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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Health Care

News                                                                                                                             
National Journal | HHS Tells States: No Partial Medicaid Expansion
States that wish to expand their Medicaid programs at federal expense in 2014 will have to cover everyone earning below certain income thresholds, the Department of Health and Human Services said on Monday, dashing the wishes of states that had hoped to use federal dollars to pursue more moderate expansions.
Politico | GAO hits Medicaid on waste
The Medicaid program has government employees and contractors doing some of the exact same work, which is wasting government time and money, according to a new Government Accountability Office report released Monday.

Blogs                                                                                                                             
CATO | Tennessee Rejects an ObamaCare Exchange
I’m not a fan of the law.  The more I know, the more harmful I think it will be for small businesses and costly for state governments and the federal government.  It does nothing to address the cost of health care in our country.  It only expands a broken system…