Federal actuaries say the economic rebound and increasing number of people with insurance will push up spending.
Daily Archives: September 3, 2014
North Carolina’s $10B Medicaid Challenge: Pay For Other States Or Take Federal Money?
State taxpayers could spend more than $10 billion by 2022 to provide medical coverage for low-income residents of other states while getting nothing in return.
Missouri’s Medicaid Applicants Get Put On Hold
Call center wait times climb even as the application backlog mounts and the state reports the single largest monthly drop in Medicaid enrollment in June.
Relationships are focus of ICU nurse
Wendy Martin was drawn to a specialty early in her career. She was in the ICU float pool in Fargo, North Dakota.
Enrolling People In Obamacare Who Have No ‘Concept Of Insurance’
An agency that ministers to immigrant and Arab-American community in Dearborn, Michigan, faces challenges enrolling some people in health coverage.
Statement by Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell on CVS ending tobacco sales
Statement by Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell on CVS ending tobacco sales
Nurses and Union Activists Throughout California Celebrate Labor Day
Nurses joined union activists throughout California for Labor Day activities on Monday. They celebrated with parades and held rallies to honor working people.
The RNs, who offered first aid at several events, shared information on the fight for Medicare for all and how we need to go beyond the Affordable Care Act to recognize that healthcare is a human right. RNs talked about the Campaign for a Healthy California and showed support for Proposition 45, an initiative that could save patients billions by requiring health insurance companies justify rate increases and get state approval to enact them.