Obama: Economic recovery package should include funds for IT
Jan 09, 2009
President-elect Barack Obama Thursday outlined plans for an economic recovery package that includes funding to improve healthcare information technology.
Obama alludes to Social Security, Medicare reductions
Jan 08, 2009
A projected $1.2 trillion budget deficit looming on the horizon, President-elect Barack Obama suggested Wednesday that the administration may reduce spending for Social Security, Medicare and other entitlement...
Stimulus package reportedly still weeks from completion
Jan 06, 2009
A recently proposed economic stimulus package containing billions of dollars in healthcare funding could still take several weeks to craft, according to recent news articles.
Federal nursing home spending gains speed while overall healthcare spending slows
Jan 06, 2009
Federal spending on nursing home and home health accelerated in 2007, even as overall healthcare spending grew at the slowest rate since 1998, according to a new spending report issued today by the Centers...
Card-check legislation is expected to surface this Congress, and the Obama administration appears to be leaning in favor of such a bill.
Congress works to craft economic stimulus package by presidential inauguration
Jan 05, 2009
Members of Congress could vote on an economic stimulus package as early as this week. Lawmakers have been laboring to prepare a package by Jan. 20, when President-Elect Barack Obama takes office.
Governors project negative state spending, Medicaid reductions in fiscal year 2009
Dec 16, 2008
State spending is expected to decrease for the first time in 25 years this fiscal year, according to a new report. That could lead to funding cuts in services for the elderly and disabled.
Iowa law could become national model for long-term care insurance disputes
Dec 15, 2008
A new Iowa statute that will take effect Jan. 1 will protect Iowans who are denied long-term care insurance benefits. If successful, it could be used as a model for other states, according to industry...
SEIU ensnared in political corruption case involving Gov. Blagojevich
Dec 15, 2008
The Service Employees International Union, the largest union for healthcare workers, was named in a federal criminal complaint against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) last week.
Daschle gets official nod for HHS appointment
Dec 12, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama at a press conference Thursday formally announced former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle as his pick for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.