Florida Won’t Implement Medicaid Expansion, Health Exchange
Florida Gov. Rick Scott said his state will opt out of implementing optional portions of the Affordable Care Act that deal with expanding Medicaid and building a public insurance exchange to sell...
View ArticleOklahoma Health Board Member Resigns, Cites Medicaid Decision
Gov. Mary Fallin’s decision to reject federal money to expand Oklahoma’s Medicaid program has led a member of the Oklahoma State Board of Health to resign. “It’s like federal funds are suddenly dirty,”...
View ArticleExtreme Divide Marks Approach to Healthcare in Arkansas, Texas
The Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, is highly unpopular in both Texas and Arkansas, but the sharply different approaches the states have taken is evident in the availability and cost of health care...
View ArticleCiting Flint Water, Detroit-Area Sinkhole, Snyder Calls for Addressing...
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder on Jan. 17 called for addressing Michigan’s aging infrastructure over the next several decades, citing the Flint water crisis that has roiled his administration and a football...
View ArticleIllinois to Congress: Don’t Be ‘Hasty’ with Health Law Repeal
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration has sent a letter to GOP congressional leaders asking them to avoid “hasty” or “incomplete” action as they proceed with a planned repeal of the Affordable...
View ArticleArkansas Senate Votes to Continue ‘Private Option’ for Healthcare Insurance
The Arkansas Senate voted to continue the state’s compromise Medicaid expansion another year and create a task force to look at alternatives for the hundreds of thousands of people receiving coverage...
View ArticleObama Administration Says Health Insurance Exchanges on Track
The Obama administration on Thursday assured U.S. lawmakers that it is on track to enroll millions of people in new state health insurance markets, but it quickly came under fire from Republicans and...
View ArticleWhere States Stand on Obamacare Exchange, Medicaid Expansion
A look at the how states are putting in place President Barack Obama’s health care law, including health insurance exchanges and expansion of Medicaid coverage, along with the number of people in each...
View ArticleAdministration Issues Final Rule on Minimum Benefits Under Obamacare
The Obama administration on Wednesday issued its long-awaited final rule on what states and insurers must do to provide the essential health benefits required in the individual and small-group market...
View ArticleSouthern States Still Opposed to Obamacare
As more Republicans give in to President Barack Obama’s health-care overhaul, an opposition bloc remains across the South, including from governors who lead some of the nation’s poorest and...
View ArticleN.C. Commissioner Goodwin Seeking Apology Over Health Official’s Remark
North Carolina’s Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin is publicly calling for an apology from the state’s Department of Health and Human Services Secretary over a remark in which the health official...
View ArticleU.S. Approves Modified Arkansas’‘Private Option’ Medicaid Expansion
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson says federal officials have approved a number of changes the state wants to make in a Medicaid expansion program known as “Arkansas Works.” The governor said that the...
View ArticleRepublican Governors Have Own Ideas for Healthcare Reforms
A group of about a dozen Republican governors is pushing for its own set of national healthcare reforms, flexing its considerable muscle in the national debate over the future of Obamacare as the U.S....
View ArticlePercent of Indiana Residents Without Health Insurance Declines
A U.S. Census Bureau report has found that Indiana had 373,000 fewer people without health insurance last year than three years earlier. The report released last week said about 8 percent of Indiana...
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