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by Sabrina Shankman and Olga Pierce, ProPublica ProPublica used results from a questionnaire it did with American Public Media’s Public Insight Network to look at how the proposed health care reforms will actually affect people facing common health-care coverage situations. Location: Harveys Lake, Pa. Health Care Status: Medicaid recipient Household Income: $0, but she has a Social Security application pending When ...
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12 hours ago ago from The Homa Files
TakeAway : A vast expansion of the Medicaid program without adequate risk-adjusted reimbursement rates will impose unsustainable costs on healthcare providers. * * * * * Excerpted from WSJ: Health Reform Could Harm Medicaid Patients, Dec. 4, 2009 Both the House and Senate health-care reform bills call for a large increase in Medicaid—about 18 million more people will begin enrolling in Medicaid under the House bill starting ...
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1 hour, 0 minutes ago ago from HCFANY
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