Opinion
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$8 Billion, 10-Year Deficit Forecast for Proposed Single-Payer ColoradoCare
Opinion -health-care-news -The single-payer health care system Colorado voters may adopt on November 8 will start out millions of dollars in the hole and only get deeper, a study says. -
Senate Democrats Block Zika Funding for Florida
Opinion -environment-climate-news -Senate Democrats blocked a bill to provide $1.1 billion in emergency funding for Zika-related vaccines and research for local and state health departments, and Medicaid programs. -
Medicaid Expansion Clash Looms for Kansas Governor, Lawmakers
Opinion -health-care-news -Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback (R) appears prepared to hold the line against Medicaid expansion efforts by a new legislature in 2017. -
Maine Lawmakers’ Entitlement Reform Builds on Previous Successes
Opinion -budget-tax-news -A bill approved by Maine lawmakers earlier this year took effect nearly twenty years after the passage of federal entitlement reforms, building on those reforms at the state level. -
Celebrating 20 years of successful welfare reform
Opinion -Aug. 22 marks the 20th anniversary of President Bill Clinton and congressional Republicans’ bipartisan Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA). -
Percentage of Privately Insured Adults Is Same as Before Obamacare, CDC Finds
Opinion -health-care-news -The Affordable Care Act has prompted people to alternate between coverage by Medicaid and private insurance. -
Federal Entitlement Spending, Debt Set to Explode, CBO Reports
Opinion -budget-tax-news -A new report by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) predicts the total amount of liabilities, or debt, owed by the U.S. government will exceed 141 percent of the country’s GDP by 2046. -
Britain Faces Big Decision on Cross-Border Competition Affecting Health Care Providers
Opinion -health-care-news -How the 'Brexit' will affect patient care in the United Kingdom hinges on domestic immigration policy and pending negotiations with the European Union. -
Consumer Coalition Urges Congress to Deny Obama Tax Raid of Medicare Part D
Opinion -health-care-news -A coalition of 26 groups have asked Congress not to alter what they view as one of Medicare's lone successes. -
Lawmakers, Courts May Scrap Texas Telemedicine Rule Requiring Initial In-Person Visit
Opinion -health-care-news -Telehealth advocates in Texas are developing legislative proposals to increase patient access to telemedicine. -
Kentuckians Could Earn $500 Cash Bonus for Exiting Medicaid, If CMS Approves
Opinion -health-care-news -Kentucky's proposed Medicaid reform includes an incentive for recipients to exit the government health care program. -
House Speaker Ryan Rolls Out ‘Better Way’ Reform Agenda
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The top lawmaker in the U.S. House of Representatives unveiled a comprehensive reform agenda, in which he proposes a set of economic policy reforms to reduce the size of government using conservative principles. -
Ohio Offers to Match Medicaid Participants’ HSA Contributions 10 to 1—or Disenroll Them
Opinion -health-care-news -Medicaid recipients would pay no more than $99 per year into a state-funded HSA and roll unspent HSA funds into a "Bridge Account" to ease transition to commercial insurance. -
Georgia Will Decide ‘Private Option’ Medicaid Expansion in 2017 Session
Opinion -health-care-news -The chair of the Georgia Senate Health and Human Services Committee indicates she will reconsider Medicaid expansion and meets resistance from free-market health care reformers. -
HHS Threatened Arizona Over $7.8 Billion in Medicaid Funding
Opinion -In response to questioning from Justice Breyer during the third day of hearings concerning President Obama's health care law - particularly concerning the Medicaid funding mandate within the law - attorney for the states Paul Clement mentioned a letter -
Tighter Welfare Verification Rules Proposed in North Carolina
Opinion -A North Carolina lawmaker is proposing a bill that would require the state Lottery Commission and its welfare entitlement agency to verify lottery winners aren’t also collecting government benefits, such as food stamps. -
Missouri Bill Requires Double-Checking of Welfare Eligibility
Opinion -Missouri state legislators have approved a bill to require government agencies to double-check whether recipients of food stamps and other entitlements are eligible to receive those benefits. Senate Bill 607, sponsored by state Rep. -
A Concise Guide to U.S. Economic and Cultural Realities
Opinion -Review of Twenty-First Century Poverty Trap: The Great Society Promised to End Poverty in America. Here is Why It Did Not Work, and How to Launch the Poor into Middle Incomes, James T. -
Maine Entitlement Reforms, Audits Cut ‘SNAP’ Fraud Rates
Opinion -Entitlement reforms in Maine have led to a decline in the amount of one type of program fraud occurring in the state, state officials report. -
Kansas Lawmakers Approve Welfare-to-Work Reforms
Opinion -The Kansas Senate has approved a bill to make reforms to the state’s welfare entitlement program. If approved by the House and signed into law by Gov. -
Kentucky Gov. Bevin Will Dismantle State Exchange, Reform Medicaid
Opinion -News -Republican lawmakers are following Kentucky Gov. -
New Hampshire House Votes to Keep Medicaid Expansion
Opinion -The Republican-controlled New Hampshire House of Representatives voted 216–145 to extend the state’s expanded Medicaid program through 2018, provided the federal government pays its share of the expansion costs. -
West Virginia Lawmakers Propose Food Stamp Work Requirement
Opinion -Two West Virginia lawmakers have unveiled a proposal to reinstate the state’s work requirements for food stamp recipients. State Dels. -
No Food Stamps for Fleeing Felons, USDA Rules
Opinion -The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a new rule requiring consistent application and definitions of rules preventing individuals convicted of felonious criminal activity from receiving food stamp benefits while on the lam.