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Today's OpEds: Shift Entitlement Spending To The States; The Lack Of A GOP Health Plan; Battling Tobacco
It's Time To Shift Spending To The States Politico The U.S. fiscal path is unsustainable, primarily because of out-of-control entitlement spending. ... At some point, therefore, the economy is due to crash unless Washington reins in spending. One way to avoid this outcome would be to transfer entitlement programs to the states ...
News Roundup: NYC Program To Help Poor, Elderly With Insurance Gets Cut; Colo. Promotes Wellness Programs For Small Businesses
The New York Times: "A program that for a decade helped New York City's poor and elderly navigate their way through insurance problems - and that became a model for a similar federal program - has become a casualty of city budget cuts, an administrator of the program said on Thursday. The $4 million program sent ombudsmen to 25 social service agencies across the city. ...
Mass. Weighs Overhaul's Effects; Conn. First State To Add Adults To Medicaid Under New Health Law
The Boston Globe: "In most states, the passage of the sprawling federal health care overhaul legislation means the poorest will have a better shot at affording health insurance. But in Massachusetts, the law might have the opposite effect. Senator John. F...
Health Reform Implementation: Risk Pool Nears Enrollment Date; Seniors Anxious About Medicare Changes; Benefits Reportable
The (Jacksonville) Florida Times-Union: As high-risk insurance pools are preparing to enroll the chronically ill July 1, officials should heed the Florida experience. "Plagued by exorbitant medical costs and skimpy revenue, the Florida Comprehensive Health Association, by order of the Legislature, stopped accepting new enrollees in 1991, eight years after it was created...
This Father's Day, Dads Need Health Insurance
A new study by the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) and the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) reveals some bad news for men: they are a majority of non-elderly adults in the United States who lack health insurance, according to an analysis of the 2009 March Current Population Survey. One in five men ages 18-64 - about 21.2 million - are uninsured, compared with 17...
State Round-Up: Calif. Orders Review Of Insurers' Planned Rate Hikes; S.D. Targets Young Smokers
The Los Angeles Times: "California health insurance regulators have ordered independent reviews of rate hikes being sought by four of the state's largest insurers, a move that could lead to smaller increases for consumers...
National Health Insurance Improves Maternal Mortality, Other Public Health Indicators In Rwanda
Despite being one of the world's poorest nations, Rwanda has a national health insurance program that covers 92% of its 9.7 million citizens, the New York Times reports...
Texas Prepares For Health Reform's Changes Despite Opposition To New Law; Other States Brace For Federal Funding Cuts
Stateline.org: "When Congress approved the sweeping federal health care overhaul in March, Texas Governor Rick Perry was one of the loudest critics. He blasted the initiative as unconstitutional, a government takeover of health care and an unfunded federal mandate on the states. ...
Health Overhaul Skirmishes Simmer Over Government Fliers, Drug Benefits
Republicans are complaining that, while the IRS sent out 4 million fliers to publicize $40 billion in tax credits for small businesses, the agency did not make a similar effort to inform tanning salons and their customers about a new 10 percent tax on their services, Politico reports...
Regulators Miss Deadline On Medical Loss Ratios: Other Implementation Developments Continue To Emerge
The Washington Post: Insurance regulators have missed an early deadline to set specific rules meant to ensure that insurers devote 80 to 85 percent of premium dollars to medical care, the so-called "medical loss ratio...
