Tag: Medicare and Medicaid

According to an analysis, Donald Trump's major tax initiatives would add $12 to $15 trillion to the debt. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Budget group blasts Trump for ‘impossible’ policy promises

Paige Winfield Cunningham · March 4, 2016 7:40 pm

The Kaiser Family Foundation noted that "absent a substantial boost in outreach or changes to the subsidies to make insurance more affordable, substantial increases in marketplace enrollment are unlikely." (AP Photo)

Analysis: Obamacare enrollment could grow 50 percent in coming years

Robert King · March 4, 2016 4:14 pm

A doctor in a lab coat outside an exam room

The coming doctor shortage

Michael Tipsword · March 4, 2016 5:01 am

"Providing important health resources to Flint residents will help us better mitigate the risks of lead exposure and identify long-term health challenges," Gov. Rick Snyder said. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Energy and Environment

Administration expands Medicaid for Flint victims

Paige Winfield Cunningham · March 3, 2016 8:52 pm

About $117 billion out of $380 billion in Medicare payments are now tied to alternative payment models. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Nearly one-third of Medicare payments now quality-based

Paige Winfield Cunningham · March 3, 2016 8:05 pm

John Kasich and his supporters should be honest about the Medicaid expansion. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Kasich shouldn’t pretend his Medicaid expansion was a success

Hadley Heath Manning · February 29, 2016 5:02 am

Ryan: GOP voters having a ‘panic attack’

Ryan: GOP voters having a ‘panic attack’

Susan Ferrechio · February 28, 2016 2:00 pm

Administration says Medicaid can be expanded for Flint water victims

Paige Winfield Cunningham · February 24, 2016 6:02 pm

Support for Donald Trump is indeed born of emotive desperation, but not of the economic variety as President Obama and Bernie Sanders would have it. (AP Photo)

Trump and Obama promise to be terrible negotiators

Sally Pipes · February 24, 2016 5:03 am

Students who stayed in the voucher program through 12th grade were up to 12 percent less likely to be accused of any crime as young adults. (AP Photo)

POLICY ROUNDUP

Washington Examiner, Joana Suleiman · February 22, 2016 5:01 am

Obama administration proposed increasing payments to insurers by 1.35 percent next year. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Feds propose higher Medicare Advantage payments

Robert King · February 19, 2016 9:29 pm

Gov. Asa Hutchinson wants the government to grant Arkansas a waiver with more changes to the program. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

Arkansas, feds brawl over Medicaid expansion

Robert King · February 19, 2016 4:23 pm