Tag: Medicare and Medicaid

"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

Florida’s Medicaid suit against Obama an uphill battle

Paige Winfield Cunningham · April 24, 2015 9:00 am

Gov. John Kasich, R-Ohio, speaks at the Republican Leadership Summit Saturday, April 18, 2015, in Nashua, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

John Kasich should be punished for expanding Obamacare

Philip Klein · April 24, 2015 12:15 am

Valid identification numbers were missing from 800,000 Colorado claims in 2011. (iStock Photo)

Medicaid frauds may have gotten up to $213 million from federal government

Ethan Barton · April 23, 2015 10:51 pm

About one in five Americans are enrolled in Medicaid and the program now makes up about a quarter of all state spending. (AP Photo)

Medicaid squeezes state budgets

Paige Winfield Cunningham · April 23, 2015 9:00 am

"Florida's approach should be determined by Floridians, not coerced by federal bureaucrats," said Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. (AP)

Texas: Obama administration is coercive on Medicaid

Paige Winfield Cunningham · April 20, 2015 8:49 pm

Imprimis to offer competitor after outrage over 5,000-percent price hike for anti-parasite treatment.Â (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Pro-reform group: Drug prices rising for no reason

Robert King · April 20, 2015 7:54 pm

Although the accumulated debt has grown significantly during President Obama's tenure, the yearly gap between revenue and spending has narrowed.(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

The incredible shrinking deficit is no more

Joseph Lawler · April 20, 2015 9:00 am

The Fix Is In

Jay Cost · April 20, 2015 4:00 am

Gov. Steve Bullock responds to a question, Feb. 26, 2013, in Helena, Mont. (AP Photo/Matt Volz)

29th Medicaid expansion lacks only signature from Montana’s Democrat governor

Paige Winfield Cunningham · April 18, 2015 7:56 pm

Mike Huckabee on Friday took a sledgehammer to reform conservatism.Â (AP Photo)

Mike Huckabee slams Chris Christie’s reform plan

David M. Drucker · April 17, 2015 5:43 pm

Florida Gov. Rick Scott speaks during during the Valley Industry and Commerce Association Leaders Forum in the Woodland Hills area of Los Angeles on Monday, April 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

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Florida to sue Obama over hardball tactics on Medicaid expansion

Philip Klein · April 16, 2015 5:19 pm

Daniel R. Levinson, Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, pauses during a news conference Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Missouri contests $48 million owed to federal government for Medicaid

Ethan Barton · April 16, 2015 2:52 pm