Tag: Medicare and Medicaid

As of 2014, 19 states -- 18 of which are led by Republican governors -- have declined outright to expand coverage, but some holdouts are beginning to come to terms with expansion. (iStock)

Is the Republican fight against Medicaid expansion over?

Justin Green · August 31, 2014 9:00 am

Feds investigate Idaho Medicaid contractor

Feds investigate Idaho Medicaid contractor

Washington Examiner · August 29, 2014 8:30 pm

A Kaiser Family Foundation report found roughly 160,000 Tennesseans could benefit from closing the "coverage gap" between non-expanded Medicaid and the federal subsidies on the Obamacare exchanges. (iStock Photo)

Tennessee may expand Medicaid

Justin Green · August 29, 2014 4:39 pm

Food stamp fraud is so widespread that Government Accounting Office investigators found dozens of examples merely by searching online e-commerce sites like Craigslist.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Online food stamp fraud growing, GAO reports

Kelly Cohen · August 27, 2014 7:08 pm

The Arizona Supreme Court is set to consider whether to take up Gov. Jan Brewer's appeal of a lower court decision allowing a lawsuit challenging her Medicaid expansion plan to proceed. (AP)

Arizona high court to consider Medicaid suit

Associated Press · August 26, 2014 1:05 pm

Urbanist lobby’s goals will mean fewer families with children, more seniors needing government help

Urbanist lobby’s goals will mean fewer families with children, more seniors needing government help

Joel Kotkin · August 25, 2014 10:00 pm

Glitches delay Medicaid enrollment for former foster kids in Oklahoma

Glitches delay Medicaid enrollment for former foster kids in Oklahoma

Washington Examiner · August 25, 2014 9:00 am

Crossroads takes page out of AARP’s playbook

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Crossroads takes page out of AARP’s playbook

Philip Klein · August 20, 2014 10:16 pm

Medicaid insurers seek more from state

Medicaid insurers seek more from state

Washington Examiner · August 20, 2014 2:20 pm

Lianna "Lili" Ovsepian, of Tujunga, Calif., was sentenced Monday to eight years in federal prison for spearheading a scheme that involved more than $20 million using anti-psychotic drugs, the black market and repeated fraudulent billings of the government, according to the Department of Justice. (iStock)

$20 million California scheme billed Medicare over and over for the same prescription drugs

Kelly Cohen · August 19, 2014 10:18 pm

Audit: Illinois overdrew federal Medicaid dollars

Carla Johnson · August 18, 2014 10:44 pm

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, left, talks with Arkansas state Sen. Jonathan Dismang during a meeting dealing with healthcare at the Southern Governors' Association in Little Rock, Ark., Saturday. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

Governors tout benefits of Medicaid expansion

Andrew DeMillo · August 18, 2014 2:10 pm