Topic: Medicaid

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A mounting U.S. deficit could pose a much greater threat to the survival of President Barack Obama's healthcare reforms than either the Supreme Court or 2012 elections.Many health experts say innovations in delivering medical care and the creation of ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Spending by U.S. states on Medicaid, the healthcare program for the poor, soared last year and will likely continue growing despite measures to contain costs, according to a report released on Tuesday.Total Medicaid spending, excluding administrative costs, likely reached ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Spending by U.S. states on Medicaid, the healthcare program for the poor, soared last year and will likely continue growing despite measures to contain costs, according to a report released on Tuesday.Total Medicaid spending, excluding administrative costs, likely reached ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner said on Thursday a deficit-reduction deal being negotiated in the Congress could have revenue increases but "there clearly is a limit."Boehner, the top Republican in Congress, complained to reporters that Democrats in "super ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some of the federal healthcare law's requirements related to insurance exchanges threaten the autonomy of U.S. states, which need more support in establishing the marketplaces, state governors said in a letter released on Thursday."The decision to implement health insurance ...

(Reuters) - U.S. hospital operators HCA Holdings Inc and Tenet Healthcare Corp treated more patients at their facilities during the summer months, boosting profits above investor expectations.Tenet shares rose 4.4 percent and HCA shares increased 0.9 percent, countering a broader market sell-off, ...

CARSON CITY - A quarter of Nevadans under 65 did not have health insurance at some point in 2009, making the Silver State the third most uninsured state per capita in the United States, according to U.S. Census data released this month.Nevada's ...

(Reuters) - Cutting Medicaid by 5 percent would cost U.S. states $14 billion and trigger job losses in the tens of thousands by depressing spending by states, hospitals, nursing homes, drug companies and others, a study said on Wednesday."Such a drastic reduction ...

(Reuters) - Six cases involving President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul legislation are pending before the Supreme Court as part of the legal battle over the law's fate.The following key issues have emerged in the legal briefs recently filed in the cases stemming ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The numbers are devastating: almost 2,000 poor kids in Texas with cancer, another 18,000 with diabetes and more than 350,000 suffering from chronic lung disease, heart disease or stroke.What sounds like a grim statistical report on poverty and disease ...