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An Irresponsible Roll Of The Dice

The president chose to submit a profoundly unserious budget. There's no entitlement reform to close the long-term fiscal gap. There's no tax reform. There are some minor cuts to marginal programs for show. But, overall, it's very much a business-as-usual budget, with a few new and expensive long-term commitments thrown in for good measure. It's like the president and his team woke up after the mid-term election with a bad case of political amnesia.

By James C. Capretta

Feb. 14, 2011

Obama’s Medicare ‘Doc Fix’ Under Fire

In his 2012 budget, the president proposed a two-year, $54 billion solution to stop the scheduled cuts to doctors who treat Medicare patients. The plan draws on savings from a variety of sources, including states, drug makers

By Mary Agnes Carey and Christopher Weaver

Feb. 14, 2011

Opinion Column

The Politics Of Scarcity

The nation's leaders must slog through the complexities and ideologies of the current political landscape in order to craft solutions that will shore up the American safety net and protect its weakest citizens.

By Larry Arrington and Brian Klepper, PhD,

Feb. 11, 2011

Health Programs On The Chopping Block As States Gird For Drop In Federal Aid

Hundreds of thousands of Americans are at risk of losing access to health services as states prepare to make yet another round of budget cuts.

By Julie Appleby

Feb. 9, 2011

States May Face Showdown With Feds Over Cutting Medicaid Rolls

Arizona has already asked for permission to trim back the program, and other states may follow as enhanced funding from Washington expires.

By Marilyn Werber Serafini and Julie Appleby

Feb. 3, 2011

Health On The Hill Transcript: With State Fiscal Pressures Mounting, Medicaid Battle Looms

As state fiscal pressures mount, governors are asking Washington to allow them to reduce their Medicaid rolls, something that's barred under the health care law. Democrats generally prefer to give the states more federal money to help with Medicaid costs, but House Republicans are unlikely to support that, citing deficit concerns.

By alley

Feb. 1, 2011

Assessing Cuomo’s Efforts To Cut N.Y.’s Medicaid Budget

Courtney Burke of the Rockefeller Institute talks about New York's new governor's plans to tackle the public health insurance program.

By Aimee Miles

Jan. 27, 2011

Public Doesn’t Support Cuts To Health Care Programs

Poll finds high support for Medicare and Medicaid, complicating political strategies for election of 2012.

By Aimee Miles

Jan. 25, 2011

Opinion Column

A New ‘Definition’ For Health Care Reform

Pursuing health reforms that transform current health insurance arrangements into aproaches based on defined contributions will set in motion a competitive dynamic from which all Americans would benefit.

By James C. Capretta and Tom Miller

Jan. 14, 2011

Federal Funds Allowed States To Maintain Health Care For Poor Children

Even while dealing with crippling deficits, state Medicaid and CHIP programs used stimulus funds in 2010 to keep enrollment steady for children, a new report finds.

By Aimee Miles

Jan. 11, 2011

Opinion Column

The Avastin Decision: A Rational Decision Or Rationing?

Sometimes the noisiest voices in the health overhaul debate don't make a good faith effort to acknowledge important scientific or policy-oriented nuances in their arguments. It's happening again in the wake of a controversial regulatory ruling about a cancer drug.

By Jonathan Cohn

Jan. 4, 2011

Health Care Battles To Surge Anew In 2011: Phil Galewitz

KHN reporters preview some of the big issues coming this year: KHN correspondent Phil Galewitz says there are questions about the effectiveness of states' efforts to move Medicaid patients to managed care.

By alley

Jan. 3, 2011

Opinion Column

Long-Term Care: Another Tough Subject For The Next Round Of Reform

Democrats and Republicans may spend the next two years fighting about what to jettison or retain in the new health law. If these battles are resolved, we'll be back to address another looming challenge: long-term care. It's best that this happen sooner rather than later.

By Harold Pollack

Dec. 23, 2010

Innovative Day-Care Program Seeks To Keep Frail, Low-Income Seniors In Their Homes

PACE offers comprehensive medical and social services and supporters say it can reduce hospital and nursing home stays and save money for Medicare and Medicaid.

By Susan Jaffe

Dec. 21, 2010

Opinion Column

A Bipartisan Budget Will Require Bipartisan Health Care

It is essential that political leaders come together in a bipartisan fashion to put our government's finances on more stable footing. But that won't be done if the nation's approach to health care is supported by only one of the two major political parties.

By James C. Capretta

Dec. 20, 2010

Opinion Column

Medicaid May Not Be Ideal, But Unraveling It Would Be Foolish

Here is a question for the state officials who oppose expanding the safety net program or support getting rid of it: What do you propose to do instead? The answer appears to be very little.

By Jonathan Cohn

Dec. 17, 2010

Opinion Column

Is There Any Hope For Medicaid Reform?

Recent coverage of the proposals offered by President Obama's debt commission managed to gloss over a huge factor adding to the nation's deficit -- Medicaid. But the problem wasn't just in the coverage, but in the report, too. The final version ignored the massive expansion of the Medicaid program included in the new health care lawand didn't push for structural reforms to the program.

By Nina Owcharenko

Dec. 15, 2010

Some States To Get Hit Twice With Medicaid Funding Cuts In 2011

Already facing a record budget shortfall, Texas has received more bad news: The portion of state Medicaid costs paid by the federal government is about to drop.

By Emily Ramshaw, The Texas Tribune and Phil Galewitz

Dec. 7, 2010

Text: Fiscal Commission’s Recommendations On Health Care Spending

The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform released its long-awaited report on recommendations to cope with the national debt, now and into the future, "The Moment of Truth." Seven of the 66 pages concerned health care spending, especially focusing on Medicare.

By alley

Dec. 2, 2010

Private Providers In Texas Fight Back Over Service Change

For years, the state paid private providers who care for people with disabilities to handle their clients' case management. But an 11th-hour change inserted into the budget last session stripped them of that responsibility, giving it instead to quasi-governmental Mental Retardation Authorities - and potentially creating a conflict of interest.

By Emily Ramshaw, The Texas Tribune

Dec. 1, 2010

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