State Health Watch Archives – March 1, 2004
March 1, 2004
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Insurance and the state of states: Reality and plans are in collision
Recommendations made by President George Bush during his recent State of the Union address didnt exactly follow those from two recent studies, including one released by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) on the uninsured. -
Memphis health center steps in to help serve uninsured
A community health care program that started in Memphis, TN, 16 years ago to serve the working poor has become a model for efforts in many other places around the country. Some 15 clones of the Church Health Center have started in several states, and the center now holds monthly workshops to teach representatives from other communities how to replicate the program. -
‘Cash & Counseling’ leads to more home care
An evaluation of Arkansas Medicaid Cash & Counsel-ing program, in which enrollees direct their own personal care services, indicates that individuals are much more likely to receive such services than are those who were eligible for services but had to get them in the usual way. -
Although malpractice caps have lower premiums, they may counter long-term goals
Malpractice insurance premiums in states that cap awards are 17.1% lower than in states that dont, according to a study by Kenneth Thorpe, health policy professor at Emory University in Atlanta. -
Court decision changes atmosphere on medical marijuana use
The decision of the U.S. Supreme Court last fall to let stand an appeals court ruling that the federal government may not investigate, threaten, or punish doctors who recommend marijuana as a medical treatment for their patients has lifted a cloud that was over the heads of many people, says Bruce Mirken, communications director for the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) in Washington, DC. -
Clip files/Local news from the states
AUSTIN, TXA popular government program has shed nearly 100,000 low-income children since Texas lawmakers approved budget cuts in May, and its rolls are shrinking faster than some had expected.