Rhode Island’s Medicaid Experiment Becomes a Talking Point for Budget Cutters
By JANET ROBERTS
With Republicans pushing to rein in Medicaid costs, an experiment in Rhode Island is drawing the attention of some conservatives who say it has led to substantial savings without reducing care for the state’s poorest patients.
The experiment is the closest to an example of the kinds of changes that Republicans say they want to make — limiting federal spending for Medicaid while giving states more freedom to decide what benefits to offer and how to control the costs.
Gingrich Calls G.O.P.’s Medicare Plan Too Radical
By RAYMOND HERNANDEZ
WASHINGTON — Days after formally announcing his candidacy for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, Newt Gingrich on Sunday sharply criticized a plan by House Republicans that would drastically overhaul Medicare, the federal health care program for retirees.
Mr. Gingrich, the former speaker of the House who led a conservative resurgence in the 1990s, said the Republican Medicare plan was “too big a jump” for Americans and compared it to the health care overhaul championed by President Obama.
Gingrich Seeks to Clarify Comments on Individual Mandate
By MICHAEL D. SHEARNewt Gingrich has acknowledged that his tendency to spout off like a political analyst might get him into trouble on the campaign trail.
On Monday, Mr. Gingrich, the former speaker of the House, sought to explain away just that kind of Sunday-morning pontification, in which he blasted the budget by his Republican colleagues in Congress and endorsed an individual mandate for health insurance.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/16/gingrich-seeks-to-clarify-comments-on-individual-mandate/?pagemode=print
http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2011/05/16/gingrich-medicare-vouchers/
Gingrich Was For Paul Ryan’s Medicare Plan Before He Was Against It
During an appearance on Meet the Press yesterday, 2012 presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) called Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) proposal to transform Medicare into a “premium support” system for future retirees “too big a jump” and suggested that the reform was tantamount to “right-wing social engineering.”http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2011/05/16/gingrich-medicare-vouchers/
Nursing Homes Seek Exemptions From Health Law
By ROBERT PEAR
WASHINGTON — It is an oddity of American health care: Many nursing homes and home care agencies do not provide health insurance to their workers, or they pay wages so low that employees cannot afford the coverage that is offered.
The numbers are stark. Among workers who provide hands-on care to nursing home residents, one in four has no health insurance. Among those who provide care to people living at home, one in three is uninsured.
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