David Morgan
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US Proposes Scrapping Some Obsolete Medicare Regulations
The Obama administration on Monday proposed eliminating certain obsolete Medicare regulations, a move it said would save hospitals and other healthcare providers an estimated $676 million a year, or $3.4 billion over five years. The Department of Health and Human Services described the targeted regulations as unnecessary or excessively burdensome and said their proposed elimination …
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Study Finds Medicaid Coverage Gaps in States
Adults who qualify for Medicaid often must have incomes well below the federal poverty line, while adults who have no dependent children are allowed to receive benefits in only nine of the 50 states, according to a survey released on Wednesday. The survey by the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation provides a snapshot of widespread coverage …