Health Care Reform Articles - December 7, 2011

Occupy welcomes physician sharing vision for single-payer health system

By Zack Rubin | The Daily Tar Heel

Updated: 12/05/11 11:59pm

http://www.dailytarheel.com/index.php/article/2011/12/occupy_welcomes_physician_sharing_vision_for_single_payer_health_system#print

Brigham and Women’s aims to expand while cutting back

Building planned as hospital gets leaner

By Robert Weisman

 |  GLOBE STAFF  

  DECEMBER 07, 2011

http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2011/12/07/brigham-and-women-aims-expand-while-cutting-back/uM4LltpjcKpFIH4fTUwfgP/story.html

Michael Dukakis on ACOs: “We tried that, folks. It didn’t work.”

By Chelsea Conaboy

 

http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2011/11/28/michael-dukakis-acos-tried-that-folks-didn-work/i6WTqNZOg8OB3fL170Y54I/story.html

Posted: December 7 Updated: Today at 9:59 AM LePage proposes dropping 65,000 Mainers off Medicaid The governor proposes massive cuts to reform the program and help balance the budget. By John Richardsonjrichardson@mainetoday.com Staff Writer AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage proposed Tuesday to eliminate Medicaid coverage for 65,000 Mainers as part of a plan to cover a budget deficit that he said now totals $221 million over the next 18 months. Posted: December 7 Updated: Today at 9:59 AM LePage proposes dropping 65,000 Mainers off Medicaid The governor proposes massive cuts to reform the program and help balance the budget. By John Richardsonjrichardson@mainetoday.com Staff Writer AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage proposed Tuesday to eliminate Medicaid coverage for 65,000 Mainers as part of a plan to cover a budget deficit that he said now totals $221 million over the next 18 months.

65,000 MaineCare recipients to lose health coverage under LePage plan

By Jackie Farwell, BDN Staff

Posted Dec. 06, 2011, at 4:45 p.m.

AUGUSTA, Maine — More than 65,000 low-income residents will lose health coverage through the state’s MaineCare program under a sweeping overhaul proposed Tuesday by the LePage administration.

Seeking to address a $120 million shortfall in the Department of Health and Human Services budget in the 2012 fiscal year, the governor took aim at MaineCare, the state’s version of the federal Medicaid program. His proposal called for tightening eligibility requirements, eliminating services and repealing coverage entirely for thousands of MaineCare recipients to bring Maine’s program closer to national averages.

“We have 361,000 people on Medicaid in the state of Maine,” LePage said at a State House press conference. “That is pushing 30 percent of our population. The national average is running at 20 percent.”

http://bangordailynews.com/2011/12/06/politics/65000-mainecare-recipients-to-lose-health-coverage-under-lepage-plan/print/