A continuation of a 1 percent tax on health insurance claims passed Michigan's Senate Thursday, but yet to be resolved is how to ensure the levy brings in enough revenue for Medicaid, which serves 1.9 million low-income state residents. Full story
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Marilyn Tavenner, a former nurse and hospital company executive, as the first full-fledged administrator for the Medicare and Medicaid healthcare programs since 2006. Full story
Lawmakers have taken a step toward paying Maine's hospitals a $485 million debt for Medicaid services. Full story
Democrats in the Mississippi Legislature say they're working on proposals to keep Medicaid alive and funded in the budget year that starts July 1. Full story
Attorney General Marty Jackley says South Dakota will get more than $1 million as its share of a national settlement with a pharmaceutical manufacturer that allegedly distributed substandard drugs. Full story
A long-awaited state budget that funds operations for the fiscal year beginning July 1 was introduced Tuesday in the Arizona Senate and could come up for a vote later this week, clearing the way for a debate on Gov. Jan Brewer's Medicaid expansion. Full story
The Washington Post’s Sarah Kliff talks about her reporting on how the Obama Administration will come up with the money it needs to publicize the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
Kevin Williamson of The National Review discusses the looming specter of the national debt and why the feeling that government is falling apart is actually a good thing.
MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts talks with The Washington Post’s Ezra Klein and The Atlantic’s Steve Clemons to talk about an Oregon study on the impact of Medicaid.
Will positive trends help silence Republican opposition to the Affordable Care Act? Alex Wagner and the NOW panelists look at new research on Medicaid and what it could mean for the future of Obamacare.
Alex Wagner talks to Texas Democratic Congressman Joaquin Castro about Texas Governor Perry's decision to reject the Affordable Care Act’s medicaid expansion, saying, “ultimately the state of Texas has got to accept this federal money.”
Maria Romero talks with a reporter at Legacy Clinic Southwest, Oct. 26, 2012 in Houston. Romero gambled on staying healthy when she lost Medicaid coverage after her son Christian, now 7, was born and ended up paying emergency room bills out of her pocket.
