Poor and elderly Mississippians on Medicaid could lose it by July, as Democrats and Republicans there play a game of chicken over expanding the insurance program under the federal health care law. The legislature recessed in April without reauthorizing or...
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Residents seeking medical care wait in line outside of Bethel Free Health Clinic in Biloxi, Mississippi, on March 19, 2013, in order to be one of the dozen or so that will be seen by the volunteer staff. The clinic opened following Hurricane Katrina and continues to provide services for those that are uninsured or underinsured.
Mississippi’s Medicaid in Doubt
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Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., right, check on judges former Rep. Vin Weber, R-Minn., left, and House Chaplain Patrick Conroy during the second annual 'hotdish' competition in the Capitol Visitor Center, featuring casserole-like dishes from members of the Minnesota Congressional Delegation, on March 7, 2012. The dishes of Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., and Rep. Chip Cravaack, R-Minn., tied for first place in the competition.
Tater Tots and Pepperoni (Hold the SPAM) — What Congress is Cooking
Can you smell what Congress is cooking? Tater-tots and more, washed down with Jell-O. Not to mention Rep. Michele Bachmann’s volcanic “Metro” dish with a whole can of sweet corn, or Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s hold-the-SPAM (not to be confused with e-mail) pepperoni...
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Stickers in English and Spanish are available for voters at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library on November 6, 2012 in Washington, DC.
Obama: ‘Sí, se Puede’ Communicate
President Barack Obama has taken at least one good page from George W. Bush’s book. He knows how to go around the Washington media. Obama, however, has taken it a step further. He knows how to go around the English-speaking...
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The industry today is holding the first-ever conference on covering so-called ``dual eligibles'', people who are both old enough to qualify for Medicare, and poor enough to be put on Medicaid.
Insurers Set Eyes on States’ Oldest, Sickest
As at least 24 U.S. states prepare to move their oldest and sickest citizens from the government’s Medicare and Medicaid health programs into managed-care plans, insurers are figuring out the best way to profit. The industry today is holding the...
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Texas Governor Rick Perry says his first priority as president would be to do away with the new health care law while being interviewed by Google Soapbox at the Iowa State Fair pin this August 15, 2011 file photo in Iowa.
Perry’s Titanic Texas: Health Insurance
Updated at 3:30 pm EDT What don’t Rick Perry and Mitt Romney have in common? Health insurance for their fellow home states’ residents. It was Perry, the Texas governor who also sought the Republican Party’s presidential nomination last year, who...
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Representative Paul Ryan, a Republican from Wisconsin, speaks during a news conference following a vote at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 23, 2013.
Paul Ryan’s 34% Medicare Plan
Paul Ryan is getting ready to release another budget. Like the first one the House Budget chairman introduced two years ago, it will contain a provision to move people from Medicare to a voucher for private health care, starting with...
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Women in New York City.
National Obesity Index: 26.2%
One third of the people in West Virginia are fat. It’s the most obese state of all, by the measure of the Gallup organization and Healthways. Coloradans are the least likely in the nation to be obese — theirs is...
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Jeb Bush on Medicaid: ‘Trouble Back Home’
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, visiting the Texas legislature, said that sharing his thoughts on Medicaid expansion might raise some hackles back home. It also might cause him trouble at Tenet Healthcare Corp., whose Chief Executive Officer Trevor Fetter told...
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Chris Christie, Oz, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert, and Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, at the conclusion of the closing session of the National Governors Association 2013 Winter Meeting in Washington, on Feb. 25, 2013.
Dr. Oz’s Pocket Nuts: Christie Noting?
As the star of “The Dr. Oz Show” delivered a half-hour speech today to a majority of the nation’s governors, seated a few feet to his left was his No. 1 pupil: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Well, the potential...
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Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton during the news conference in this file photo.
Norton to Army: Move Family From Dump
A family that wants to leave the tony Washington, D.C., neighborhood of Spring Valley because of concerns over the area being a former dumping ground for military munitions is getting some help from Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton. The District of...
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