Tag: Medicare and Medicaid

In his 2017 budget proposal released Tuesday, President Obama asked Congress to supply him with extra dollars to cover states' full cost of expanding Medicaid for three years, regardless of when they choose to go forward. (AP Photo)

Obama proposes bait for expanding Medicaid

Paige Winfield Cunningham · February 9, 2016 11:46 pm

Nearly 5.2 million seniors and people with disabilities received an average of $1,054 in savings. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg)

Obamacare reduces seniors’ drug spending

Paige Winfield Cunningham · February 8, 2016 7:23 pm

Matt Bevin is moving forward with plans to ditch the exchange, but last month announced a budget proposal that would continue funding for Medicaid as the program currently stands. (AP Photo)

Kentucky shows it’s hard to roll back Medicaid

Paige Winfield Cunningham · February 8, 2016 5:01 am

Watch Kasich try to justify bypassing legislature to expand Obamacare

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Watch Kasich try to justify bypassing legislature to expand Obamacare

Philip Klein · February 5, 2016 9:01 pm

Data shows higher percentage of uncompensated care in states without expansion, HHS chief said. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Burwell: Medicaid expansion a matter of time

Paige Winfield Cunningham · February 5, 2016 7:16 pm

Kentucky had one of the biggest drops in 2014 thanks to the state's Medicaid expansion. (AP file photo/Adam Beam)

Kentucky worker uninsurance rate plunges

Robert King · February 3, 2016 7:25 pm

In a new budget outlook released Monday, the Congressional Budget Office said 13 million people are expected to buy plans through the Affordable Care Act's exchanges this year, down from 21 million customers it projected last year. (AP Photo)

CBO estimates lower Obamacare enrollment

Paige Winfield Cunningham · January 25, 2016 10:20 pm

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services routinely underpays insurers that offer Medicare Advantage plans for the cost of treating people with multiple chronic conditions. (AP Photo/Evan Lewis)

Insurers getting underpaid by Medicare

Robert King · January 22, 2016 4:07 pm

Critics call Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., plan to expand Medicare to everyone too vague and unworkable. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Media outlets, liberal columnists slam Sanders’ single-payer plan

Robert King · January 21, 2016 5:01 am

Editorial cartoon: 2016 Democrat healthcare race

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Editorial cartoon: 2016 Democrat healthcare race

Washington Examiner · January 19, 2016 9:23 pm

Dems promise the moon

Dems promise the moon

Washington Examiner · January 19, 2016 5:32 am

Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday released his plan that turns Medicare into a federally run, single-payer program that eliminates private health insurance, using a combination of income and payroll tax increases to generate $14 trillion over a decade to fund it. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Sanders reignites fight over single-payer healthcare

Robert King · January 19, 2016 5:01 am