PA gov. pushes back on IFO Medicaid report

By   /  May 21, 2013  /  Affordable Care Act, Featured, Federal Government, Health Care, Issues, News, Pennsylvania, State Budgets, State Government, Uncategorized  /  No Comments

HIDDEN COSTS: As much as $515 million in costs and savings of Medicaid expansion were mis-estimated by the IFO, according to the Corbett Administration.

The administration of Gov. Tom Corbett says a report on Medicaid expansion by the state’s Independent Fiscal Office improperly claims as much as $515 million as savings, revenue or underestimated costs to the state.

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$2 million habit: WI Public employee smoking surcharge would generate millions for state

By   /  May 20, 2013  /  Featured, Health Care, News, Obamacare, public sector, State Government, Wisconsin  /  7 Comments

A proposal that would add a $50 monthly surcharge to Wisconsin state employees who use tobacco would generate $6 million in revenue for the state. Obamacare would not allow termination of insurance coverage of state employees who lie about using tobacco.

Lighting up may cost state employees $50 more per month, but the state’s coffers could be about $6 million richer over the next biennium, according to a new report from the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau.

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Obamacare ‘navigators’ will cost taxpayers millions

By   /  May 20, 2013  /  Health Care, News, Wisconsin  /  5 Comments

Where is due north with Obamacare? Tens of thousands of 'navigators' costing taxpayers tens of millions of dollars, will try to help consumers find their way through the Affordable Care Act.

By Ryan Ekvall | Wisconsin Reporter
MADISON — Federal health bureaucrats know applying for health insurance through the federal health care exchanges won’t be easy.
If it were, there wouldn’t be the need for tens of thousands of taxpaye- backed “navigators,” new positions that soon will be created to help steer consumers through the rough waters of Obamacare.
The [...]

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Oklahoma’s dynamic Medicaid discussion includes triple-amputee’s tale of hope

By   /  May 10, 2013  /  Featured, Health Care, Issues, News, Oklahoma  /  No Comments

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By Patrick B. McGuigan | CapitolBeatOK
OKLAHOMA CITY – Moise Brutus, now a college student in Florida, lost both legs and part of his left arm in a 2010 motorcycle accident. He endured months of frustration when his recovery was supervised by what he deems Old Medicaid.
Brutus, the subject of a five-minute video posted online, recalled [...]

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Obama denies extension of OK Medicaid program for working poor

By   /  May 8, 2013  /  Health Care, Issues, Oklahoma  /  24 Comments

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By Patrick B. McGuigan | CapitolBeatOK
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Obama administration has denied  Oklahoma’s request to extend Insure Oklahoma, a program of premium assistance benefitting the Sooner State’s working poor. Oklahoma Gov. Mary
Fallin in a letter Wednesday encouraged President Obama “to keep his promises and reverse his decision to gut one of Oklahoma’s most successful health [...]

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