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Main Category: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Also Included In: Medical Malpractice / Litigation Article Date: 28 Aug 2008 California health officials have asked U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder to ...

Main Category: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP Also Included In: Seniors / Aging Article Date: 29 Aug 2008 Yielding to intense lobbying by the nursing home industry, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is ...

The Department of Health and Hospitals announced Friday that Medicaid participants in impacted areas will have access to their prescription medications prior to scheduled refill dates in preparation for ...

"While we welcome news today from the U.S. Census Bureau that the number of uninsured Americans has declined, the picture is not all rosy.

Wingate at Beacon nursing home has been fined about $50,000 by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

As Georgia's money problems cause public services to be slashed, state health officials announced a plan Thursday to preserve intact two of the most important programs for needy people Medicaid and PeachCare ...

A drop in the number of people who lacked health insurance last year reflects a push by states to cover more lower-income adults and children, but the gains might unravel during the economic slowdown, ...

"We know from previous research that the uninsured have poor outcomes on a number of measures and they are less likely to seek care when they need it," said Dr.

Medicaid and PeachCare will be on the table as the state board of community health meets to discuss how to cuts its budget.

RALEIGH, N.C. The interim director of Central Regional Hospital says the facility is ready for the transfer of patients and staff from Dorothea Dix Hospital in Raleigh to the new facility in Butner.

The state's residential care homes for seniors say they are being pushed to the financial breaking point by a state budget cut that no longer pays them to keep beds open for Medicaid-eligible residents, who are ...

A judge says he is holding off on a request by hospitals to stop Gov. Haley Barbour's latest Medicaid funding plan.

Main Category: HIV / AIDS Also Included In: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP Article Date: 27 Aug 2008 The New York State Department of Health in the next few weeks is expected to issue a final decision on whether ...

Just as most folks maintain a healthy distance from those with contagious diseases, John McCain would be wise to keep Mitt Romney at arm's length.

Tue, Aug 26, 2008. 04:35 PM A Coshocton company -- under investigation by the federal government -- was raided by multiple federal and state agencies.

Main Category: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP Also Included In: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Article Date: 26 Aug 2008 - 9:00 PDT Uninsured U.S. residents will spend about $30 billion out-of-pocket on ...

The number of Americans without health insurance dropped by more than 1 million people in 2007, the first annual decline in seven years, U.S. Census Bureau officials announced Tuesday.

The government says the number of people lacking health insurance dropped by more than 1 million in 2007, the first annual decline since President Bush took office.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Kenny Hulshof is proposing to expand health coverage to the uninsured by making it easier for them to buy private insurance plans.

Governor Rod R. Blagojevich this week signed into law the 2009 Hospital Assessment which, once approved by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, will bring millions of dollars in federal ...