Source: Senate Health Bill Reels as C.B.O. Predicts 22 Million More Uninsured – The New York Times
Nice interview from Fox and Friends on VA payment delay. Veterans benefits lag behind welfare payments? | Fox News Video.
Robert McDonald”s direct answer to congress why he would want the head VA job: “There’s no higher calling. And this is an opportunity for me to make a difference in the lives of the veterans who I care so deeply about. via Selling VA: New boss works to update his outfit’s image.
Beginning next year, Florida businesses that have 100 or more employees and don’t offer affordable health insurance will pay $2,000 to $3,000 per employee per year to help pay for their workers’ coverage under the ACA. Businesses with 50 to 100 employees will pay those fees beginning in 2016. A private study has estimated that …
With the multi-billion-dollar, four-month enroll-a-thon for Florida’s Statewide Medicaid Managed Care program now complete, totals show WellCare Health Plans still on top. The Tampa company’s Staywell plan now has more than 600,000 Florida Medicaid members. That’s 23 percent of the state’s roughly 3.3 million residents with Medicaid coverage, according to calculations by Citigroup Global Markets’ …
A joint report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Urban Institute projects that, over the next 10 years, the state will leave $66.1 billion in Medicaid funding on the table by not approving the expansion included in the Affordable Care Act to cover individuals with income up to 138 percent of the federal …
NPR’s Kelly McEvers talks with special needs lawyer Theresa Varnet and social entrepreneur Al Etmanski about the types of assistance available for families caring for a special needs child. via Caregiving Takes Hefty Financial Toll, But Help Is Available : NPR.
Moving a parent into a care facility is often a wrenching decision for families. Despite the emotions involved, it’s important to remain clear-eyed when it comes to signing the contract. Otherwise, adult children could find themselves on the hook for much more than they bargained for. via How a parent’s health-care bills could hurt you …
Crist said, “Expanding Medicaid would create 63k jobs.” A study released by the White House said federal dollars that Florida would have gotten to expand Medicaid would create 63,800 jobs between 2014 and 2017. Most of the health care experts we interviewed agreed that injecting billions of federal dollars into Florida for Medicaid would spark …
Mental illness is a big driver of Medicaid costs because it is twice as prevalent among beneficiaries of the public insurance program for the poor as it is among the general population. Studies show that enrollees with mental illness, who also have chronic physical conditions, account for a large share of Medicaid spending.Yet many Medicaid …