State Health Watch Archives – April 1, 2008
April 1, 2008
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Events conspire against states striving for health care program expansion
States working to expand health coverage for low-income, uninsured individuals - especially children - are running into a proverbial perfect storm of federal barriers. -
Fiscal Fitness: How States Cope: Community health centers having trouble making specialty referrals
The nation's community health centers (CHCs) provide primary health care services to more than 15 million people, many of whom are members of racial or ethnic minorities, have low income, are uninsured, or have coverage through Medicaid. -
Major findings of Kaiser report reveal progress, pitfalls
Major findings of a recent report by the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured include the following: -
No lack of health care challenges for next president
Guaranteeing affordable health insurance for all, changing the way doctors and other health care providers are paid, and better organizing and coordinating care delivery are among the top action items that await the next president, according to a report by the Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System. -
Medicaid a lightweight when it comes to low-birth weight kids
Medicaid is falling short in providing services for children with very low birth weight, according to a study by Boston University researchers, who say their findings reinforce the Institute of Medicine's concerns regarding inadequate outcome data and health care services for pre-term infants. -
Quick economic downturn surprises states
It seems only yesterday that many states were enthusiastically embracing an improving fiscal situation and making plans to restore many of the Medicaid cuts and restrictions that had been adopted during economic downturn. -
Improved malpractice environment bringing doctors to Texas
Four years after Texas voters approved a state constitutional amendment limiting medical malpractice lawsuit awards, doctors from all around the country are moving there to add to the ranks of specialists at Texas hospitals and bring health care to some underserved rural areas. -
Clip files / Local news from the states
Massachusetts' subsidized care plan's cost to double