Journalnow.com January 12, 2020 Spotlights heats up on N.C. GOP as another red state reaches Medicaid expansion compromise Phil Cox, a former head of the Republican Governors Association: “The battle has been fought and lost on Medicaid expansion.” “Republicans may be able to hold off the Medicaid expansion in some…
ACTION ALERT!!
Expanding Medicaid Essential for Controlling Health Insurance Costs Contact Senate Finance Committee NOW!!! Today the South Carolina Finance Committee begins their budget debate. Whether our state should expand Medicaid to cover individuals with incomes up to 138% of the federal poverty level will be debated. It is critically important for…
Fallout for states rejecting Medicaid expansion
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rejecting the Medicaid expansion in the federal health care law could have unexpected consequences for states where Republican lawmakers remain steadfastly opposed to what they scorn as “Obamacare.” It could mean exposing businesses to Internal Revenue Service penalties and leaving low-income…
Who would be eligible for Medicaid if expanded? Might be you.
With the re-election of President Obama and the Democrats with even more number in the U.S. Senate, all the indications are that the U.S. House will end its two-year effort to “repeal and replace” or simply stop Obamacare. Much of the upcoming battles now will be in the states over…
Expanding healthcare to more childen….finally!
Congratulation to South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley and state Health and Human Services Director Tony Keck. Their proposal to add an additional $29 million in the Medicaid budget for children’s healthcare appears to be a done deal both in the House and Senate. This is a dramatic turnaround from the…
Medicaid feeds economy
Today the South Carolina House of Representatives begins debating the 2011-12 state budget. One important issue will be how to address Medicaid funding—reduce state funding and thus lose up to hundreds of millions in federal dollars or adopt a plan by the hospitals for them to pay extra into the…
Lawmakers turn to schools to reach Medicaid eligible children
By Liv Osby, Greenville News March 27, 2009 Thousands of low-income uninsured children in South Carolina could get health care through Medicaid but haven’t signed up, so legislators are helping get the word out by delivering informational fliers to schools that will be sent home with students. The Legislature two…