Washington’s insurance fund hits $1.7 billion in the red as lawsuit payouts pile up

Repricing Of The Dollar

Repricing Of The Dollar

How hospitals are profiting from a program meant for low-income patients

Washington is increasingly tapping a hidden “piggy bank” to fund its growing healthcare commitments. Proponents of this strategy proclaim that it doesn’t cost taxpayers a dime, but that’s an illusion. It’s quietly draining one of America’s most important industries — and threatens to degrade millions of Americans’ health while greatly increasing future healthcare spending. Each []

Medicaid funding is resuming for Planned Parenthood

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Health Care The Big Story Medicaid funding resumes for Planned Parenthood Planned Parenthood can resume billing for Medicaid reimbursement, one year after Republicans were able to cut its clinics off from federal funds. © AP Photo/Jeff Roberson Last year, Republicans were successful in using the...

Lawsuit could give members of Congress five-figure raise, cost taxpayers millions

Federal lawmakers could receive thousands in back pay — and a substantial salary increase — if a long-running lawsuit is decided in their favor, putting taxpayers on the hook for millions of dollars. A group of current and former members of Congress won a major victory last month when a federal court ruled their case []...Click to read more

Feds to decide fate of $2 billion California plan to fund Medi-Cal

The fate of the state’s 2 billion plan to maintain health insurance for low-income and disabled Californians is now in the hands of Mehmet Oz, the celebrity doctor and Republican administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ...