…Gov. Mike DeWine in May announced spending cuts of $775 million, with the biggest chunks coming from education and Medicaid. DeWine has said he won’t raise taxes. Meanwhile, California has…
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…insurance plans such as Medicare and Medicaid covering about a third of the population. Journalist’s Resource recently published a roundup of research summarizing recent notable studies on surprise billing. Tip…
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…and Medicaid pay millions—maybe billions—of dollars for drugs for which we do not know the real benefits and risks. This raises insurance premiums and wastes tax dollars,” write Sarah DiMagno,…
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…covered by Medicaid or military insurance. Adjustments were made for factors such as exercise, weight, smoking, and alcohol consumption. The study determines that: 45,000 deaths annually in the United States…
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…standards had been met. These cases led to higher hospital care cost of approximately $193 million. Medicare and Medicaid spent about $132 million on such hospital care while the rest…
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…of government-provided health insurance such as Medicare and Medicaid is included in the measure of income. The recently approved expansion in health insurance access should increase the full income measure…
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…the Food Stamp Program, Medicare and Medicaid in healthcare provisions for diabetics. In addition, the paper also raises concerns on the current design and sufficiency of Food Stamp budget for…
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…Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services yielded annual benefits of $18 billion to $20.9 billion and cost $3.4 billion to $4.6 billion. The annual benefits of the Environmental Protection Agency’s…
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…of funding and solvency. (Reports for other years are available from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.) The report states at the outset that its estimates are based on…
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…Security benefits, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance program — has remained at 10% to 12% over the study period, but more citizens are relying on these benefits in 2007…
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