NY Implements Medicaid Cuts, Transparency

NY Implements Medicaid Cuts, Transparency

GUEST EDITORIAL By Kenneth Artz, The Heartland Institute A new Web site will allow New Yorkers to monitor and track the progress of state goals for cuts and efficiency reforms to the state’s costly Medicaid program, which currently spends more on Medicaid than Texas and California combined. Created by Democrat Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the New York State Medicaid Redesign Team is a public/private partnership tasked with controlling costs and improving quality in the state’s $58.3…

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Defund Obamacare’s Insurance Rate Reviews

Defund Obamacare’s Insurance Rate Reviews

GUEST EDITORIAL By Edmund F. Haislmaier, The Heartland Institute The recently published U.S. Department of Health and Human Services regulations for implementing Obamacare’s health insurance rate reviews, effective September 1, are another instance of the arbitrary and politically manipulated regulations that inevitably result when Congress enacts vague, subjective, and aspirational legislation rather than clear, objective, and specific statutes. Political Pressure on Premiums These rate-review provisions were an entirely political exercise from the start. They were…

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