Tag: Medicare and Medicaid

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and his Democratic opponent, Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes, speak with host Bill Goodman before their appearance on "Kentucky Tonight" television broadcast live from KET studios in Lexington, Ky., on Monday, Oct. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/The Lexington Herald-Leader, Pablo Alcala, Pool)

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Obfuscating on Obamacare in Kentucky

Philip Klein · October 14, 2014 2:56 pm

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HHS IG says New York should return $23 million in misspent Medicaid funds

Sarah Bedford · October 13, 2014 5:41 pm

In this Sept. 22, 2014 photo, Florida Gov. Rick Scott speaks with members of the media in Miami. If former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist gets his old job back, he promises to expand Medicaid to roughly 1 million low-income residents by calling a special Legislative session or an executive order. If Gov. Rick Scott is re-elected, the decision will be once again left to the Legislature with little meddling from him. The Sunshine State has one of the highest uninsured rates in the country. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Scott, Crist weigh in on Medicaid expansion

Kelli Kennedy · October 12, 2014 3:01 pm

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Extendicare reaches record settlement for providing ‘worthless’ nursing services

Luke Rosiak · October 11, 2014 6:00 pm

In this photo taken Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012, Dr. David Mathis, center, talks with a cancer patient, inmate Luis Duran, in the hospice unit at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Obamacare adds inmates to Medicaid rolls

Sarah Bedford · October 7, 2014 6:00 pm

Crist reminding voters of fraud at Scott’s company

Crist reminding voters of fraud at Scott’s company

Brendan Farrington · October 6, 2014 10:10 pm

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is visiting Washington this week to meet with Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Burwell to discuss the stateâs proposal to expand Medicaid. But it may be better for his political future if HHS rejects his proposal. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Does Pence want out of Medicaid expansion?

Philip Klein · October 6, 2014 9:00 am

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Michigan providers defrauded Medicare for $29 million

Sarah Bedford · October 3, 2014 12:44 pm

Supreme Court takes up Idaho Medicaid challenge

Supreme Court takes up Idaho Medicaid challenge

Sam Hananel · October 2, 2014 2:41 pm

Mother faces jail time, $6,000 fine for treating son’s seizures with medicinal cannabis oil

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Mother faces jail time, $6,000 fine for treating son’s seizures with medicinal cannabis oil

Ashley Dobson · October 1, 2014 7:06 pm

Medicare set-asides can protect attorneys in settled asbestos cases, attorney advises

Medicare set-asides can protect attorneys in settled asbestos cases, attorney advises

Heather Isringhausen Gvillo · September 29, 2014 6:10 pm

As provisions such as the individual mandate and the new insurance exchanges have provoked a very public debate over President Obamaâs healthcare law, policy experts have been anxiously watching the lawâs lesser-known features aimed at making the system operate more efficiently. So far, the early results of the lawâs experiments have been mixed. (iStock Image)

Experimental Medicare programs produce mixed results

Philip Klein · September 29, 2014 9:00 am