None of us are getting any younger, and for children of elderly parents there are some specific questions you need to ask your parents before it is too late. Talking to your parents about these...
According to a recent report issued by Jackson Hewitt, the tax services and tax preparation company, states that choose not to expand Medicaid under the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act could...
When President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, it originally mandated that all states must adopt an expanded Medicaid program or risk losing federal Medicaid funds. After the Supreme Court overturned that...
The number of state governors opposed to accepting federal dollars to expand Medicaid coverage continues to dwindle. Just recently Florida Governor Rick Scott indicated his willingness to adopt the expansion after having voiced strong opposition...
Regardless of the decision by individual states to accept or reject the Medicaid expansion called for by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), all states have to make changes to their Medicaid enrollment...
Many of the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”) are set to go into effect at the end of this year, including the expansion of Medicaid. After the Supreme Court held...
In early January a Shelby, North Carolina woman pled guilty to taking part in an $8 million Medicaid fraud scheme. Victoria Finlay Brewton, age 37, pled guilty to seven counts of healthcare fraud and conspiracy...
According to a new survey of state budgets, primary care doctors treating Medicaid patients will soon see a significant pay increase in a number of states. The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured recently...
The secretary of the Health and Human Services Department, Kathleen Sibelius, recently sent a letter to state governors telling them that states that chose to implement a partial Medicaid expansion under the terms of the...
The Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that researches health care and global health policy issues, states that expanded Medicaid under the Obama health care law would not have to incur a great amount...
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