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House Panel Approves Changes to Medicaid Transfer Rules
The House Energy and Commerce Committee approved a fiscal year 2006 budget reconciliation package that includes rest...
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Senate Passes Budget Bill Without Major Asset Transfer Changes
The Senate has narrowly passed a budget reconciliation bill that does not include major changes to Medicaid's asset ...
Read moreNew Study Finds That Few Nursing Home Residents Transferred Assets
Agreeing with earlier results, a study by the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured finds that asset trans...
Read moreVermont Agrees to Federal Spending Cap on Medicaid
Vermont has entered into an agreement with federal Medicaid officials to create an experimental program under which ...
Read moreA Tale of Two Bills: How the House's Changes to Medicaid Rules Will Harm Seniors
As many regular visitors to our Web site know, the U.S. Congress is currently wrestling with how to cut at least $10...
Read moreSwitch to Medicare Drug Coverage Threatens Nursing Home Residents, Paper Concludes
When new Medicare prescription drug plan (Medicare Part D) goes into effect on January 1, 2006, some residents of nu...
Read moreHouse Approves Bill Substantially Changing Asset Transfer Rules
By the narrowest of margins, the House has voted to approve a budget plan that cuts about $12 billion from Medicaid,...
Read moreMontana High Court Rules in Religious Community Medicaid Case
The Montana Supreme Court has ruled that a religious community with millions of dollars in assets is holding those a...
Read moreDemocrats Split on Medicaid Changes
The National Governors Association, whose membership includes both Republican and Democratic governors, sent a lette...
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