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The GOP vision for health care reform, as expressed by Rep. Paul Ryan, R- Wis., is to limit federal health care spending to levels far below what they are today, and then let individuals make the best of it. The federal health law not only offers a more realistic approach to controlling costs, but a more humane one.
Eight health policy experts review the president's proposals to cut the deficit while preserving Medicare and Medicaid.
Obama laid out his plans for preserving Medicare while cutting spending in the program, and he also rejected a Republican plan to give states block grants for Medicaid.
KHN's Mary Agnes Carey and Marilyn Werber Serafini talk with Jackie Judd about President Obama's speech outlining his plans for reducing the deficit, especially focusing on health care spending. He slammed the Republican plan, saying it would leave "seniors at the mercy of the insurance industry," and he rejected GOP ideas to give states block grants for Medicaid.
President Obama on Wednesday spoke about reining in health care spending in Medicare and Medicaid as part of his proposal to reduce the federal deficit. Here are excerpts:
Obama proposes holding Medicare cost growth down by strengthening the Independent Payment Advisory Board and making Medicaid more flexible without using block grants.
Nearly half of the states have received some type of help, including 11 states with Republican governors.
RAND Health Vice President and Director Arthur Kellermann, M.D., disputes the way his organization's research was depicted in a recent column by John Goodman about Medicaid. Kellerman notes the study in question was designed to examine health care quality, not to determine the value of different types of insurance.
The $100 million program, part of the federal health overhaul, seeks to help Medicaid enrollees quit smoking or keep weight, blood pressure and cholesterol levels in check. But there is limited evidence that these reward programs work.
The Congressional Budget Office analyzed Rep. Paul Ryan's 2012 budget proposal and revealed some additional details not in the Republicans' news conference Tuesday.
The House Budget Committee chairman's alternative budget would provide Medicare beneficiaries with "premium support" and turn Medicaid into a capped block grant.
This week, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., will release a budget blueprint that tackles the three big health care challenges facing the budget
Despite the political risks of changing the popular program, Republicans - including Budget Comm. Chairman Paul Ryan - will offer overhaul plans soon.
Interest groups, businesses and other policy proponents are pushing to capitalize on states' dire Medicaid shortfalls.
As governors across the land pepper the federal government with requests to scale back Medicaid
Study suggests that areas with low rates of primary care physicians, such as the South and Mountain West, could struggle as they see a surge in Medicaid enrollments and federal incentives for doctors may not be much help.
The Healthy Indiana Plan is the Hoosier state's alternative to traditional Medicaid. It's boosters also consider it a viable alternative to the dreaded Affordable Care Act. But do they really have a case?
Mississippi Gov. Barbour's ways to control the rising costs of Medicaid are sometimes controversial, but he maintains that states need more freedom to run the program.
House Republicans cut federal funding for Planned Parenthood and other Title X programs, and Senate Democrats tried to restore it. But the Senate Wednesday failed to pass either bill and so the programs, which once had strong bipartisan support, remain a point of contention.
Florida's annual Medicaid bill runs in the billions - it's nearly one-third of the state's budget. As Florida struggles to close a budget shortfall of $4.5 billion, Medicaid is a target for cuts. Often, that means moving Medicaid recipients into managed care.
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