Tuesday, January 25, 2005

Medicaid Developments in Colorado, Kentucky, VermontItem in the Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report on proposed legislation in Colorado, planned emergency regulations in Kentucky and a "multi-pronged plan" to reduce the Medicad shortfall in Vermont. The item includes a number of direct links to news stories and related web resources.  
  

Florida Offers a Bold Stroke to Fight Medicaid Cost New York Times article - "America's governors, struggling for a grip on mounting Medicaid costs, are restricting access, squeezing providers and chipping away at services. But perhaps no one is proposing changes as far-reaching and fundamental as Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida. Mr. Bush is proposing that the state's 2.1 million Medicaid recipients be allotted money to buy their own health care coverage from managed care organizations and other private medical networks. If enacted, the program would make Florida the first state to allow private companies, not the state, to decide the scope and extent of services to the elderly, the disabled and the poor, half of them children..." [Viewing New York Times resources requires registration, which is free].