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GOP, White House talk deal on debt The Wall Street Journal Share     GOP leaders and the White House are discussing a deal that would enact strict deficit targets and some spending cuts to win Republican votes for lifting the ceiling on how much the federal government can borrow. More
Republicans draft bill to cut Medicaid rolls The Wall Street Journal Share
House and Senate Republicans plan to unveil legislation that would allow states to cut Medicaid enrollment, the latest effort to contain the swelling costs for the health care program for the poor. The bill would lift a law that says states can’t cut Medicaid spending without losing matching money from Washington to run the program. More Proposed rules would help states evaluate Medicaid beneficiary access to care Medical News Today Share
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a proposed regulation that would provide guidance to States on ways to ensure that people with Medicaid have access to health care services. More News bites: Public wary of GOP cuts to Medicare, Medicaid The Hill Share
Majority of respondents - 70 percent and 57 percent respectively—to a new poll oppose deep cuts to Medicare and Medicaid even after being told of their outsize weight in the federal deficit, the Wall Street Journal reports. More
Rockefeller: McCaskill budget plan worse than Ryan's for Medicaid The Hill Share
Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., said that a fellow Democrat's plan to tackle federal spending would be even worse for Medicaid than House Republicans' "heartless" proposals for the program. House Republicans' fiscal 2012 budget would convert federal Medicaid spending into block grants to states, which opponents say would ultimately lead the states to cut benefits or drop people from the program. More Opponents offer dire warnings about Medicaid block grant proposal Kaiser Health News Share
The plan advanced by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., to transform this program has been the subject of much of the concern. However, another alternative, this one offered by Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., and based on "global cap" for federal spending, is also getting negative reviews from Medicaid advocates. More
Democrats, advocacy groups campaign against Medicaid block grants Kaiser Health News Share
In the continuing Democratic assault on the House GOP's 2012 budget bill, a group of senators warned of dire consequences on the plan to transform Medicaid into a block grant program. Medicaid, the state-federal health program that covers 50 million poor and disabled, currently guarantees coverage to anyone who meets eligibility requirements. More House acts to cut funds for part of health care law dealing with insurance exchanges The Associated press via The Washington Post Share
The House Republican drive to dismantle the new health care law piece by piece advanced with a vote to disrupt the flow of federal dollars for health insurance exchanges, an integral part of the law's goal of expanding insurance coverage. More
MHPA Center for Best Practices releases 2nd 'Keeping You Healthy' video MHPA Share
 The MHPA Center for Best Practices "Keeping You Healthy" Video Series featuring
Medicaid health plan best practices released "Navigating for Care – Aged, Blind and Disabled" by Midwest Health Plan. Click here to view the video.
Event: MHPA's Center for Best Practices First Annual Awards Forum on May 18; presentations added MHPA Share
Register now for the MHPA Center for Best Practices First Annual Awards Forum on May 18. The awards ceremony at the Academy for Educational Development, 1825 Connecticut Ave., Washington, D.C., will also feature MSNBC Political Analyst Karen Finney as keynote luncheon speaker as well as the following presentations: "National Quality Improvement Strategy and Other Quality Improvement Provisions of the Affordable Care Act" — Dave Domann, MS, RPh, Ortho-McNeil Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. "An Innovative Model to Fight Childhood Lead Poisoning, Increase Screening Rates and Improve Health Outcomes" — Joel De Jesus, Magellan Biosciences "Childhood Obesity: A "United" Call to Action" — Sandra Bruce Nichols, M.D., UnitedHealthcare and "Targeting Pre-term Births in the Medicaid Population" — Kimberly Roop, M.D., WellPoint. To register or sponsor, please click here or contact Thanh Buscarini at 202.857.5728 or tbuscarini@mhpa.org. More
Event: Insuring the under and uninsured: The Health Plan Forum on Medicaid Expansion & Health Benefit Exchanges, San Francisco Financial Research Associates LLC Share
Reaching, Servicing, and Retaining the New Enrollee Population July 18-19 The Marines' Memorial Club in San Francisco More
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