Tag: Medicare and Medicaid

Obamacare program may be linked to ER opioid prescriptions

Obamacare program may be linked to ER opioid prescriptions

Robert King · May 7, 2015 9:00 am

Supporters of the Affordable Care Act gather in front of the U.S Supreme Court during a rally March 4, 2015 in Washington, D.C. The Supreme Court was scheduled to hear oral arguments in the case of King v. Burwell that could determine the fate of health care subsidies for as many as eight million people. (Getty Image)

Nearly 17 million get Obamacare coverage since fall 2013

Robert King · May 6, 2015 11:09 pm

Pioneer Accountable Care Organizations, which coordinate care between doctors and hospitals, saved Medicare $384 million in 2012 and 2013, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. (Getty Images)

Medicare program saves nearly $400 million

Robert King · May 4, 2015 5:01 pm

Staff in the Trauma Unit at the John H. Stroger Jr. Cook County Hospital try to save the life of a man who was hit by a car November 6, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Emergency room visits up, despite Obamacare

Paige Winfield Cunningham · May 4, 2015 5:00 am

Medicare spent roughly $2.5 billion on the heartburn drug Nexium in 2013. (iStock)

Heartburn drug the top Medicare money-getter in 2013

Robert King · April 30, 2015 7:44 pm

Fla. AG says Obama is coercing the state to expand Medicaid

Fla. AG says Obama is coercing the state to expand Medicaid

LocalLabs News Service · April 30, 2015 6:57 pm

Florida and Texas residents reported significantly higher uninsured rates than New York and California, according to a new study. (AP Photo)

After Medicaid expansion, uninsured hospital visits plummet

Robert King · April 30, 2015 3:34 pm

Gov. Steve Bullock, D-Mont.,Â signed a law Wednesday afternoon expanding Medicaid.

Montana officially expands Medicaid

Robert King · April 29, 2015 7:21 pm

Gov. Rick Scott, R-Fla. and Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi accuse the Obama administration of trying to force it to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. (AP Photo)

Florida files Obamacare lawsuit

Paige Winfield Cunningham · April 28, 2015 8:19 pm

"It is appalling that President Obama would cut off federal health care dollars to Florida in an effort to force our state further into Obamacare," Scott said on April 16. (AP Photo)Â

Rick Scott’s turbulent relationship with government healthcare

Paige Winfield Cunningham · April 26, 2015 9:00 am

Unfortunately, both Washington and Greece continue to report inaccurate financial data, spend more funds than available and lose the trust of their citizens in the process. (AP Photo)Â

Financial lessons Washington could learn from Athens

Op-Ed Contributor · April 25, 2015 9:00 am

In this Jan. 18, 2013 file photo, Schedule 2 narcotics: Morphine Sulfate, OxyContin and Opana are displayed for a photograph in Carmichael, Calif.Â (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Hundreds of millions of Medicare drug dollars could be saved with one change

Ethan Barton · April 24, 2015 7:33 pm