Center on Budget: Health

Center on Budget: Health Health News feed http://www.cbpp.org/topic/?fa=topic&id=32 en-us Copyright 2008 Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. All rights reserved. Tue, 14 May 2013 20:00:05 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Off the Charts Blog: Coming Cuts to Safety Net Hospitals Reinforce Importance of Medicaid Expansion http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Mon, 13 May 2013 15:21:07 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Paul Van de Water Testimony: Health Reform's Health Insurance Tax Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Hahn, and members of the subcommittee, I appreciate the invitation to appear before you today. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) will extend health insurance coverage to 27 million people and help assure that Americans have access to affordable coverage. And it will do so in a fiscally responsible way. In fact, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that health reform will reduce the deficit — modestly in its first ten years, but … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/GG4Le0m7ypM/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3964 Thu, 09 May 2013 10:03:41 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3964 Medicaid Per Capita Cap Would Shift Costs to States and Undermine Key Part of Health Reform Two prominent congressional Republicans have proposed placing a “per capita cap” on federal Medicaid funding, under which the federal government would no longer cover a fixed share of each state’s overall Medicaid costs but instead would limit each state to a fixed dollar amount per beneficiary.[1] The per capita cap proposal, part of a larger package of Medicaid changes proposed by House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton and Senator Orrin Hatch, the top … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/2aMj27SzVp0/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3962 Wed, 08 May 2013 09:26:18 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3962 Off the Charts Blog: User-Friendly Applications Will Help Uninsured Gain Coverage http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:12:49 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog: Not Much “Shock” in CareFirst's Proposed 2014 Maryland Health Insurance Rates http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:40:37 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog: Medicaid Expansion Would Not Collapse Private Insurance http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:55:48 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Commentary: Think Obama's Medicare Savings Aren't Significant? Take a Closer Look. Commentators, pundits, and some policymakers routinely say that while the President’s new budget takes useful steps to reduce the cost of health care programs, the steps are small and rather timid. This judgment seems rooted in the belief that the budget’s changes affecting Medicare beneficiaries, which save a modest $64 billion over the first ten years (the budget’s Medicare changes as a whole would save $371 billion), are very limited in their impact. This belief is … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/PRmdlyBy-no/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3959 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:33:34 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3959 Off the Charts Blog: Want More Low-Income Workers to Have Health Coverage? Expand Medicaid. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:44:38 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog: Helping Consumers Choose the Right Health Plan Under Health Reform http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:25:47 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog: Proposal to Delay DSH Cuts No Reason Not to Expand Medicaid http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:28:56 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog: In Case You Missed It http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:43:18 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 President Obama's Deficit-Reduction Package and Other Proposals in the 2014 Budget Overview The President’s 2014 budget is presented in two parts. One part includes the package of deficit- reduction policies that the President included in his last offer to Speaker Boehner during the “fiscal cliff” negotiations in December 2012. This package would reduce the deficit by $1.8 trillion over the next decade and go somewhat beyond stabilizing the debt as a share of the economy, setting it on a slight downward path. When coupled with the … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/akmCDhe5HfA/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3952 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:59:39 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3952 Off the Charts Blog: President's Budget Affirms That Washington Will Pay Nearly All the Costs of Expanding Medicaid http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:53:58 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog: New Study Makes Headlines About “Rate Shock” But Sows Confusion http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:31:53 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog: Ryan Budget, Not Medicaid, Creates a Two-Tiered Health Care System http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:39:55 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Off the Charts Blog: Administration Did Not Reverse a Proposed New Cut to Medicare Advantage Plans http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 16:46:48 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Ryan Block Grant Proposal Would Cut Medicaid by Nearly One-Third by 2023 and More After That The Medicaid block grant proposal in the budget plan proposed by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, which the House of Representatives passed on March 21, would cut federal Medicaid (and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP) funding by 31 percent by 2023, because the funding would no longer keep pace with health care costs or with expected Medicaid enrollment growth as the population ages (see Figure 1). These cuts would come on top of repealing the health … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/k3fTKFJwczE/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3941 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:57:23 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3941 Off the Charts Blog: Claim About Health Reform “Rate Shock” Is “Unfounded,” Urban Analysis Finds http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:51:06 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Ryan Roundup 2013: Everything You Need to Know About Chairman Ryan's Latest Budget Below is a compilation of the CBPP analyses and blog posts on House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s budget, which the House has passed. Overview/General Statement: Robert Greenstein, President, on Chairman Ryan’s Budget Plan March 12, 2013 “When House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan released his previous budget last year, I wrote that for most of the past half century, its extreme nature would have put it outside the bounds of mainstream … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/QyNCjAwpX9I/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3940 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:10:16 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3940 Off the Charts Blog: Ryan Budget Would Make Safety Net Less Effective in Promoting and Supporting Work http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:18:31 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Ryan Budget Would Undermine Safety Net's Work Supports House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan justifies the massive cuts he proposes in programs for low- and moderate-income Americans in part by claiming that the current safety net “can create a powerful disincentive to get ahead.”[1] He uses this argument to defend converting both Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamps) into block grants at substantially shrunken funding levels relative to current law. These claims, however, … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/IQpQRB8ETUA/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3938 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:30:51 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3938 Off the Charts Blog: Setting the Record Straight: Safety Net Dollars Go to People — Not Red Tape http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:19:42 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 An Apples-to-Apples Comparison of the Deficit-Reduction Figures in the House and Senate Budget Plans The House and Senate are scheduled to consider the budget resolutions that their respective budget committees approved last week. These two budgets — one drafted by House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan, the other by Senate Budget Committee Chair Patty Murray — offer sharply contrasting visions.[1] Yet they are not strictly comparable because they use different sets of starting assumptions (known as budget baselines) from which to measure their policy proposals. … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/hEma8j00FhM/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3933 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:56:40 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3933 Paul Van de Water Testimony: Financing Medicare and Medicaid Chairman Pitts, Ranking Member Pallone, and members of the subcommittee, I appreciate the invitation to appear before you today on the importance of preserving Medicare and Medicaid. Budgetary entitlements of many kinds are designed to guarantee Americans adequate protection in case of illness, disability, or economic misfortune. Efforts to control the costs of health care entitlements (including Medicare and Medicaid), must continue, if we are to meet the needs of an aging population.… http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/_O2NTul0LSA/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3929 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:15:42 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3929 Statement by Robert Greenstein, President, On Unifying the District of Columbia's Health Insurance Marketplace “The DC Health Benefits Exchange Board’s recent decision to move to a unified health insurance market over the next two years will make it easier for small businesses to give their employees quality, affordable health insurance. “Starting in 2014, under the Affordable Care Act, the District of Columbia will have a new health insurance marketplace called the DC Health Benefits Exchange (HBX) for individuals and small businesses. Today, many small businesses have … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Health/~3/NW3aNK0qbeg/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3930 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:24:03 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3930