The complete guide to understanding Bernie Sanders’s Medicare for All

September 13, 2017 Democrat, doctors, health insurance, healthcare, medicaid, Medicare, News

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The New Health Care: Blaming Medicaid for the Opioid Crisis: How the Easy Answer Can Be Wrong

September 12, 2017 Drug Abuse and Traffic, Health Insurance and Managed Care, medicaid, News, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010)

The 31 states that expanded Medicaid saw a larger increase in drug overdoses. But what does that prove?

The New Health Care: Why Medicare and Medicaid Can Outmatch Private Plans on Cost

August 28, 2017 doctors, Health Insurance and Managed Care, medicaid, Medicare, Medicine and Health, News

Good news: The medical system doesn’t seem to discriminate by insurance status. Bad news: The value of care is hard to influence by adjusting prices.

Trump’s Threats on Health Law Hide an Upside: Gains Made by Some Insurers

August 26, 2017 Health Insurance and Managed Care, medicaid, News, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010), United States

Despite anxiety over the Affordable Care Act’s stability, many insurance companies still participating have cut losses sharply. Some are starting to prosper.

A doctor on the front lines describes Medicaid’s role in the opioid crisis

August 11, 2017 Donald Trump, health, health care, medicaid, News

For decades, the residents of Baltimore, have been dying from opioid overdoses and have been incarcerated due to addiction.

“There’s no doubt that the opioid epidemic is worse than before, but it’s not a new problem,” says Baltimore City Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen. “I do think there are elements of racial inequalities, racial disparities, racial discrimination, and that needs to be taken into account.”

Baltimore has been a leader among localitie...

Maine asks Trump for permission to start charging Medicaid recipients premiums

August 3, 2017 Donald Trump, health, health care, medicaid, News, tom-price

Maine could be among the first states to fundamentally change its Medicaid program by requiring low-income adults to meet work requirements and pay monthly premiums, if the state’s requests are approved by the Trump administration.

The Maine Department of Health and Human Services filed an application to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Wednesday evening, requesting core changes to its Medicaid program, dubbed MaineCare.<...

White House commission on drug abuse recommends increasing Medicaid spending

August 1, 2017 medicaid, News, trump

The recommendation comes on the heels of an aggressive push to reduce funding.This June 2017 photo shows discarded used hypodermic needles at an encampment where opioid addicts shoot up along the Merrimack River in Lowell, MA. CREDIT: AP Photo/Charles Krupa
The President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis, established by President Donald Trump in March in response to a nati...