Feb 21 Watch Republican Governors Rethink Opposition to Medicaid Expansion Republican Governors Rethink Opposition to Medicaid Expansion… Continue watching
Feb 13 How Undocumented Immigrants Sometimes Receive Medicaid Treatment By Phil Galewitz Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images. During the debate over the 2010 federal health care overhaul, Democrats promised that illegal immigrants wouldn't be among the 27 million people who'd gain coverage. President Barack Obama repeated that pledge last month when… Continue reading
Oct 01 Watch What's at Stake in the Candidates' Different Visions for Medicaid What's at Stake in the Candidates' Different Visions for Medicaid… Continue watching
Oct 01 Primer: How Will The Election Change Medicaid? By Phil Galewitz Protestors carry signs as they demonstrate against proposed cuts to Medicaid programs outside San Francisco city hall on Sept. 21, 2011. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The future of Medicaid -- the state-federal workhorse of the nation's health system that… Continue reading
Sep 11 Watch Making Sen$e of Health Care: Competing Claims on Campaign Trail About Reform Making Sen$e of Health Care: Competing Claims on Campaign Trail About Reform… Continue watching
Aug 17 Primer: How Paul Ryan's Plan Would Change Medicaid By mcarey Republican vice presidential hopeful U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) speaks at a campaign event at Walsh University on Thursday in North Canton, Ohio. GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney's choice of House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., as his running… Continue reading
Jul 05 Watch Arguments Brew at State Level Over Medicaid Expansion Health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser takes a closer look at the arguments over Medicaid expansion and the states that want to opt out rather than take federal money. Continue watching
Jun 21 What's at Stake for Medicaid as Supreme Court Weighs Health Reform? By Phil Galewitz Medical assistant Ann Valdez gives Christian Casteneda, 12, a physical at a community health center in Aurora, Colo. The clinic has received some 6,000 more Medicaid eligable patients since the health care reform law was passed in 2010. Photo by… Continue reading
Mar 28 Medicaid Expansion: Good or Bad for America? By Jason Kane It's slated to be an expansion of epic proportions. If the health care reform law pushes forward as planned, 16 million more Americans will receive health care coverage through the federal Medicaid program between 2014 and 2019. As the Supreme… Continue reading
Mar 28 Watch Congressmen on Political, Practical Stakes of Court's Health Reform Ruling Congressmen on Political, Practical Stakes of Court's Health Reform Ruling… Continue watching