicaid health programs. Marilyn Tavenner, a former hospital executive and...

Cedars-Sinai stands out for steep pricing

2013-05-17 00:00:00

When Medicare disclosed average charges from thousands of U.S. hospitals for 100 common procedures last week, only one hospital was near the top in every category: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Be it a cardiac stent, a hip replacement or a...

A public health compromise for California

2013-05-12 00:00:00

The Legislature is poised to offer health insurance to millions of additional low-income Californians, with the federal government covering much of the cost. The expansion would be a boon to counties, which collectively spend billions of dollars caring...

For Wal-Mart, should healthcare be a cost of doing business?

2013-05-09 16:48:00

Big employers beware -- some California lawmakers want to pressure you to extend health insurance to virtually everyone who lands on your payroll, even part-timers who work less than two hours a day. That's one of the effects that a bill by...

Part-timers to lose pay amid health act's new math

2013-05-02 05:00:00

Many part-timers are facing a double whammy from President Obama's Affordable Care Act. The law requires large employers offering health insurance to include part-time employees working 30 hours a week or more. But rather than provide healthcare to more...

Obama seeks to allay healthcare law concerns

2013-04-30 19:31:00

WASHINGTON — President Obama sought to tamp down fears Tuesday that his landmark healthcare law would raise insurance costs and cause other disruptions, saying most Americans were already benefiting from it and others soon would. "Any time you'...

Medicaid has mixed record on improving health for poor, study says

2013-05-01 14:00:00

WASHINGTON — As state leaders debate whether to expand their Medicaid programs next year under President Obama’s healthcare law, new research suggests the government insurance plan for the poor has only a mixed record of improving health....

The fights Obama picks over Medicare

2013-04-11 05:00:00

The budget that President Obama released Wednesday doesn't include the sort of headline-grabbing initiatives that House Budget Committee Chairman Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) included in his proposal for fiscal 2014, such as a dramatic overhaul of the tax code...

Dave Gendel, special projects manager at a nursing care management company, leads chants during a rally of nursing home workers at the James R. Thompson Center calling for an end to state cuts in Medicaid funding.

2013-05-13 00:00:00

Princess Johnston, director of activities for the Jackson Square Nursing Center, shouts in support of a speaker during a rally at the James R. Thompson Center calling for an end to state cuts in Medicaid funding.

2013-05-13 00:00:00

The federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act expands Medicaid to cover all families and single adults with incomes of up to 138% of the federal poverty line, starting in 2014 -- a change that could bring coverage to millions of uninsured Americans, if states decide to go along.

2013-01-16 17:58:07