News
National Journal | Vermont Closing In on Single-Payer System
The Senate gave preliminary approval Monday to create a government-run health care system that Democratic Gov. Peter Shumlin advocated during his election campaign in 2010. The bill, a version of which already passed the state House, would give Vermont a Canadian-style health care system by the end of the decade.
National Journal | Lobbyists See a 'Second Doc-Fix' With Health Law's Medicaid Pay Bump
Physician groups are asking lawmakers to make indefinite a temporary increase in Medicaid payments, according to several sources involved with the discussions.
Econ Comments
Politico | Don Berwick: Paul Ryan's plan is real rationing
The man Republicans have derided as the “rationer-in-chief” charges that Republicans’ own budget proposals would end up rationing care to millions of Americans on Medicare and Medicaid.
