News Editors’ Blog: Healthcare reform and Medicaid June 12, 2009 Share › Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share by Email Print Deficit-reduction plan to gain $600 billion from lower provider payments and higher beneficiary prem Sen. Kennedy’s disability insurance program, if it works, would help conserve the Medicaid program. That would be progress. To read the entry, click here. Top Stories View All News PharMerica reaches $100 million settlement over alleged SNF pharmacy kickbacks News Nursing home staffing decisions and policies must go ‘beyond simple headcounts’: researchers find News Nursing expert outlines 3-step plan for addressing burnout, related stress Editors' Picks View All Long odds for Porter as new AHCA/NCAL chief? He’s been there By James M. Berklan How the feds can pay for the nursing home staffing mandate By James M. Berklan Five percent: good enough for them, but not for you By Kimberly Marselas