medicaid

A Proposed Personal Healthcare Safety Net Medicaid Fix

By Matthew Glans, Heartland Institute
A Proposed Personal Healthcare Safety Net Medicaid Fix

 Thirty-two states, including the District of Columbia, have chosen to expand their Medicaid programs under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Medicaid is already placing a severe financial strain on state budgets, and the program has a proven track record of failing to provide cost-effective and efficient care for those in need. Congress is now considering several plans to replace the Affordable Care Act, with no clear choice yet available. A new option recently proposed by…

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Study Says Medicaid Block Grants Could Save $150 Billion

By Ben Johnson, The Heartland Institute
Study Says Medicaid Block Grants Could Save $150 Billion

Transitioning Medicaid from an unlimited entitlement program to limited block grants could save U.S. taxpayers more than $100 billion, or $803 per household, over the next five years, according to a study from the healthcare innovation research company Avalere. Block grants of fixed amounts to states would save $150 billion by 2022, the February analysis found. A per-capita block grant, which would increase or decrease with enrollment, would cut federal spending by $110 billion. In…

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Latest Republican Proposals Aimed at Capping Medicaid Spending

By Todd Halterman
Latest Republican Proposals Aimed at Capping Medicaid Spending

Transitioning Medicaid from an unlimited entitlement program to limited block grants could save U.S. taxpayers more than $100 billion, or $803 per household, over the next five years, according to a study from the healthcare innovation research company Avalere. Block grants of fixed amounts to states would save $150 billion by 2022, the February analysis found. A per-capita block grant, which would increase or decrease with enrollment, would cut federal spending by $110 billion. In…

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Women’s health in U.S. rated as unsatisfactory

By Consumer Insurance Guide Staff
Women’s health in U.S. rated as unsatisfactory

Women’s health in the U.S. continues to fall way below desired standards, according to a study from the National Women’s Law Center. The 2010 edition of “Making the Grade on Women’s Health: A National State-by-State Report Card” found that the nation as a whole received a grade of “Unsatisfactory” for women’s health, and not one state received an overall grade of satisfactory, the highest possible. Only Vermont and Massachusetts received an “S-“, the next highest…

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