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Budgets/TaxesFeaturedHealth Care
Oklahoma Medicaid ‘Rebalancing’ is Simply Medicaid Expansion
by Matthew Glans May 17, 2016Medicaid expansion is an expensive endeavor that many critics believe does not provide better or more affordable health care. Many of the expansion plans that states are now considering use federal dollars to expand their Medicaid programs to a larger portion of their state, creating new costs the federal government may not always be able to cover and leaving state taxpayers on the hook for the new liabilities.
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Myth-Busting New Hampshire’s Medicaid Expansion
by Michael Hamilton April 15, 2016New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan signed into law on April 5 House Bill 1696 to modify and renew through 2018 the state’s Medicaid expansion program under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which state lawmakers first adopted in 2014.
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FeaturedHealth CarePodcast
Heartland Daily Podcast – Rep. Allen Cook: Medicaid Expansion is a Bad Idea
by Michael Hamilton March 23, 2016In today’s edition of The Heartland Daily Podcast, New Hampshire State Rep. Allen Cook joins Michael Hamilton, Managing Editor of Health Care News to talk about why medicaid expansion is a bad idea. Cook explains why he doesn’t support Medicaid expansion, stating that the price of this expansion is likely to far exceed the projected costs.
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Medicaid Expansion: The President’s Discarded Valentine
by Michael Hamilton February 18, 2016President Barack Obama released his proposed budget for 2017 days before America’s sappiest holiday. Similar to many expressions of love given each year around February 14, the budget packed much potential to please—and even more to disappoint.