Read more Medicaid stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4022/medicaid.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:50:58 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71539/mayo-clinic-turns-away-medicare-medicaid-patients.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Mayo Clinic, which has gotten plaudits from the White House for its low spending on Medicare and Medicaid patients, is turning some of those patients away. The clinic will stop accepting Medicaid patients from Nebraska or Montana at its main Rochester, Minnesota, campus, and will no longer offer primary...http://www.newser.com/story/71539/mayo-clinic-turns-away-medicare-medicaid-patients.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 13 Oct 2009 7:44:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68859/baucus-fleshes-out-new-health-reform-compromise.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith President Obama’s much-anticipated health care speech to Congress on the horizon, the head of the Senate Finance Committee has rolled out a new proposal for a compromise bill, the New York Times reports. Sen. Max Baucus’ plan would offer scaled-down coverage to some, and, to cover the $880 billion...http://www.newser.com/story/68859/baucus-fleshes-out-new-health-reform-compromise.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 08 Sep 2009 9:05:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68423/rural-states-would-gain-most-from-health-reform.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith some of the highest percentages of uninsured citizens, rural states like Wyoming and Iowa stand to benefit the most from health care reform—but they’re also home to its most vocal detractors, the Los Angeles Times reports. Such states tend to have lower personal incomes, more small businesses that...http://www.newser.com/story/68423/rural-states-would-gain-most-from-health-reform.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 02 Sep 2009 10:44:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68380/health-care-is-a-public-good-its-time-dems-explain-why.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Democrats are in danger of losing the health care reform battle over an argument "that a novice debater would have no trouble putting down," writes Thomas Frank for the Wall Street Journa l . Reformers need to directly address the role of government in health care, Frank writes, and demolish...http://www.newser.com/story/68380/health-care-is-a-public-good-its-time-dems-explain-why.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 02 Sep 2009 7:16:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68007/how-the-dems-can-save-obamacare.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmid “widespread national revulsion,” Obamacare as it stands “is dead,” but the Democrats can revive it if they’re willing to make some key concessions, writes Charles Krauthammer—a nonpracticing physician in addition to pundit—in the Washington Post . What they must do: Dump the public option. Forget about “any reference...http://www.newser.com/story/68007/how-the-dems-can-save-obamacare.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 28 Aug 2009 9:41:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67630/steele-changes-tune-on-medicare-cuts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe RNC has joined the fracas over health care reform with a proposed “seniors’ bill of rights” that guards against Medicare cuts, ABC News reports. “Our seniors have really come under fire in the last few weeks,” says RNC chair Michael Steele—who backed Medicare cuts as a Senate candidate...http://www.newser.com/story/67630/steele-changes-tune-on-medicare-cuts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 24 Aug 2009 12:53:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67355/to-cure-health-care-see-this-doctor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTo fix health care, we need a commander like Gen. David Petraeus: “a professional who can break through the political chaff and describe a strategy for reform that can unite the country,” writes David Ignatius in the Washington Post . He nominates Mayo Clinic CEO Dr. Denis Cortese, who’s already doing...http://www.newser.com/story/67355/to-cure-health-care-see-this-doctor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 20 Aug 2009 10:25:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65571/obamas-health-plan-will-crack-whip-on-states.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDoctors nationwide are “outraged” by President Obama’s health care plan, but “I call it progress,” writes one Missouri physician for Salon. The reform would take oversight out of the hands of states, which seemingly specialize in “lax regulation of private insurers” and poor handling of Medicaid. Ford Vox sees physical...http://www.newser.com/story/65571/obamas-health-plan-will-crack-whip-on-states.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Jul 2009 12:25:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65222/gingrich-waxman-lets-health-care-fraud-flourish.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmerica’s health care system is riddled with so much fraud that eliminating it would pay for universal coverage, but Congress doesn’t seem to care, writes Newt Gingrich in the Washington Examiner . He singles out as his particular villain Henry Waxman, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Waxman, he...http://www.newser.com/story/65222/gingrich-waxman-lets-health-care-fraud-flourish.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 24 Jul 2009 10:52:25 CDT