AMA – Jan. 13, 2009. If allowed to become effective, the rules would reduce federal Medicaid spending by more than $12 billion over five years. Read Full Article

Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report – Jan. 13, 2009 The following highlights health issues mentioned in governors’ recent state of the state addresses. Colorado: In his Jan. 8 speech, Gov. Bill Ritter (D) said that his health care agenda “will focus on a new strategy to move more than 100,000 Coloradans off the rolls of […]

Kaiser Daily- Jan. 13, 2009 Mary Agnes Carey, associate editor of CQ HealthBeat, examines possible House action on the reauthorization of SCHIP, expected health care inclusions in an economic stimulus package and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee confirmation hearing of HHS Secretary-nominee and former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) in this […]