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SC Senate to take up controversial school-choice proposal
The StateThe S.C. Senate is poised to vote on a controversial school-choice proposal next week that the upper house's leader says "could be very close." The vote will come on an amendment to the state's budget, which senators have been debating all week....Tags: Taxation, Politics, Medicaid, Parties and Movements, Republican Party
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Emanuel plans to shift city retirees to new federal health care plan
Mayor Rahm Emanuel plans to start reducing health insurance coverage next year for more than 30,000 retired city workers and begin shifting them to President Barack Obama's new federal system. The move is aimed at saving the city money and comes as...
Tags: Politics, Chicago Mayor, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Health and Safety at Work, Medicare
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The Front Burner: Judging lawmakers on Medicaid
Get a good backgrounding in Medicaid from the Kaiser Family Foundation at kff.org/medicaid/. Florida's House and Senate worked as a team on some significant issues, including ethics reform, teacher pay raises and early voting, during the 2013...Tags: Rick Scott, Medicaid, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Periodicals
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The Front Burner: Misrepresentations blocked care for a million Floridians
Despite the support of Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Senate, the 2013 legislative session ended with the Florida House unilaterally blocking the extension of health coverage to more than a million low-income, uninsured Floridians. Approving...Tags: Rick Scott, Politics, Florida Legislature, Medicaid, Government Health Care
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Spokesman: Iowa Democrats upset with governor's pay raise conceding Branstad re-election
The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, IowaIowa Democrats are hitting Republican Gov. Terry Branstad for a proposal he's made to raise the salary of future governors. "Branstad is out of touch proposing a $10,000 pay raise for himself," said Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Rep. Tyler Olson of...Tags: Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Judges, Terry Branstad
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Cedars-Sinai stands out for steep pricing
When Medicare disclosed average charges from thousands of U.S. hospitals for 100 common procedures last week, only one hospital was near the top in every category: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Be it a cardiac stent, a hip replacement or a...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Procedures and Tests, Medical Research, Medicaid, Prices
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BRIEF: Another person arrested in alleged fraud at West Palm Beach day care centers that billed Medicaid $526,236
The Palm Beach PostA 46-year-old woman is the second person to be arrested for Medicaid fraud involving two West Palm Beach day care centers, authorities announced today. Maria E. Edward, of Lake Worth, was arrested on charges of medicaid fraud and grand theft. She is the...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Police Arrests, Medicaid, Crimes
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OPINION: Who needs legislators in the Do-It-Yourself State?
The Kansas City StarIt might be time to change Missouri's nickname. The "Show-Me State" has had a good run. It is believed to harken back to a 1899 speech by U.S. Congressman Will Duncan Vandiver, who declared at a banquet in Philadelphia, "I come from a state that...Tags: Politics, U.S. House of Representatives, United Nations, Voting, Republican Party
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Maine Democrats, Republicans duel over Medicaid, hospital payback
Portland Press Herald, MaineState lawmakers continued their war of words Thursday over Democrats' desire to expand Maine's health insurance program for the poor and Republicans' support for Gov. Paul LePage's plan to pay off the state's hospital debt. The parties held dueling...Tags: Rick Scott, Crime, Law and Justice, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Hospitals and Clinics, Politics
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First Call reaches settlement on Medicaid overbilling claims
The Buffalo NewsThe state Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit has reached an agreement with Snyder Transportation, doing business as First Call, to recover what the government agency said was more than $330,000 in "excess payments" submitted for Medicaid...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Medicaid, Lawyers, Justice System, Government Health Care
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Gov. Rick Scott's choice: to veto or not to veto?
Miami HeraldGov. Rick Scott must soon sign the new state budget, and he's getting intense feedback on all sides: from lawmakers protecting hometown projects, hospitals worried about losing money and a business-backed group criticizing pork-barrel spending. Scott,...Tags: Rick Scott, Hospitals and Clinics, The Miami Herald, Politics, Tampa
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Medicaid expansion could lead to budget battle
Aiken Standard, S.C.Philosophical differences over the expansion of Medicaid in the state could lead to a budget battle in the S.C. Senate, according to Sens. Shane Massey and Tom Young. The proposed expansion would allow three years of federally funded health care...Tags: Politics, Medicaid, Budgets and Budgeting, Nikki Haley, Government Health Care
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